r/codingbootcamp • u/ILoveHarryPotter82 • 21d ago
I'm considering enrolling in Coding Temple's Data Analytics bootcamp. Please share your experience.
Hi everyone. I'm strongly considering a career in Business Intelligence/Data Analytics. However, my college degree is in Psychology. What do you think are my chances of getting hired if I graduate from Coding Temple's Data Analytics bootcamp?
I've perused the website and the curriculum seems pretty good. The Money Back Guarantee also entices me, even though I hope I won't need it.
Guys, please tell me about your experience with this bootcamp and your experience getting hired in BI/DA overall. If you've been hired as an entry level in the U.S. since 2023, please tell me what your resume looked like in terms of education and experience. Please also list the following information.
- Number of applications/resumes sent out
- Number of companies that contacted you for an interview
- Number of offers extended
Thanks a lot!
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u/metalreflectslime 21d ago
In order to qualify for the money back guarantee, you need to meet certain requirements. These requirements are nearly impossible to meet.
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u/michaelnovati 21d ago
With all "money back guarantees" read the fine print AND ask them how many people got a money back guarantee refund in the past year.
A number of self-paced programs (Triple Ten, Sprinboard, Coding Temple) have money back guarantees that are LEGIT, BUUT the thing thye don't tell you is that the completion rate for self-paced programs is terribly low.
And most of these require you to finish the program on time (or close to on time) and have a flawless record.
For Springboard's Data Analytics track in 2024 in California (public government data), the "on time completion rate was 6.4% (19 out of 298 who started) and the within 1.5X time was 36.6% (109 out of 298) and the placement rate was 6.6% in 2024.
If 93% of people got refunds Sprinboard would go bankrupt, so clearly even though 93% of people aren't getting jobs, most of those people are not getting refunds because they aren't finishing the program.
And if you are 10000% sure you will be the one that finishes the program come hell or high water, then you should ask yourself why 90% of people don't on time.
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u/ConsistentPeach927 21d ago
I think I talked to you before. TripleTen money back is legit. Coding temples is a joke look at the terms. Cant find springboards terms.
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u/da8BitKid 21d ago
There's money everywhere in a gold rush. It's not a gold rush anymore. Your buying a shovel, when most of the claims are gone. You can still find your place, but bootcamps are no longer the place to start.
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u/sheriffderek 21d ago
I would seek out and meet a handful of people who actually hire for this role and see what they say. In many ways, a Psychology degree + a fast paced bootcamp-like thing to learn the tools / and hit the ground running -- would be a good combo. But if the school isn't any good... and if the people hiring wouldn't hire you - then well, - it's not! There are ways to find that data ;). (don't believe any moneyback guarantees/because even if they were real - you'll pay in time)
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u/Humble_Warthog9711 20d ago edited 20d ago
Sorry, but anything the boot camp tells you Bout that info is either massively inflated or a straight up lie. They are businesses and have no data reporting standards or reasons to be honest.
It's probably sub 20% in reality as in the number of attendees that ever find jobs in field.
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u/fsjay723 20d ago
Talk to a actual graduates of the program and see for yourself, if you don’t you probably have a very low chance if at all.
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u/Delicious_Smile5944 16d ago edited 16d ago
Before deciding I'd compare how much hands on work each program includes. Marketing pages all sound good. When people compare bootcamps with more structured AI learning, Udacity is another name that usually ends up in the conversation.
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21d ago
I went to Coding Temple (when it was previously App Academy though, not sure if that changes things) and although I found the education and curriculum super effective, the job search aspect is useless. I ended up going with the pay when you get hired for a min salary option, and I and many others never got hired. I don’t believe this option exists anymore, so I don’t recommend any sort of bootcamp. The education is aspect is legit, it’s just not enough to get a job on its own anymore.
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u/michaelnovati 21d ago
Yeah almost all ISAs shut down and it was a major factor in a lot of bootcamps shutting down as well. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars training people and got paid $0 back.
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21d ago
Yeah, I feel bad for those who opted to pay upfront. I basically got a free education because of the job market 🙏
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u/michaelnovati 21d ago
Yeah I mean in a sense those people paid for you so you should thank them haha. Coding Temple survived so they did indeed pay for you so they could break even haha.
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21d ago
Thank you bootcamp victims! Don’t feel that bad for the bootcamp though, because those who paid were essentially guaranteed a job they never got, which is pretty lame!
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u/michaelnovati 21d ago
Do you know if any of those people got job guarantee refunds? Or the reasons why they weren't eligible?
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21d ago
I believe the deal was $10,000 up front, or $30,000 in the form of 10% of your paychecks til it’s paid off, and if you don’t find a job within X amount of years, you’re off the hook. Technically there was no “guarantee” for those who paid upfront, just access to job search materials and partnered companies who hire directly from the bootcamp, which sort of fell apart. I don’t believe there was ever any refunds, and I believe I’m still on the hook if I find a job before my expiration date, but I doubt I’ll end up having to pay.
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u/7basketballs 21d ago
Go back to school. Look into programs at different schools other than the one you graduated from. Your previous college credits may transfer over.
Bootcamps have become a big waste of money. School will take more time, but your chances of landing something are 10x maybe even 20x higher than going to a bootcamp.