Coding DojoReviews of codingdojo.com

My time at Coding Dojo was unforgettable. I teamed with & learned alongside some remarkably bright people. The coursework was indeed challenging and sometimes intense, which inspired me to try even harder. Happily, the instructors and assistants were there to help whenever I got really stuck.

Great school. Learned intensively, met new people, and found great opportunities. They really keep in touch with you to make sure you make it through your transition to the brave new world of technology.

The platform need to be updated. There was plenty of time where I learned something the wrong way and spend countless hours doing it wrong. I also went into the program believing that career service was going to be something helpful where you could potentially get a job coming out of the program. I was also told on the phone interview (before paying) that 97% percent of the people that graduate from the program would find a job in the field. When in fact only a handful of my classmates ended up getting a job. I also tried reaching out to the career service after graduation to see if I could get a little more guidance but they have refused to answer my emails.

Expensive for what you actually receive. A big selling point for me was the Career Services and their "Hiring Partners", however what this amounted to was a week of resume review, roleplay, and that particular counselors views on how to get hired. They didn't share any postings for the "hiring partners" until pressed about it repeatedly, and what the posting they shared were general open postings, that anyone could see and know about, nothing exclusive, or 'partner' about it. I did gain coding knowledge, but only really in the realm of Web Development, which was never really clear until well into the course. So if you are looking to go into a different field than Web Dev, you are going to have a big pivot to make after this course. Overall I feel very "meh" about the time and money I spent here, which could have been spent on my mortgage or certifications that actually mean something in the IT field, make no mistake employers don't really care about your certification from Coding Dojo, its more in the realm of "oh thats nice". So be sure to do you due diligence before forking over $10k. If this was something more like the CompTIA certifications that the IT Industry values and takes as a mark of ability, then the cost would be justified. Last thing is the building they currently use in Dallas, Founders Square, the building management seems to actively despise the students presence, you will not be able to park in their building and all the parking around there is either close and expensive, or cheap and a walk, so hope for good weather if/while you attend.

Fantastic program and an amazing group of instructors. I'd highly recommend Coding Dojo to anyone interested in pursing knowledge in software development.

Coding dojo needs to come up with classroom content for working professionals who are looking to up their skills . Add latest programs like devops curriculum Add evening and weekend classes for folks who have full time jobs

Coding Dojo is a great venture if you are seeking a very entry level introduction to the world of web programming. They touch upon all the major concepts lightly to intermediary. By no means will this make you career ready alone as they used to market towards. This is the fine line that reals in a lot of hopefuls. Do you research, come prepared and be prepared to have to run another marathon during and after the program to be even remotely prepared for work in development. Objectively speaking you may be able to land a very entry level basic web dev role at a company doing simple coding tasks. But if you want to be a serious dev, lots of additional legwork will need to be done.

I have noticed that some of the instructors play favorites with students. They pick out the smart ones and do nothing to break the coteries that develop around those students. I would have preferred they break those up and mix them with struggling students so that we are all on same page. Some instructors are in class for 20 or so minutes during the self-code hours and then disappear for the rest of the evening and we have no one to turn to if we struggle with the day's assignment. There is/was NO feedback on how our code is when we upload to the website. I think a lot of teachers assume that we are proficient in coding when signing up when in reality many of the students started coding very recently. One think I hated about the class was one instructor going: you guys will be earning 100K a year easily! That kind of sets up false expectations! A career is a ladder to be climbed before reaching money like that.