UW Coding Boot Camp

This class was amazing and truly a great experience! The course is perfect for someone who has little to no coding experience. I arrived on day 1 having done the prework, a previous HTML/CSS workshop, and a bit of personal research. However, I think it would be ok if you started day one with just the curiosity to learn code. I left knowing more about the basics (HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL) but also about some newer technologies (GraphQL, Redux). The class also covers topics outside of technical coding skills, like how to work efficiently with a team and time management. My only issue is that I wish I had more time to code and work on projects with my cohort and instructional team. Our class met 3 times a week for 6 months and I still didn't feel like it was enough!  

The class is definitely rewarding in so many ways when I think about what I knew on the first day compared to now, but the course was for sure tough! Assignments do come and go very quickly, leaving a short amount of time to learn subjects before moving on. Often times, we'd only spend about a week learning a topic, but I would have liked to spend about a month on it. However, that does come with doing the part-time program and making sure to set time to learn on your own. Nevertheless, I want to highlight that I never felt abandoned in my learning. The instructional team was always fully present and ready to help. They really understand that learning can be different with each person and always made sure any issues I had were resolved. (Shoutout to John, Ben, Lynna, Michell (my tutor!) and the AskBCS Learning Team for being available all the time for help, even when I had the smallest, weirdest questions about coding!) 

          I've thought that I could pick up coding easily since I always considered myself a fast learner I've picked up things easily; but this bootcamp have challenged me in ways I wouldn't expect. 

I've learned to manage my time by creating a game plan since I work 40 hours a week and try to make sure to put 20 hours/week either reading pre-reads (Yes they are important), practice coding other than the 12 hour class per week. 

I've learned that more you practice will help you enhance your knowlege in coding, understanding and practice your keyboard typing skills! 

I've learned Google-fu! I've google most of the answers on how-to's on the homework and the projects that we've made. And you can also use it out side of the class! 

Over all I had fun with the Coding Bootcamp! It is definitely worth it in the end! 

Thank you!

This was definitely quite an experience.  The course is well rounded and taught all of the most current technology being used in the market.  With that said, it just felt like there was not enough time to absorb the information until we move on to the next module. Understandably so as I know that ongoing learning is part of this profession.  I loved my instructional team.  They did a tremendous job providing our class the support that we needed, always going above and beyond in helping us succeed. Big thank you to John, Ben and Lynna for making this hard journey worth the effort!

Overall my experience in this bootcamp was amazing. I learned a lot in these 6 months. There is obviously a lot more I still need to learn, but this bootcamp gave me a solid base to start on and is about as cutting edge as you can get.

There is so much I can say about the instructional team. They are phenomenal. They know their ish. They are incredibly supportive and will go out of their way and spend time outside of class to help you, and give you materials/links/articles outside of the curriculum that they believe will enhance your understanding. Thank you John, Ben, Lynna, Lexi, and other TA's and instructors that came through and helped out. The Student Success Advisor has your back 110% and Career Services is super helpful.

My only criticism of the course is also one of its strengths, and that is that it is cutting edge. GraphQL and Apollo Server and Client  are very new technologies and it was actually the instructional team's first time teaching these technologies, that's how cutting edge this bootcamp is. So when working on a homework or project and you have a really specific problem, there might not be a thread out there on StackOverflow to help you out, or the instructional team doesn't have a clear and concise answer because they're almost learning about this at the same time as we are, and that is not their fault or anyone else's, this technology is just THAT new. This curriculum also gave us a week or 2 to learn these materials and then try and implement them in a project when I believe that we should have been given at least 3-4 weeks to learn this stuff, but I'm confident that they will adjust in the future.

I loved the curriculum and the support from John, Ben, and Lynna! They have all made the effort to get to know me and understand that life doesn't stop but they still pushed me to keep pushing myself to get better and were always willing to help! Ben held me accountable and I wouldn't be able to accomplish everything without him. Lynna would push me to find the answer myself and be resourceful. John would go out of his way and really emphasizes what he thinks is important and he genuinely cares about everyone.

I went into this bootcamp not knowing very much about coding nor the computer science behind it. But with each week passing by I found myself more and more interested in the new tech we covered. It became a full blown obsession and I don't think it would have been possible for the grow I felt in my coding journey if it weren't for Anthony (Class Instructor) and the rest of the curriculum staff. The course covers everything you need to get going from no knowledge to full-stack developer and they make sure that you have the utilities to do so. 

 I loved the program, everything about it was great. The Instructor and TA staff always went out of there way to help students understand  the topics we were learning. I had previous experience with programming and this programs helped me connect some of those concepts that weren't making sense and improve my coding dramatically . I also experience first hand how many of my classmates just went from nothing to fulllstack developer in no time, and I can thank my instructor and the staff enough for all the effort they put to teach those who are in seek of a career change.