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Thank you Don, Katy, Ross and Christina for the very honest and fun-to-watch review! Just wanted to chime in to say we have released a new career planning course that includes prep for data structure and algo interview-style. The updated React and React Native content with Hooks was launched in April 2022 for React and May 2022 for React Native. Lastly, Bootstrap is an awesome way to get introduced to responsive design, without experiencing the nightmare-induced effects of CSS - it's in my humble opinion the perfect way to start the Full Stack Bootcamp. Good luck in your journey everyone!
I haven't fully watched a video yet but i just what to say that i love what you do and after I spend 10+ hours watching your videos I probably end up supporting your patreon because for people who are trying to enter the world of tech this is a good way to ease their minds on which course to select.
Starting this program at the end of the month, beginning with Web Development Fundamentals. I've got a small amount of knowledge with HTML/ CSS. I'm also a bit nervous lol but excited to start the journey. One big tip a friend of mine mentioned about being a software engineer, "get comfortable feeling uncomfortable". Lol that really hit. Great video and thanks for the insight!
@@Brentmovson yes sir. So I completed the web dev fundamentals course late September. It's built up of a mix between some video courses and reading material. It starts you off with entry level HTML for the first week, then second week CSS, last two weeks are entry and intermediate JavaScript. If you've dabbled with some of these languages, this will be a good refresher, and it's nice to learn these languages from a different perspective. The instructor you'll get assigned to can be a hit or a miss. It was overall a pretty good experience for the cost, material, and support you get. I'm currently in the back end course, and I'll say from the 3 weeks I've been running so far, it's been awesome. Same structure of learning, heavy python coding, instructor once again can be a hit or a miss, but even if you don't get the best support from them, the slack channels are filled with instructors and fellow students that you can toss issues and ideas back/forth with. May sound bias since I'm a current student, but I'd definitely recommend signing up. Especially if you're a full time employee and have other obligations. If it's a part time course you're looking for, this is the one
@@thelitos07 I'm a complete beginner with no experience. I'm actually watching the TH-cam video right now. Would you recommend taking the web development fundamentals or jumping right into the back end SQL course
it would be nice to have a perspective from people who found jobs too and learn what their experience was (the last nucamp review also did not have people who found jobs)
So doing their Fullstack rn- I’m a python developer in school trying to learn fullstack and react. So for them learning data structures and algorithms honestly leetcode and code wars with lots of practice is super helpful.
wow I'm so happy that Katy had a great experience and a lot of people got developer jobs after that!!! I can keep my fingers crossed 🤞I'll keep working on SQL a little more
Hey Don! Love these reviews but I don't think I've seen a "What Don Recommends (in Spring 2023 or whatever)" do you have one or a few you recommend or disrecommend etc? lmk if you want to collab on a video about this as well. my top 2 rn are springboard + CareerFoundry in the USA bc of their job guarantees
Great insights from everyone here. I just did my own review from the fundamentals course (I’m in the backend boot camp now) I did think the fundamentals material was really good - it’s really about how much time you can dedicate to learning to code even outside of the info they give you. You have to be fully immersed in learning to code and use their course as the tools to get you where you need to go
I think Ludo is an awesome guy and he seems very genuine and he truly is passionate about the industry... with that said, when it came down to choosing my path, I chose Scrimba because I've always been a self-learner, so it fits my style, and the community is extremely active, and people get hired ALL the time... we have 3-6 people weekly who post on the i-got-hired channel who've found full time jobs, so that's always highly motivating
That’s not concerning, that’s normal job hunting. Some companies prefer people with more experience and some don’t. It takes time and a lot of interviews to find a good job. Sometimes you have to go through internships and apprenticeships to get it but they pay a lot and it’s worth it. I have a LinkedIn and so many people have been job hunting for 6-10 months. That’s life. They also could have stale resumes, suck at interviewing, wrong culture fit, or the companies wanted more experience. You never know why they haven’t been hired. But if you want to do something do it because you want to and it’s going to benefit you. The boot camp is only going to teach you and then you have to go the job.
I would love for you to create a video on schools you would recommend in 2023 based on all your interviews and knowledge of the different curriculums. Thanks so much! I really enjoy watching your videos.
Bootcamps no matter what the price is, are here to lead you to the water. It's your job to find a job yourself. The best place to look is monster, indeed, and network with other developers in their cohort.
Thanks Don for this review! I took nucamp Web Dev Fundamental early this year. I got to say I learned a lot, I was going to take the full stack web to transition from Testing to Dev but Data Engr would make sense because most of the time I worked with Data folks at work, also I am hoping to get a better salary or maybe work to a different company. After doing lots of research I decided to sign up in their backend bootcamp also to supplement the classes I'm taking from IBM Data Certs. Good Luck to all and Thanks again Don for this great review!
I'm taking the nucamp bootcamp right now. week 5 of the bootstrap course. instructor is ok, but not great. and the material is already outdated IMO. worst of all, the slack channel is completely silent and nobody seems to want to network, meet, or talk very much. it's radio silence all week long, including the saturday morning lecture where about 3 people out of 12 ever chime in. i'm trying to get hired so i can drop out and get some money back.
my slack channel has constant communication so I wish I didn't spend so much time on it, but I totally wouldn't want it to be silent! voice your opinion and try to get people to engage!!
Love your videos! I am seriously considering NuCamp. I want to know what you think about this: i have a great friend that lives a block away from me who has been a full stack developer for 8 years and is even a supervisor managing several developer teams. He has offered to mentor me day in and day out in a boot camp environment. Do you think this would be beneficial to supplement that lack of 1 to 1 time or in person cohort style bootcamp?
I started learning with Nucamp this week. My experience is similar to what the video participants stated: you must put in as much time as possible beyond what you learn from the course material. Nucamp is a hybrid of self learning and in-person bootcamp. If I have no job and available time when I complete the Full Stack program, then I will register for the Job Hunting bootcamp.
@@MI-pr8zo It has gone well. In introspect, consider spending a couple months learning the basics before you register for the Web Development Fundamentals course. You will have to supplement your learning after the course ends by watching more videos and practicing coding.
Im looking to get into cyber security and trying to find a bootcamp. Does anyone have any recommendations? 10k to not be able to find a job after is a real worry for me.
@@KOSPokololol hanging in there! I'm at the last section of backend and i need so much supplemental information... I'm trying to study Flask, REST API, and Django on my own.
@@arunima29 it was good! But of course, with any bootcamp, especially part time ones, you have to do supplement it with your own studying. I still do not feel ready to start applying, mainly because I feel like I don’t have enough projects that I completed on my own.
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Don, have you ever heard about CODEWORKS? Very intensive bootcamp (12hs per day, 6 days per week, 3 months). I joined them and it was 100% worth it.
Thank you Don, Katy, Ross and Christina for the very honest and fun-to-watch review! Just wanted to chime in to say we have released a new career planning course that includes prep for data structure and algo interview-style. The updated React and React Native content with Hooks was launched in April 2022 for React and May 2022 for React Native. Lastly, Bootstrap is an awesome way to get introduced to responsive design, without experiencing the nightmare-induced effects of CSS - it's in my humble opinion the perfect way to start the Full Stack Bootcamp. Good luck in your journey everyone!
I haven't fully watched a video yet but i just what to say that i love what you do and after I spend 10+ hours watching your videos I probably end up supporting your patreon because for people who are trying to enter the world of tech this is a good way to ease their minds on which course to select.
I am so glad someone does this very thing. I'm going to go for it. "Time expensive" is my biggest take away from this vid. Thank you!
Starting this program at the end of the month, beginning with Web Development Fundamentals. I've got a small amount of knowledge with HTML/ CSS. I'm also a bit nervous lol but excited to start the journey. One big tip a friend of mine mentioned about being a software engineer, "get comfortable feeling uncomfortable". Lol that really hit. Great video and thanks for the insight!
@Brandon awesome! I plan on doing the same actually
@@Nexai- sounds like a plan 👍, I work full time 10-7, so I'll be online mostly every night, some mornings as well if my schedule allows it
any updates on the course? I am looking into camps right now
@@Brentmovson yes sir. So I completed the web dev fundamentals course late September. It's built up of a mix between some video courses and reading material. It starts you off with entry level HTML for the first week, then second week CSS, last two weeks are entry and intermediate JavaScript. If you've dabbled with some of these languages, this will be a good refresher, and it's nice to learn these languages from a different perspective. The instructor you'll get assigned to can be a hit or a miss. It was overall a pretty good experience for the cost, material, and support you get. I'm currently in the back end course, and I'll say from the 3 weeks I've been running so far, it's been awesome. Same structure of learning, heavy python coding, instructor once again can be a hit or a miss, but even if you don't get the best support from them, the slack channels are filled with instructors and fellow students that you can toss issues and ideas back/forth with. May sound bias since I'm a current student, but I'd definitely recommend signing up. Especially if you're a full time employee and have other obligations. If it's a part time course you're looking for, this is the one
@@thelitos07 I'm a complete beginner with no experience. I'm actually watching the TH-cam video right now. Would you recommend taking the web development fundamentals or jumping right into the back end SQL course
it would be nice to have a perspective from people who found jobs too and learn what their experience was (the last nucamp review also did not have people who found jobs)
People that got high paying maybe too busy
Excellent group review!
So doing their Fullstack rn- I’m a python developer in school trying to learn fullstack and react. So for them learning data structures and algorithms honestly leetcode and code wars with lots of practice is super helpful.
So glad I found this video. I was thinking about applying for their next course
wow I'm so happy that Katy had a great experience and a lot of people got developer jobs after that!!! I can keep my fingers crossed 🤞I'll keep working on SQL a little more
Hey Don! Love these reviews but I don't think I've seen a "What Don Recommends (in Spring 2023 or whatever)" do you have one or a few you recommend or disrecommend etc? lmk if you want to collab on a video about this as well. my top 2 rn are springboard + CareerFoundry in the USA bc of their job guarantees
enjoyed this, thank you all for sharing
Great insights from everyone here. I just did my own review from the fundamentals course (I’m in the backend boot camp now) I did think the fundamentals material was really good - it’s really about how much time you can dedicate to learning to code even outside of the info they give you. You have to be fully immersed in learning to code and use their course as the tools to get you where you need to go
I think Ludo is an awesome guy and he seems very genuine and he truly is passionate about the industry... with that said, when it came down to choosing my path, I chose Scrimba because I've always been a self-learner, so it fits my style, and the community is extremely active, and people get hired ALL the time... we have 3-6 people weekly who post on the i-got-hired channel who've found full time jobs, so that's always highly motivating
Might give this a try after finishing nucamp backend. Thanks!
scrimba + execute program + fullstackopen + a few other discord servers (reactiflux, buildspace) = way better curriculum and community
@@misterzucker4131 dude these are awesome! Do you know any other resources. I'm trying to like hoard them up and then just go ape on them
Kinda concerning that they haven’t food a job since April should I even enter a bootcamp ?
That’s not concerning, that’s normal job hunting. Some companies prefer people with more experience and some don’t. It takes time and a lot of interviews to find a good job. Sometimes you have to go through internships and apprenticeships to get it but they pay a lot and it’s worth it. I have a LinkedIn and so many people have been job hunting for 6-10 months. That’s life. They also could have stale resumes, suck at interviewing, wrong culture fit, or the companies wanted more experience. You never know why they haven’t been hired. But if you want to do something do it because you want to and it’s going to benefit you. The boot camp is only going to teach you and then you have to go the job.
Hiring freezes and layoffs in tech began around May or June so it makes sense… hiring will pick back up once the economic front blows over.
I would love for you to create a video on schools you would recommend in 2023 based on all your interviews and knowledge of the different curriculums. Thanks so much! I really enjoy watching your videos.
Bootcamps no matter what the price is, are here to lead you to the water. It's your job to find a job yourself. The best place to look is monster, indeed, and network with other developers in their cohort.
Don could you do another review on Nucamp now that they partnered with Google Cloud to be part of the bootcamp?
There's a form link in the video description where you can request this.
Thanks Don for this review! I took nucamp Web Dev Fundamental early this year. I got to say I learned a lot, I was going to take the full stack web to transition from Testing to Dev but Data Engr would make sense because most of the time I worked with Data folks at work, also I am hoping to get a better salary or maybe work to a different company. After doing lots of research I decided to sign up in their backend bootcamp also to supplement the classes I'm taking from IBM Data Certs. Good Luck to all and Thanks again Don for this great review!
I'm taking the nucamp bootcamp right now. week 5 of the bootstrap course. instructor is ok, but not great. and the material is already outdated IMO. worst of all, the slack channel is completely silent and nobody seems to want to network, meet, or talk very much. it's radio silence all week long, including the saturday morning lecture where about 3 people out of 12 ever chime in. i'm trying to get hired so i can drop out and get some money back.
my slack channel has constant communication so I wish I didn't spend so much time on it, but I totally wouldn't want it to be silent! voice your opinion and try to get people to engage!!
I second the super quiet channel but there are general channels and they’re always going off so you can definitely network there.
Were you able to land a job after the bootcamp?
Love your videos! I am seriously considering NuCamp. I want to know what you think about this: i have a great friend that lives a block away from me who has been a full stack developer for 8 years and is even a supervisor managing several developer teams. He has offered to mentor me day in and day out in a boot camp environment. Do you think this would be beneficial to supplement that lack of 1 to 1 time or in person cohort style bootcamp?
Save your money. You've been warned.
Crazy timing just started today with the Backend DevOps program.
How is it going?
How is it going? I am planning on starting that in next 2-3 months. Your impressions would be helpful.
Is there a blog post where you rank the bootcamps don?
I started learning with Nucamp this week. My experience is similar to what the video participants stated: you must put in as much time as possible beyond what you learn from the course material. Nucamp is a hybrid of self learning and in-person bootcamp.
If I have no job and available time when I complete the Full Stack program, then I will register for the Job Hunting bootcamp.
Hi, how is the experience going so far. Was planning to sign up to a aprt time bootcamp like Nu camp aswell
@@MI-pr8zo It has gone well. In introspect, consider spending a couple months learning the basics before you register for the Web Development Fundamentals course. You will have to supplement your learning after the course ends by watching more videos and practicing coding.
Im looking to get into cyber security and trying to find a bootcamp. Does anyone have any recommendations? 10k to not be able to find a job after is a real worry for me.
Teach yourself
are you employable after nucamp...
This was unexpected!!! Currently in the newly revised backend bootcamp. Commenting before i watch the video cuz i’m so excited loll
How is it going?
@@KOSPokololol hanging in there! I'm at the last section of backend and i need so much supplemental information... I'm trying to study Flask, REST API, and Django on my own.
How would you rate the backend program? I am planning to join it in 2-3 months. What is your feedback?
@@arunima29 it was good! But of course, with any bootcamp, especially part time ones, you have to do supplement it with your own studying. I still do not feel ready to start applying, mainly because I feel like I don’t have enough projects that I completed on my own.
@@androschizo Thanks for your honest feedback. I completely understand what you mean about feeling prepared.
do another visit of launch school
There's a form link in the description of this video where you can request that.
Hey Don,
Would you be willing to do a coding bootcamp review of Epicodus?
There's a form link in the description of this video where you can request a review.
Pretty disheartening that none of them have jobs after leaving the camp
Which NuCamp course would you recommend for a COMPLETE beginner
Do these people get paid to do that 😊
Get some projects done. Companies wanna see what you've done.
Yeah, everything I'm seeing is a few thousand with exception of fundamentals.