General AssemblyReviews of generalassemb.ly

I took AI-First Product Management course recently. Good overall for a beginner. It focuses more on digital products at some points rather than general product management. However, the instructor is always happy to answer any questions in great detail. He is also making optional session for 30 min at the end of every course for questions. But I could see he really struggled for time management, which was not his mistake. I strongly believe it was because of the extra content added about AI to the original curriculum. Lastly, it’s advertised as being about AI, but there’s nothing actually taught about AI beyond general or conceptual discussions. This was the first course covering AI, so i thought giving this feedback might be useful to improve it.

I loved the instructor. The registration and onboarding process was confusing and the person who assisted me was quite rude. Finding a job after graduating the course has been extremely difficult. I was told there’d be help after the course with networking and finding new jobs which didn’t occur. I didn’t feel the cost justified what was provided.

Great instructors and curriculum. I learned alot. Great community as well on Slack. My only qualm would be with the way the program oversold itself in the outcomes section. The market for junior engineers is terrible right now, and although we graduated 8 months ago nobody in my cohort has found fulltime work as a dev..

I liked how I felt more commited and capable after leaving GA. I will say though this course does NOT make you job ready. and I would bet all my money most companies wouldnt and shouldnt feel comfortable hiring someone just because they went to GA. Out of my entire cohort I was the only one who landed a job in software engineering and it took me 6 months. This course helps build skill but if you dont have some understanding before coming into GA it will be very hard to successfully complete it if your professors actually grade your work (ours just marked them as complete no matter what) You have to put in a lot in, and after youre done you have to keep coding. You arent ready for a job and employers know it. Cool you made tic tac toe and a bad react website while holding the hands of other developers. Thats not enough. Not to mention for what you get, I payed way too much. 16 grand for what I learned? no. In summary, this is useful but not as useful as doing hackathons and learning this stuff anyways FOR FREE. and getting payed to do it if you do well, plus it looks way better on a resume and you retain a lot more. If you have money to spare and want to learn about web dev go for it but know you arent handed a job because of it. 👍

My instructor was fantastic, and I led the class in participation and put the hours in- but the client project was a nightmare, my portfolio projects are not competitive for the job market, and outcomes program is non-existent..post grad is really just a few slack messages here and there and opportunities to do design challenges. The outcomes instructor has no real connections but just sends custom LinkedIn search strategies... Overall, I put myself into considerable debt.

The course definitely helped me learn to code and be a software engineer. I am most disappointed I am almost 3 months post grad and still have not found a job. I thought this would be a lot different post graduation.

This review is for the the 9k full stack software engineer by GA in London Really hard review. I will split it into sectors so you can decide yourselves if it is a good or a bad course as i am not sure wjat it was yet.... 1. Course itself - (10/10). Nice, uptodate course, well structured with tutors that jad a very nice chemistry between them and they knew what they where talking about. Charlotte was the lead one and i think it was the best tutor i had in my life. Really struggling to think of a better one i had. And had many 2. Management - (5/10) in the end of the course i tried to talk to them about the job support and the ignored me. Amateurs at least 3. Job support - (0/10). When you pay 9k i was expecting they will have a fair amount of tech companies they will be working with them and they will be recruiting from them. That what i was told. However that wasn't the case... When u finish the course u are all alone to find a job. To make things worse i was dropped from the job support course. I paid 9k and they refused to look at my CV...... And guesss what. I think i am the 1st and only ine who found a job from that class so far....... People you run the job support are Clauns! They are recruites and have no idea about coding!!! 4. % of employment after you finish course: don't be fooled. They offer you a 2-4 weeks job with them and they count you as you have been employed!! Sneaky!!!! Reality is that u still dont have a job after 2 weeks right? 5. Conclusion: do i recommend them or not? I am not sure. I didn't like them! But then i found a job because of them..... Hard to say!