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I completed the Springboard UX/UI Career Track program April of 2024. I recently completed the job guarantee period without landing a job and applied for the refund. Springboard approved my request but said they are paying it back over 12 months rather than refunding the entire amount. They did not specify that I would not be receiving a full refund anywhere in the agreement. This is really not cool, probably not legal, and definitely not ethical. Shame on you, Springboard.

I recently completed Springboard’s Cybersecurity Career Track, and I can confidently say it was one of the best decisions I’ve made for my professional growth. The bootcamp provided a perfect balance of structured learning, hands-on labs, and real-world mentorship—everything I needed to transition into cybersecurity.

Springboard has a great curriculum and great people to help you through your beginning steps into programming. The mentors are helpful with keeping your motivation up through the course, and the career coaches are experienced at knowing what catches the eyes of Hiring teams. I think the program was an excellent way to get me into my first software engineering job. The only thing I would suggest is to make it slightly more apparent that you can change your mentors if you would like to and how to go about that process.

CourseWork was intense. The help that you get from your mentoring guidance makes you leap forward quickly. Self Motivation is absolutely necessary to pursue this course successfully.

TL;DR: Curriculum is basic YouTube videos, I’m a college graduate who didn’t get a job after a year, they will try everything they can to prevent you from getting the refund, the refund occurs in 12 monthly installments over a year period. I enrolled in Springboard's software engineering bootcamp in 2023 and completed in 2024. They sell you on a "job guarantee" in which you will get your money back if you don't find a job in 6 months. The curriculum itself consists of basic and often outdated YouTube videos. Their “mentorship” was definitely lackluster. It’s what you make of it, but your mentor is not going to get you a job at their company and is probably just trying to make some cash on the side and would probably rather be somewhere else. To be eligible for their job guarantee (and the refund if you don't find a job), I had to apply to a certain number of jobs per week and make a certain number of connections. Per the contract, they extended the 6 month job search period to one year, which I was fine with. After one year of applying, I did not get any jobs and had less than a handful of interviews. Springboard slow-walked approving my refund for several weeks, encouraging me several times to extend the job search period (why would I do that?), and then the kicker: approved the refund but said it would be paid out in 12 monthly installments over the next year. Yup—after applying to jobs for a year, they told me I’d have to wait another one before I could receive the refund. Some job guarantee! After complaining, they offered me to fill out a financial hardship form that they review “once a month” and can’t promise I’ll receive anything faster. Overall: there’s much better bang for your buck out there. I don’t know a single person from Springboard who has gotten a job. Try some other bootcamp… or go to nursing school.

Overall the Software Engineering Career Track Bootcamp at Springboard was great. I was able to gain a strong grasp on core S.E. topics and had lots of great guidance along the way. The mentors and career staff in particular helped a lot, and I am proud of the projects I made. I think it is a great program that teaches topics in a good, digestible manner. I would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get started in the Software Engineering field.

One on one meetings and feedback from mentor made this experience amazing. It feels reassuring to have an expert in the field provide guidance.

Springboard strikes the perfect balance between industry education and hands-on portfolio development. As a long-time freelancer, this program not only sharpened my skills but also gave me the formal language and confidence to articulate my expertise in interviews. Since enrolling, I’ve landed two jobs, and I can directly credit the curriculum, my mentor, and the career coaches for their invaluable support!