General AssemblyReviews of generalassemb.ly

The content was not up-to-date, and the skills are really general - same as what their company name suggested. Not helpful in making you competitive in today's job market. Not to mention the overpriced tuition.

Will you learn enough to get feel comfortable? No. Will you learn enough to get a job? Maybe. I was not the best coder in class, but I was far from the worst. By the end of the program, my portfolio, compared to my counterparts was one of the top best looking portfolios my cohort (class) had. So whats the issue? GA makes the claim that they are the #1 bootcamp and they staff more grads than any other bootcamp. If that is true, then that just means that other bootcamps arent staffing at all, or they atleast know they shouldnt be making that claim. After 1 year, I have seen GA provide a handful of Fortune 500 job opportunities. With that being said, not all job offers are in the industry you are trying to get into. For example, the job posting may be for UI/UX and you went through a software engineering course. If that wasnt the issue, then the job available wasnt even in your town, may not even be in your state. Basically, you either have to be lucky or move across the country for this opportunity. GA also makes the claim that you have 1 on 1 coaching experience. Which is technically true, because you can request 1 on 1 sessions, however, 90-99% of the sessions you do will be group sessions. Unless youre just inexperienced with work, resumes, applying "strategies", or things similar, that is the only way you will find these sessions beneficial. Other than that, literally 99% of it consist of an hour of people practically sitting in a circle telling each other "dont give up, keep applying." 1 year, approx. 2000 applied jobs, and $16,000 later, no job. You decide if this is an experience you are willing to risk to experience. If youre sitting here saying "maybe he just had bad luck." Maybe. I will tell you what though, had I known then what I know now, I would have never gone through this course. Not even because of the negative experience, but I could have learned just as much on my own and a mentor for like a 3rd of the price, and thats on the expensive end.

The worst experience a student can have