Coding DojoReviews of codingdojo.com

My experience at coding dojo was pretty good. I enjoyed the curriculum and even though the pace was a bit fast it forces you to plan and not procrastinate which I like because you get to push yourself to a higher level

Pros: instructors, overall curriculum, helping build your resources to be a full stack developer, the online learning platform. Cons: Career services team. The team is overburdened and doesn’t have the ability to support all students. Example - sending a resume to review. Not hearing back for 2 weeks and then them completing it during a meeting. They also don’t have connections with companies to help get you placed.

Bootcamps / trade schools are a great alternative to College, especially if you are uncertain on what you want your career or life to be. Coding dojo provided me with all the resources I will need to be successful in the course. I got to work at my own pace or work ahead. They have a structure for attendance and assignments, so you wont feel like you don't know what to work on next or where to be. Each instructor has their own way of teaching, some might work for you others might not, but you have the platform and your classmates to reach out to.

i worked as full stack developer in the past few month untill one month ago i earned alot of knowledge angular 13 ,type script .net 6 , entity framework for know i am working as frontend developer at ghadeer future accelerator and i am hapy with my postion

Coding Dojo is one of six coding bootcamps I researched when I first decided to make a career change and move into programming. While I was making my decision to attend I found the staff to be pleasant, engaging, and capable. They always answered me promptly and referred me to sources that would help if they didn't directly/immediately know themselves. I ultimately decided to attend based on that and on the program they offered... it was one of the few that provided study in more than one programming language and that didn't insist on a Microsoft-centric learning experience. Once in the program I found the curriculum to be directed and the instructors to be engaging. The time commitment is intensive (they make sure to acknowledge that continuously before you start) and it's easy to find yourself falling behind on daily expectations, but there were always resources available to help catch you back up - including TAs, access to Zoom classrooms, an active Discord for your cohort, and the ability to schedule 1-on-1s with the instructor. The testing paradigm to progress through the stacks is consistent and the scoring does offer students an opportunity to distinguish themselves. Now, none of this is to say that Coding Dojo's program is perfect. During my cohort, at least, there wasn't a very solid sense of necessity during the project week that concludes each stack. Testing happens before then and can even run into that time if there are a lot of retakes and the project didn't have any bearing on your success or failure overall. There was also little import as to whether you should do them in a group or alone. Also, while there is an investment in the course materials to encourage students to do extra research on specific topics and to venture out to learn more about other languages, interfaces, and libraries, there are a few aspects of that where the program is definitely lacking. The most important of which I see as unit testing. Outside of the program, Career Services is the other aspect to consider here. My experience overall has not been the most consistent. It is improving, but I had a rocky start from early on. A lot of my cohort-mates, however, swear by their CSMs and have since early on in the program. The alumni Discord is active and there are regular emails with job listings, activities/programs, and new partnerships the Dojo is taking on. All-in-all, there's a comprehensive after-program program... you just have to invest yourself in accessing it. Thankfully, it never really goes away, they say you have life-time access.

Coding Dojo partnered with me in making sure I am comfortable and successful. The instructor Rob Y was patient and encouraged us to ask questions. Also I remember the times in code review where he would go beyond time schedule to make sure I understood and answer all my questions . I’m still on coding journey, thank you Coding Dojo for firm foundation!

I attended Coding Dojo from August of 2021 until December of 2021. I attended the full-time program, which consisted of a pre-program (called "Programming Basics") followed by a frontend program for HTML/CSS/JavaScript (called Web Fundamentals). Following Web Fundamentals, I spent one month on each of the following: Python, MERN, and Java. The goal of each of the three major stacks was to learn to create fullstack servers, i.e. applications which have CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) functionality, in which a user can add items to a database, change items in the database, read the database either as a whole or on a single page, and delete items from the database. For Python, this involved learning Flask and MySQL, and for MERN, this involved learning Node.js, Express/React, MongoDB, and Mongoose. Finally, for Java, we mostly worked with SpringToolSuite/SpringBoot. Along the way, students learned about other programming languages and concepts: we had a little introduction to deployment with AWS, we practiced daily algorithm challenges, we learned about JSON and API calls, Postman, as well as a little Ajax, jQuery, Bootstrap, etc. When I think about the sheer volume of tech I worked with at Coding Dojo, I find it pretty amazing. The TAs were very helpful and the instructors were supportive. I especially respect Instructor Rob's brand of life coaching and his helpful pep talks. The program also has career services support, and as an alum, you still have access to alum channels in the Discord server, and you can access lifetime career services support. There are a number of payment options as well. I financed my time in Coding Dojo through an income-share agreement. The best thing I can say about Coding Dojo is that the sheer breadth of learning really empowers you to be able to approach tech independently once you graduate. I have the tools I need to learn anything tech-related, now, and that's saying a lot. As for why I docked one star: there are a few areas where Coding Dojo could be improved, in my opinion. The first is that I think students should have lifetime access to the Login/Learn platform after graduating. I am writing this review partly in hopes of securing an alumni pass to keep my access to the platform. Don't get me wrong: I don't mind doing so, and am happy to leave reviews. But students are paying 18K to attend the program. It just seems like a baseline kindness to let them keep platform access. Cutting it off after six months comes off a bit coldly to me in terms of investing in students' well-being and letting them stay invested in their own well-being. Six months' post-graduation access is fairly scrappy for that kind of money. Just my opinion. The other thing is that while I think Coding Dojo does an exceptional job in teaching students how to build a fullstack server for three stacks (note: some students take MEAN rather than MERN, which is Angular over React, or they take C# or other languages), some of the other coding-related content is organized a bit haphazardly. JSON is introduced at the end of WebFund and doesn't come up again until the end of Python, in the context of API calls for the project. Speaking of, project weeks only last a week, and if you don't take your exam on the very first possible exam day (and you may not be able to, if you need a bit more time to complete core assignments, as some do), or even if you do, you may not have time to complete a project with full API integration. Although students are placed into SCRUM teams during project week, your cohortmates are likely to be wrapped up with their own projects and won't really be able to assist you if you need help. Even most TAs struggle to assist with the individual ins and outs of some APIs. My project weeks were always a bust because I didn't have the support or preparation or time to really work with APIs in any meaningful way. The instructor just kind of leaves it up to student discretion and there isn't adequate preparation for working with this tech, despite it being in some ways more rigorously complex than the fullstack servers we've been building throughout the stacks. Also, deployment is something which comes up in the context of being able to get Black Belts and isn't really taught or practiced in the stacks. It's basically a footnote at the end of the Python chapter on the Login platform, for example. This results in a situation where the students who excel the most and come out with the most thorough work from the bootcamp tend to be those who already had some prior grounding in tech. My advice would be to give more support during project weeks and maybe extend them a little longer. As it is, they felt a bit haphazard. Overall, I recommend Coding Dojo, especially for the core stack learning and the breadth of tech, but with some caveats.

I was impressed with the process. I chose coding dogs based upon the consistency of the reviews, negative and positive. First, I would say that except for one instructor I was VERY impressed with the level of instruction, helpfulness, etc. Second the TAs were extremely helpful also and understanding and willing to always assist. This was important for me since I was coming from a completely different field. The things I learned here had given me an extreme confidence to go and find jobs in my area while still learning more about programming. This program takes people from 0 understandings to creating applications albeit basic, understanding how things go together differences between them and giving you experience or sometimes just a quick look at new things in JS, for example, so your not fully surprised when you see it at your job. Algorithms, React, apis, and basic programmer tools, are all included and make you competitive, I believe, at the end. One thing that really impressed me was that their learning platform is constantly updating, it changed probably 6 times in the time I was there. They keep things updated and are constantly modifying it for your good. Career services, the Career service person I use(d) is B. Sanchez and he is Great! Just a wealth of info and encouragement. I took off a 1/2 star for the Python instructor, I found that to be a big issue for me, but at the end my struggle of understanding with that instructor it allowed me to move on easier , but I still feel like the instructor wasn’t worth the money I paid. And the other 1/2 star would be from them not having the right dates of time off during the holidays. I went through it from November to early March and not many people knew, including instructors what the holiday was going to be like. In all honesty though I would really rate them 4.5 stars as the latter want that big of a deal. To end this I would definitely take other courses, and probably will, from Coding Dojo.