Coding DojoReviews of codingdojo.com

Didn't make it past admissions. They dropped that ball on my paperwork then a Mr. Josh Garcia was extremely disrespectful, used profanity and hung up the phone on me. This place is a gimmick disguised as career development. Enroll in Google career certs you'll do way better in your job search and pay 98% less

As a web designer with extensive WordPress knowledge, this bootcamp was a waste of money. It took me over 700 applications to get hired as a Web Support Specialist. The "skills" I learned were not enough to enter into an entry level Front-end or Back-end position. If you are willing to learn independently for MONTHS after graduation - treating it as a FT job then this might be your school. Otherwise - go to CodeAcademy - complete personal projects - enroll in their Full-Stack track and save yourself thousands of dollars. Coding Dojo employees former students as their instructors with no industry experience - same applies for their TA's.

Don't fall for their scam. I graduated from their software development program in 2023. Their curriculum was grabbed from free online sources, they lied about the graduated rates and the placement rates. They lied about helping you get a job as well. All the career service managers ever did was provide you with an excel sheet listing links of job sites and resources that any one can find by googling it themselves. Also half the links they provided were from websites that do not exist anymore. They also had limited space for helping you in meetings and then blamed you for not seeing them when "time is available". Coding Dojo sells their program as good for you any age, any place in life, as being able to transition into the tech field when in reality they used inflated numbers. Anyone that could not find a job that ended up freelancing on fiverr or volunteering and working for free was counted as "hired" and "successful" in Coding Dojo's eyes. All my instructors were previous students of theirs that hadn't found a job yet. All our TA's were also previous graduates from which only 1/3 of them were actually any good to help with problems that came up, however, none of them were good when it came to you trying something new for a project. Essentially, if it wasn't in the curriculum then they did not know anything about it or how to help you. Most of the time, you had more help and learned more from other students after the program ended. I have learned more from Udemy courses, Coursera courses, and free coding websites than from Coding Dojo bootcamp. Now I am stuck with a PRIVATE student loan from a servicing company that Coding Dojo pushes for you to use and that loan servicer does not care about lowering payments, postponing payments more than 3 months for a total of 9 months, or any help at all. Most of us are still out of a job or had to go back to our old job now with more debt. Some of us, including myself, have filed for bankruptcy because a $500 private student loan monthly payment is ridiculous when we can barely afford a living in this economy. Coding Dojo and Ascent Funding should be sued for putting so many students through financial hardship and should refund students their money.

Way overpriced to listen to someone recite text for 40 hours a week, then to study on your own. Save yourself some cash and learn at your own pace with a more well-rounded approach.

First, let me say, if you are looking for an easy way to get a certificate, THIS IS THE WAY TO GO! For starters, you don't even have to do the homework. After the first 'stack', where I busted my ass to get the assignments in, the instructor told me they don't get checked anyway. So I didn't bother submitting any more. Which is OK, because the exam was a joke that I had no trouble passing even without doing the homework. Their claim that the instructors are 'industry professionals' was a lie. I had 5 instructors. Only one had any experience. The rest were just recent graduates with no experience in the field. I admit it was a bit expensive, but, considering I didn't really have to do any work to graduate, it isn't too bad.

They offered 0 job placement support, didn't offer anyone in my cohort an interview or even an introduction to a position, and the instructors never worked in the industry; they were all former students with less knowledge than a college graduate.

Worst bootcamp in the world.

Even their select page/feature doesn’t work. I had to sign up for the info they said I’d get by signing in. I asked: “DO NOT call me. Please remove me from all lists. I am not a future student or prospect.” We shall see if they have any self respect or dignity.