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Thinkful is an online school that equips students for new careers by offering online, fast-paced, job-ready programs in software engineering, data science, data analytics, design, and product management. Students learn cutting-edge industry standards, have 1-on-1 mentoring with an industry professional, and receive career services and job placement assistance to get a job in tech (and even offer a tuition refund guarantee). While Thinkful is an online platform, the school also has in-person communities in tech hubs around the US, where students can attend in-person events and classes.
Thinkful's flagship programs are the 5-month Engineering Immersion and Data Science Immersion, Engineering Flex, Engineering Nights & Weekends, Data Science Flex, Product Design Flex, Product Management Flex, and Data Analytics Flex. All courses include personal mentor meetings, a custom-built curriculum, and daily mentor-hosted Q&A sessions with industry professionals. Students are expected to commit 50-60 hours per week for Immersion programs and 20 to 25 hours per week for Flexible programs. Thinkful students can set their schedules, learn while they can keep their jobs, and access course materials from anywhere in the world. Students join a community of 3000+ students and mentors on Slack to get on-demand code help and build a professional network. All graduates receive lifetime access to the course curriculum.
Thinkful offers all students career guidance to navigate the job market, build a professional portfolio, and prepare for interviews. All programs guarantee job placement in a qualifying position that is full-time and in-field. If students are not placed within 6 months of graduation, they get a 100% tuition refund.
Prospective students can apply via the Thinkful website, and schedule a call to chat with an advisor. It's important to note that the Data Science Immersion and Flexible programs have more strict admissions requirements than other programs.
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Data Analytics FlexApplyMySQL, Python, Data Visualization, SQL, Excel, Data Analytics , Business Intelligence
OnlinePart Time20 Hours/week26 Weeks
Start Date Rolling Start Date Cost $7,990 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoSet your schedule in a program built to turn your into a highly-paid data analyst in six months. Benefit from one-on-one mentorship, career guidance, and community support from enroll to hire.
Deposit N/A FinancingOptions: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/data-analytics/flexible/#pricing Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginner Placement Test No Interview Yes
Data Analytics ImmersionApplyMySQL, Python, Data Visualization, SQL, Excel, Data Analytics , Business Intelligence
OnlineFull Time18 Weeks
Start Date None scheduled Cost $12,250 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoA rigorous and structured full-time program built to get you a job as a data analyst. Benefit from instructor-led learning, a virtual classroom environment, 1-on-1 mentorship, and a robust support team.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/data-analytics/full-time/#pricing
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level N/A Placement Test No Interview Yes
Data Science FlexApplyData Science, Python, SQL, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Spark, Algorithms
OnlinePart Time20 Hours/week26 Weeks
Start Date Rolling Start Date Cost $7,990 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoA flexible, online data science course aimed at helping you launch a career. One-on-one mentorship, professional guidance, and a robust community network are on hand to help you succeed in this highly advanced profession.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/data-science/flexible/#pricing
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
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Minimum Skill Level Intermediate Placement Test Yes Interview Yes
Data Science ImmersionApplyData Science, Python, SQL, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Spark, Algorithms
OnlineFull Time60 Hours/week22 Weeks
Start Date January 2, 2020 Cost $18,500 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoAn accelerated online program of classes, mentorship, and professional guidance designed to get you a career in data science, fast. This advanced program is designed to serve the needs of equipping degree graduates with the data science skillset they need to obtain a career in their field of study.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/data-science/full-time/#pricing
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Advanced degree Placement Test Yes Interview Yes
More Start DatesJanuary 2, 2020 - Online Apply by December 11, 2019
Engineering FlexApplyAngularJS, HTML, Git, JavaScript, CSS, React.js, Node.js, Front End
OnlinePart Time20 Hours/week26 Weeks
Start Date Rolling Start Date Cost $9,500 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoA flexible program built to get you a career in full-stack web development. Study online at a pace that works for you, while a team of mentors, career coaches, and peers guides you every step of the way.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/pricing/#financing
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginner Placement Test No Interview Yes
Engineering ImmersionApply
Start Date January 6, 2020 Cost $16,000 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoA fast-tracked, full time program of online classes, mentorship, and career coaching. Skills, tools, and the support you need to become a highly paid full-stack web developer.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginner Placement Test Yes Interview Yes
More Start DatesJanuary 6, 2020 - Online Apply by November 18, 2019
Engineering Nights & WeekendsApply
Start Date January 6, 2020 Cost $12,900 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoAn online program that will turn you into a full-stack web developer after hours. Work up from the fundamentals, write strong code, and build the perfect job-ready portfolio.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/web-development/nights-weekends/#pricing
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginner Placement Test Yes Interview Yes
More Start DatesJanuary 6, 2020 - Online Apply by November 18, 2019
Product Design FlexApplyHTML, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Design, User Experience Design, CSS, Front End
OnlinePart Time20 Hours/week26 Weeks
Start Date Rolling Start Date Cost $8,500 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoSet your schedule with an online program aimed at taking you from newbie to a confident, highly-paid product designer. Learn the skills and the best way to present them with a team of mentors, career coaches, and community supporters.
Deposit N/A FinancingAvailable through SkillsFund
Options: https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp/product-design/flexible/#pricing
Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginner Placement Test No Interview Yes
Product Management FlexApplyDesign, Product Management, User Experience Design, Business Intelligence
OnlinePart Time26 Weeks
Start Date Rolling Start Date Cost $8,650 Class size N/A Location Online, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Raleigh, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, San FranciscoThis flexible, online Product Management course is built to help you start a brand new, high-paying tech career. You'll receive a personal mentor, work on real-world projects, and benefit from career coaches.
Deposit N/A Financing Scholarship Self-identifying women and US military members (active or discharged) are eligible for reduced tuition.
Getting in
Minimum Skill Level N/A Placement Test No Interview Yes
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- Cameron • none • Student • Course: Flexible Web Development Bootcamp • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Thinkful has an amazing program. I chose to enroll in Thinkful's Flexible Web-Development Bootcamp after trying to learn web development on my own for about a year. I was at the point where I wanted some mentorship or guidance on the decisions I was making since my projects were becoming more complicated. I strongly feel that Thinkful was the best choice. I say that based on an analysis of Thinkful's program of instruction based on the three components that make their program what it is; the people, the curriculum and how they are managed in the process of education. Thinkful does a phenomenal job in all three areas.
From an administrative perspective Thinkful has always been prompt and accurate with billing and any questions that I have had. They offer a veteran's discount which I appreciated. The people on the staff are all professional and are located globally; so there is flexibility in scheduling your mentoring sessions. I have worked with two mentors because I had a scheduling conflict with the first. The change was smooth and I did not lose any momentum in my education.
The curriculum at Thinkful is focused on the Node stack and Javascript web development. That should probably be your first consideration in choosing a school, do you want to learn their technology? If you decide on Node you won't find any better school than Thinkful. I have seen the curriculum at another coding school and Thinkful's is far superior; the other school did nothing to explain the utility of Ruby's gem system and left a lot of the programming decisions to the "black box" of Rails. Thinkful walks through the components used at length. Both in developing a CSS grid system and in the introduction to testing Thinkful's curriculum unpacked what was going on so that the final functionality was clearly understood based on how it was built. I believe that it is better to understand than rely on a "black box" from your framework's package system, but that is only my opinion.
In the execution of the program the Thinkful team has been stellar as well; they really do function as an integrated team. Due to travel I had to suspend my program a week and that was executed smoothly, so basic administrative functions are solid in this regard. The sessions with my Mentors have always been professional and productive; they have been both attentive to my questions and able to guide the process. As part of the education I have held three mock-interviews with other members of the staff, two where I had to perform coding demonstrations. This was new to me and real value added, because it was hard, and something I could not have done on my own. The evaluators were thorough and professional and demonstrated the high caliber of the Thinkful Team. I have several interviews left in the program and I am confident that the future members of the staff that I interact with will be of equally high caliber.
Coding bootcamps are expensive but it is my opionion Thinkful is well worth the money. That said you don't get handed anything, you have to work for it; Thinkful provides a comprehensive program that guides you along by focusing on the most important tasks needed to become competent in web-development using the Node stack. I highly recommend the school.
- Great program, helpful people- 9/1/2017DZ • Web developer • Course: Flexible Web Development Bootcamp • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I graduated in April and got a job in June, it is great program, definatly worth to check it out! Stephanie is my career coach manager, she is very helpful and responsive. Once you enroll into the program, you get access to the slack channel, you can look for help there, also Q&A session is my faviorite thing, even when you done with the program you still get access to it, Kyle is a great mentor, very knowledgebale and nice.
- Ria Camrin • Student • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Why I Chose Thinkful
I am a Product Designer working mostly on web products. I am also self-taught front-end dev. I watched tens of hours of tutorials, went to meetups and conferences and got to the point where I could comfortably turn my designs into HTML mockups. I found it very difficult to progress from here into programming. I tried learning JS frameworks myself but had difficulty finding help and understanding best practices and so on.
I was looking for a bootcamp that would provide:
- guidance on how to approach switching to a full-stack development,
- active student community,
- and most importantly, lots of 1:1 time with a mentor.
I compared a few programs and then I had a chance to join Thinkful's online community for a bit to explore and talk to a few people. I really liked the community I found there and all the Q/A sessions going on, so I decided to give it a shot.
I thought the curriculum was very modern, very challenging with a lot of great content. I supplemented my learning with additional resources like Egghead and FrontendMasters, but I thought it was a perfect roadmap of concepts and techniques I needed to master.
My mentor is by far the best part of the program. I have a tremendous respect for him. He is extremely knowledgeable, but also kind and patient. I have three hours a week of face-to-face time with him, but we also Slack on a regular basis if I am stuck and need help.
I don't know how many students are taking the program simultaneously, but it always seems busy in Slack. Moreover, there are Q/A sessions available every day with other mentors over a video chat. To me personally, it was very very helpful to have a community of folks I can talk to and learn from.
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There are five interview practice sessions. They are hard, mentors are rigorous, just like a real interview.
- Flexible Web Development- 8/9/2017Andy Amaya • Database Analyst • Student • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I've been at Thinkful for about 3 months now. There are three very valuable features about Thinkful to me: 1.) Flexibility 2.) One on One Mentoring 3.) Soft Skills development.
The curriculum is very good and they are constantly updating it so I know the quality of the content is itteratively improving. I honestly believe that the team I'm working with has their best interest in my success; that makes a big difference.
It's a bit expensive.
- While your paying its great- 7/30/2017Nicole Kelley • Software Developer and Integrator • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I graduated Thinkful's Flexible Web Development Bootcamp in May. I have gotten a job and an offer from a fortune 100 company. The Bootcamp does exactly what I expected it to do, which was to give me a start in the web development world. HOWEVER, there is one thing all boot camp seekers should know and understand. A web development boot camp is only as good as what you put into it. This is a field that requires a love and great interest in coding/programming. If you are going to spend the time and money to change careers, wouldn't you want to make sure that it is really what you want to do? Not only does this have to be something you are extremely interested in, you have to be willing to put in the hard work. Meaning you have to be willing to research, read, breathe, eat, and sleep code all while working full time and or having a newborn like I did. Thinkful does not hold your hand. They do not give you the answers all the time. They do not give you a master book saying here is everything now you're a web developer. Thinkful requires you to research, read, analyze and understand outside of what is printed and what they have as assignments. You MUST do this in order to actually understand what you are doing and learn a valuable skill set.
Thinkful was great while I was paying. Meaning that I had 1-1 mentorship, I had a program manager who kept in touch or would respond when I reached out. I had a mentor who was experienced and challenged me to fight for every single word in my code. They even allowed me time to pause in my program to have my son, and then continue. However, the hiccup came when I was in this sort of limbo. I requested to stop being charged tuition because I was refining my portfolio and waiting on feedback. This process in total took me a month which I didn't deem as fair to pay if I had no mentor support. Once I stopped paying with the agreement of Thinkful, it seems services died down. It took 2 months to get full access to career support and by then I had already landed my first job offer.
So while there are issues that could be addressed, that doesn't mean Thinkful failed me. It only means things could be improved as all systems could. Thinkful is a good boot camp and provides flexibility in which course to take as well as financially.
- Flexible Web Development- 7/27/2017Scott Fontenot • Environmental Protection Specialist • Student • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I'm a student at Thinkful's Flexible Web Development program. I'm about a month into the 6 month curriculum. Prior to this, I had taken a handful of coding courses online with Codecademy, Lynda.com, and CodeSchool. I also took advantage of Thinkful's 3-week prep course on Web Development prior to officially starting the FlexWebDev program. If you are on the fence, I do recommend taking this prep course, it's not very expensive to start and it gives you an accurate assessment of what the 6 month program would be like. The course material seems to be a healthy combination of active/passive learning. You are never alone in your learning. You have access to a mentor for 1-1 discussions, there's several slack channels to seek out help or review. There's also workshops and Q and A sessions, all thorought the day making it accessible to someone like myself who's stuck at a 9-5 job during the day. Overall, I'm happy and satisfied with Thinkful and would recommend their services.
- Challenging, but absolutely worth it!- 7/25/2017Blake Sager • Node Developer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
TL;DR: Thinkful's flex web development program helped me land a dev position within 40 days of graduating. While I do think the program could improve in a few areas, I still think it is well worth the time, money, and effort.
There's a lot that could be covered in this review but for brevity's sake, I've chosen to focus on the curriculum. Let it be known that the Slack community, QA sessions, Mentors, and Career Services team are all incredible.
I started Thinkful's flex bootcamp with roughly two months of development experience under my belt; I knew what variables were and understood the basics of control flow, but had yet to build any real apps. The first curriculum module quickly got me up to speed on basic web development, and I completed my first capstone project with a reasonably solid understanding of framework-less front end development.
The second curriculum module focused on Node and the basics of backend development. There was considerably less handholding in this module, which forced me ask better questions and sharpen my Google-Fu skills. While being able to teach yourself and google your way through new concepts is an absolutely vital development skill, I would have had less difficulty during this section had I known that the curriculum intentionally contained less information. All that being said, the curriculum was well written and successfully explained the more abstract backend concepts.
The third module focused on React. Following the pattern established with module two, there was even less spoon-fed information and I spent more time reading the React docs than I did the curriculum. However, the curriculum does a great job explaining the topics it covers, and always links to more in-depth resources when necessary.
The fourth and final module focused on Computer Science (CS) basics. The curriculum was really well written, but I still spent a TON of time grappling with the sorting algorithms and data structures. I completed this module convinced that I had learned absolutely nothing, but I gleaned enough knowledge to satisfy most of the CS interview questions I encountered.
Overall, I really enjoyed the curriculum. There were a fair amount of typos and a few instances of non-functioning code examples, but most of them occurred because Thinkful is constantly updating the lessons. I'd rather have slightly unpolished curriculum than a pristine set of lessons on old tech and legacy projects.
My one critique here is that, while the curriculum does not teach UI/UX design, all of the capstones still have to satisfy certain UX metrics. These standards may be intuitive to designers and front-end oriented students, but this was not the case for me. I am a terrible designer and having to wrestle with design principles I did not know or understand severely hampered my progress. Having said that, the program still helped me land a job as a backend developer. I'd enthusiastically reccommend the flex program to any committed student excited about cutting-edge web development.
- Thinkful Goes Above and Beyond- 7/25/2017Benjamin Johnson • Software Engineer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Los Angeles • Verified via LinkedIn# Some Good TitleIn June 2016 I started Thinkful's (TF) part-time web development bootcamp. I can easily and honestly say that this has been one of the better decisions that I have made in my life. Here I am one year out, employed full-time in an exciting job with enormous career opportunities with a company that treats me like I'm a valued asset rather than simply another cog in the machine. And all of this due to the amazing crew over at TF.Quick background: I did half of TF's program, dropped out (although technically I graduated early) to take a short-term job, and then after the job completed the rest of the curriculum. In April 2017 I started TF's career services. My program manager told me that I had them in the bank when I finished back in November. So when I came back this April they let me pick up as if I had just graduated the program! This is just a single example of the folks over there going above and beyond.Here's a few things that I think set TF excels and sets themselves apart.1. Cost & FinancingBootcamps can get to be very expensive, but my experience in financing TF has been relatively painless. When I enrolled in TF I was a poor college grad and because of the financing opportunities I never felt like the cost was too much of a burden.It's no the cheapest bootcamp out there, but you get what you pay for. In comparison to going back for a CS degree, I saved thousands of dollars, and I felt like I got a good foundation on which to continue learning.2. FlexibilityThe primary thing that made TF doable for me was the ability to enroll in a part-time bootcamp. Sure, it takes longer (about 6 months), but this meant that I could continue working valet to pay rent while I taught myself the skills to become a developer. It's the difference between starting on your career change now and starting after you've saved up enough to take 3 months off work.It should also be noted that they also offer a full-time bootcamp, if you are able to take off the 3 months to expedite your career change.3. RemoteAlso, in addition to making TF work around my schedule, I could attend my meetings and do my coursework from anywhere. This made integrating TF into my life all the more simple.4. MentorshipOne of the best things about TF is that they follow the mentorship model. Rather than throwing 10-20 students in a classroom with a single instructor and a few TAs, they assign each student a personal mentor, typically a senior engineer working for TF on the side (this is important! Your mentor is actually working on production code on a daily basis, rather than teaching full-time). For the part-time program, you meet with them 3 times per week. Having that personal touch to guide you when you're stuck or want to study something outside of the curriculum (gasp!) is the extra push it takes to speed up the learning process and separate yourself from the rest of the pack in an extremely competitive field.5. Career ServicesI have yet to see another bootcamp offer continued career services as comprehensive and effective as TF's. To be honest, I feel like Career Services is its own little bootcamp. I started Career Services April 2017 with little knowledge of how to network, present myself confidently, or make a sales pitch for myself as a candidate. 6 weeks later I had two competing job offers and I feel like I've gained the networking/job-searching skills so that next time I need to find a job in the future I will be well-equipped and confident.6. CommunityFor being a 100% remote bootcamp, TF has a killer community. They have a Slack channel for all current students, alumni, and mentors. Usually when you're stuck on a problem there's at least one person on there that can get you unstuck quickly. In addition, TF puts on multiple workshops per week on a wide range of topics, all of which are accessible to students.Some people complain about the curriculum, but to be honest, I feel like the mentor relationships are more important anyways (TF is also very good about updating problems in their curriculum quickly). But the real learning happens from the mentors — they're the ones that show you how to teach yourself (because TF's curriculum isn't gonna be there when you need to learn the custom framework being used at your new employer)Also, online learning is not for everyone. For myself, I found that the online experience was refreshing and TF has done an amazing job of blending the automated, online approach with the personal touch.All in all, 100% worth it. Every. Single. Penny. Decide whether online mentor-based learning is your cup of tea, if you're more of a brick and mortar type then it's definitely not for you. But talk to the people there because it's a life-changing decision and Thinkful's doing an excellent job of equipping people for the next step in the their career.
- Worth It For Me- 7/21/2017JP Earnest • Product Developer • Graduate • Course: Engineering Immersion • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I graduated Thinkful's Full-time Web Development Bootcamp in January 2017.
After spending a month working on my portfolio, resume and personal portfolio projects, I started the job hunt. Thinkful was with me the whole way.
I started at my new job in late April 2017, doing exactly what Thinkful trained me to do. I love the company and the people (and the paycheck), and the web development work I now do.
Do you need a bootcamp like Thinkful in order to get into this industry? Absolutely not. Everything you need to know you can learn for free. But Thinkful makes the tuition worthwhile:
-course material is streamlined, clear and concise. You spend your study time effectively. I bounced around through online tutorials before joining. Thinkful helped me focus my efforts.
-when you get stuck (and you will), Thinkful mentors and faculty are only a few clicks away. You will need to learn how to work through problems on your own, and Thinkful helps show you where to look or where to ask.
-there are a lot of tools out there. Thinkful introduces you to many of them, and shows you how to develop an efficient workflow.
-javascript proficiency is not the same as fluency. I could read and write javascript with some hesitancy before joining Thinkful. Midway through the program, it became second nature. But I didn't become fluent until tackling data structures and algorithms at Thinkful. The code review and refactoring that faculty lead me through proved invaluable.
Thinkful is not perfect. It's composed of people after all. The biggest challenge I saw with it was were growing pains. A few newer faculty were not be as well versed in the course material, or able to answer your questions as well as others. But they will not hold you back. There are lots of very well-versed faculty and mentors on hand to help you through the hurdles.
The only other criticism I found with Thinkful was in their course material. Most of it was very clear and easy to follow. But, a few places needed flushing out. Fortunately, they have been, and continue to be. Thinkful's course material is always being revised, updated and augmented. This continues being relevent after the program, since graduates maintain lifetime access.
Like everything in life, you will get out of Thinkful what you put into it. I put my undivided attention into the program throughout, and focused just as intensively (maybe more) on perfecting my job application materials for six weeks afterwards. It was one of the most rewarding investments of my time and money yet.
This is not a get-rich-quick-scheme. You cannot buy yourself a job through Thinkful. But, if you're willing to put the work in, Thinkful will deliver.
Web Development job search suggestions:
-have a blog, sharing problems you ran into in your projects, and how you solved them
-spend time on your portfolio and your portfolio projects. Make them look good and work well. Create documention for your portfolio projects.
-take an interest in continuously learning new skills, and showcase them in your blog and/or portfolio.
- Absolutely Worth It- 7/20/2017Christopher B • Web Applications Engineer • Graduate • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn
I was an 18-year military veteran transitioning to the civilian side after being let go due to congressional sequester budget cuts. Without any prior knowledge of JavaScript and only a basic understanding of HTML/CSS I successfully completed their 6-month course and landed a full-time position in 4 weeks after graduating at $60K+. My course mentor guided me through their curriculum focusing on topics that would improve my ability to land a job. After graduating, I entered their job assistance program and received outstanding personal support.
This isn;t easy. No one is going to spoon feed you the answers. You are going to have to do the work. But if you dedicate yourself to completing the course, understanding the material, and getting a job. You will be successful.
- Amazing mentor, awesome strategy.- 7/19/2017Mike Constantino • Web Developer • Student • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
First off - let me say this: I put going to pursue my four year degree on the backburner to attend Thinkful.
I already had prior experience and a good coding knowledge, but needed direction and mentorship more than anything. I could tell from the moment I enrolled at Thinkful that everyone was there to help to their fullest capacity.
I have progressed relatively quick through the course due to my past experience, but my mentor has been a tremendous help on advanced topics and workflow. The guy seems to know literally everything about everything.
Additionally, Thinkful comes with a job guarantee for certain cities. The strategy they roll out to help you get the job is amazing. It forces you to make real world connections and not just shotgun your resume everywhere. While I'm not 100% in the career services phase yet, the contact I have had with them so far shows that they are completely committed and very knowledgable in what they are doing.
I highly reccomend Thinkful even if you're an absolute beginner. The value of a mentor and a team devoted to you in priceless.
- Life Changing Experience- 7/19/2017Sean Jun • Software Developer • Graduate • Course: Engineering Immersion • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn
About a year and a half ago, I was like you. I was reading through these course report reviews trying to decide on which bootcamps to take. After reading hundreds of reviews (literally), I decided to take Thinkful's Full Time Web Development Course. There were couple of deciding factors:
1. Ease of Enrollment
While some might argue that a good bootcamp needs to be hard, I wholeheartedly disagree. I think a good school needs to be able to take someone whose level is at absolute 0 and be able to teach him/her all the skills required to become 100. For this reason, Thinkful was perfect for me. They gave me a 2-week assignment to follow, which I was able to finish with little difficulty. Then, I had some skype interviews to talk about my goals, personalities. After that I was admitted and ready to learn. However, don't let this fool you to think it's an easy course. I got employed within 2 months of graduation. That tells you how complete this course is.
2. Contents
Speaking of the 'completeness' of the course, Thinkful definitely surprised me. At the time of searching, Thinkful was the only bootcamp that made all of its course materials end-to-end. I'm talking about chrome extensions, skype-like video lecture room, bootstrap-themed responsive course notes that you can view from your phone, easy-to-follow lecture slides, etc. You also get life-time access to these contents even after you graduate (and they get updates as well). It's different from other bootcamps where it looks like they ctrl-c/v some notes from wikipedia or blogs into craiglist-styled webpages. If the content makers were that dedicated to creating their own contents full-stack, I knew I could trust them into making me a full-stack developer.
3. Mentors
Unlike other bootcamps I was searching at that time, Thinkful offered what's called a 1-on-1 mentorship (on daily basis). I knew that I learn best when I have a person to interact with. So, I decided to go with Thinkful. Although I was only given 30-40 minutes of mentorship everyday, my mentor, Jason was very generous with time and effort. We would work on concepts, problems that I did not understand during lectures/projects. The instructors are also extremely dedicated to helping students. When I requested some 1-on-1 tutoring (other than mentorship) outside of course, everyone was willing to devote their time into teaching extra. Obviously, you have to show effort, but when you do, teachers will match your enthusiasm.
4. Size of Classroom
This was an important factor to me because I wanted to be appreciated as a student. I didn't want a course where I have to wait hours before someone could answer my question. At the same time, I didn't want a course where my only interaction is with a teacher (not enough pair programming experience). To me, the ideal size of classroom would be somewhere aronud 10 students. That way, you have mutual interaction between teachers and students. At the time of enrollment, Thinkful's course had maximum of 8 students (they refused to accept more due to same reason). By the end of the course, I made some life-time friends and mentors, whom I still reach out to.
5. Career Support
Before researching on coding bootcamps, I thought to myself, "If a bootcamp does not have a great career support, I might as well be doing a self-study." It was already intimidating to spend thousands of dollars on learning something I wasn't familar with. I wanted to make sure I get some kind of fail-safe insurance. Thinkful provided 6 months guarantee, which is a promise of full refund in case of unemployment 6 months after graduation date. Most of top-tier bootcamps didn't provide this option (probably because they wanted to advertise that they can 'confidently' place students in jobs without the 'insurance'). Truth is, getting a job isn't all about a student's excellence. Sometimes, it's really about how lucky you are. I've seen students (from Thinkful or other top bootcamps) who are miles better than me struggling to get a job for months. I have no doubt that Thinkful will prepare you to become employable by great companies, but it shouldn't hurt to have a back-up plan, just in case that takes longer than 6 months.
As for the actual career support, I cannot recommend the program enough. Thinkful takes career support like its own course. After you graduate, you will immediately enter what's called a 'career-search' mode. You will have industry-styled agile scrum meetings every day with career mentors (these are different from your code mentors) who will help you with every career related issues--building resume/portfolio, preparing elevator talks, interview questions, etc. I felt like I was supported by the whole team throughout the day. Plus, the career team usually has pretty big network of recruiters, which was crucial at landing my first job.
That being said, I don't want to give impression that Thinkful works for everyone (that would sound like an ad). It's certainly designed for specific group of people. If you are someone who cares about all the factors listed above, I highly recommend this program. If not, there are other bootcamps (or even self-studies) that will meet your need. As for myself, it worked perfectly. I got my first programming job (working for Intel) within 2 months of graduation.
- The Catalyst to Level Up- 7/17/2017Bryan Swagerty • Software Engineer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn
If you're like me, motivated to pickup the skills needed to be a developer but lacking the discipline and structure to commit, Thinkful's part time bootcamp will likely be the perfect program for you.
This truly is one of those things where you get out exactly how much you put in. Do not enroll expecting someone else to do the heavy lifting for you. Do expect to get paired with an expert mentor who is more than just an instructor, but a confidant and Jedi Master who will push you along your quest. Do expect other smart, talented mentors who offer office hours for answering anything from technical questions to industry tips. Expect to engage in a community of hungry developers in training and help eachother out. Ask questions as well as answer questions in the Slack channels from your peers (see the rubber duck debugging).
Thinkful proved, for me, to be an amazing experience and a real game changer. Towards the end of program track I began to put my resume out and apply for jobs. Derek, my program manager was very flexible allowing me to pause my mentor sessions and was really supportive, even getting me in touch with career counslors before I finished. Within a week I was landing interviews and was fortunate enough to get an awesome offer from a company where I love to go to work everyday.
Changing careers and becoming a developer is not easy, but it's extremely rewarding. With a little guidance and the right support, it's very doable. I recommend Thinkful to friends all the time, it's that good.
- Overall good experience- 7/16/2017DY • Front End Engineer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I enrolled Thinkful's online flexible bootcamp in December 2016, graduated in May 2017, found a Front-End Engineer job in June 2017. Overall it was a good experience and has toally changed my life. I was paired with who I think is the best programming mentor ever. We had 3 sessions every week and each session is for an hour. That being said, you pretty much need to teach yourself and learn how to learn programming. That is also my favorite part of this bootcamp experience.
After I graduated, they gave one 1-hour session every week to chat with me about my progress on job hunting and gave me some tips on how to write a resume and how to interview. Just like learning programing, hearing someone talking about it one hour a week is not enough. To ace your interview skills you'd need to spend much more effort on it. In terms of job search you're pretty much on your own and it's definitely NOT as easy as how every coding bootcamp advertises. What I really appreciated was that after I received a job offer they were very prompt on assisting me with salary and benefit neogociations.
Thinkful as a coding bootcamp has grown very fast in the past one or two years and they have, I think, over 100, if not over 200, programming mentors working with them. I have talked with about 15 mentors at Thinkful at their Q&A sessions. To be very honest, none of them were as great as my own mentor, in terms of knowledge, the ability of explaining things, as well as patience and attitude. So you'd have a really great experience with Thinkful if you're paired with the right mentor. But if you're less lucky when they assign you a mentor, I'd be a little worried.
Overall, if you are willing to commit and put in very hard work, I think Thinkkful is a great place to learn coding and pivot your career. I would recommend it.
- Challenging and rewarding experience- 7/15/2017Peter Szujewski • Developer • Graduate • Course: Engineering Immersion • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I completed the full time program and found a job pretty much right away. That is, however, not always the case for everyone, so if you do the course make sure you are prepared to spend at least 3 months looking for a job. It's really a matter of luck and being at the right place at the right time. If you treat looking for a job like a job though you should be able to find something.
My advice to anyone considering this program is to first spend a good amount of time working through free online materials to make sure web development/ coding is a good fit for you. I spent about 5-6 months working through codecademy and free code camp before committing to thinkful. I learned how to work with html, css, JS, jQuery at a beginner-level on my own. I went to a couple tech meetups in my area to see if I had similar interests with people already in the field.
Besides preparing me to be successful for thinkful's program, doing the prep work confirmed that this was somethig I actually wanted to do. If you have a good time working through those tutorials and you enjoy working on small projects with jQuery, you will be successful in the program. Read about nodeJS and reactJS and see if it really interests you. Good luck and enjoy the process!
- Challenging, supportive and worth it!- 7/14/2017C.C. • Software Engineer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Thinkful provided me with just the program I was looking for. At the time, I was working full time as an engineer in the chemicals industry and I was unhappy with my role and really wanted a change. Through Thinkful's program I was able to keep my job while working through the program online on evenings and weekends. I was a grueling time commitment juggling both, but it turned out to be a great decision and I'm so happy I went for it. I met with my mentor 3 times a week online and in enabled me to learn to code faster than the online tutorials I'd worked through on my own. Being on the outside of an industry looking in, I found it incredibly valuable to to have access to skilled developers and live online QA sessions where you could ask questions and benefit from the developers' years experience and while also getting a feel for the latest tech and industry practices. Also when it can time to interview, a mentor recommendation meant a lot. Thinkful also does a great job with career support. Initially, I thought this would just entail someone helping me polish up my resume and portfolio, but it much more. In career coaching sessions we would talk though how to strategically approach job searching, applying and interviewing, which was very helpful. They are also very proactive in connecting you with potential employers, wherever your location. They worked with me to help me connect with employers in the city where I wanted to relocate. There can be cons to learning online, but it worked out well for me in the time I could commit. After the program, I was able to switch industries and land a job as Jr. Software Engineer. I'd highly recommend the program!
- David Gonen • Graduate • Course: Frontend Web Development • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I am a serial entrepreneur who has worked extensively with developers in the past as a project / product manager. Made the decision it was time to learn to code myself, with the goal of increasing my independence in starting a project or building a quick prototype. I researched and spoke with graduates of several of the well known bootcamps. I wanted a path towards learning React & React Native. And as I looked at various bootcamps and their curriculums, I realized I preferred a remote bootcamp. I have never done as well sitting in a classroom compared to learning on my own. But I had already realized that learning to code on your own is very difficult, there are so many pitfalls and ways of getting totally stuck at. Those reasons are why Thinkful's approach appealed so much to me. It allowed me to self-study as much as I like, with regular mentor session available for me to ask all my specific questions of where I was confused or stuck. Also it was somewhat early days for React, but they worked with me to modify their curriculum at the time to fit my goal. Bottom line is I didn't find any other bootcamp that was flexible enough to fit my schedule, allow me to learn from anywhere, had the right curriculum, and allowed me to learn on my own as much as possible.
After the bootcamp I started building a few of my own projects, building on the Javascript & React fundamentals I learned at Thinkful to pickup redux, react native, & firebase. I have now used my new skills to create several live apps (mobile & web). And working with other developers is a totally different (better) experience, much easier to communicate and stay on task.
Next time I am in between projects I am thinking of advancing my knowledge using thinkful (either a backend developer course or perhaps design/UX)
- Life Changer, job in 2 weeks!- 7/12/2017Brian McMinn • Developer • Graduate • Course: Engineering Immersion • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Thinkful changed my life. I spent nine years in a career I hated. I was in sales, making great money but never felt any enjoyment out of my life. I dealt frequently with Software Engineers in my career and always wanted to be on their side.
I was shocked when I heard you could attend a bootcamp and better yet do it remotely. After months of research, I decided I would enroll in the Full Time Web Development Bootcamp. At first, it was hard, I wanted to quit. I stuck with it and was so glad I did. I learned more in the past 4 months then I probably have learned in the past 10 years. I went from not knowing what a variable or loop was, to building full stack applications using Javascript and latest Javascript frameworks. Not only do you learn in the Thinkful, but Thinkful teaches you how to learn for the rest of your life helping you continually build on your skills.
The special thing about Thinkful in addition to their curiccullum is something you cannot get from an Udemy or Pluralsight. It is the Thinkful community you are surrounded with. I spent 10 hours a day, 5 days a week and some weekends with the same 12 people in my cohort. We grew close as developers and also made some great friends / potential colleagues one day. I also grew close with the staff and we talk regularly even after the completion of the bootcamp.
The mentoring in Thinkful is second to none. I grew close with my mentor and he helped me every step of the way. There is no substitute from 1 on 1 mentorship and Thinkful has hired a great team of mentors to help students like me along the way. The mentorship alone is reason enough to enroll in this course.
Enrolling in Thinkful does not mean you willl get a free ride. You truly get what you put in. It is not easy, you must study and eat, sleep and breathe coding all day to truly become ready to enter the job market. But if you listen to them and "trust the process" I guarantee you will be a competent developer by the end and more skilled than people from many other bootcamps.
I started Thinkful in January and Graduated in May. It is now July and I start a job this week as a developer making almost a $100K income. I cannot thank Thinkful enough and highly recommend this program to anybody on the fence.
- Thinkful Grad - ReactJS Developer- 7/12/2017Nick C. • Front End Software Engineer • Student • Course: Engineering Immersion • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Yes ... going through the program got me a position as a Front End Developer coding in ReactJS. I couldn't have got there with out them. Thinkful is amazing ... They stuck with me through it all and were absolutely decidated to my success.
For full-time, the classes are live online and you work in a collaborative, pair programing environment with students around the US using tools like Slack, Screen Hero, and in a live tool similar to Google Hangout. You have a dedicated mentor that you meet with every weekday evening to help you with anything you didn't quite understand. And, they also have multiple live mentor Q&A and workshops every day. The curiculum was focused around the MERN stack (Mongo, Express, ReactJS, Node) in and using Javascript ES6/ES7 ... so, is very current and applicable to the current job market.
After graducation, we had daily career meetings where they helped with anything I needed (extra mentoring, reviewing code when job interviews required projects, advice, and encouragement) to weekly one-on-one meetings with a dedicated career coach to advise me on everything from my resume to how to search for a tech job to understanding what was working/what wasn't.
- Super Flexible Bootcamp That Wont Break the Bank- 7/12/2017Dom C • Software Developer • Student • Course: Frontend Web Development • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Thinkful has been an awesome experience. I joined after taking a few primers on web development through Udemy/Udacity and I found that it was the best deal out there as far as web dev bootcamps go. What sets Thinkful apart is that you are really left to your own devices when it comes to solving problems so it really teaches you how to be resourceful and ask good questions when you're not meeting with a mentor. You're also not on a rigid in-person schedule like most bootcamps so this is great for people who are changing careers but dont have the ability to dive in 100% just yet.
They also do a lot to prepare you for networking, interviews, code challenges and beyond. The projects you build go right into your portfolio and its totally on you as to how far you want to take your projects. You can also slow down any part of the course due to its flexible schedule and proceed when you understand and are ready.
As for price, you get the most bang for your buck with Thinkful, but you have to be somewhat disciplined yourself in order to get the most out. You really get out of it what you put in so give it your 110% and you can get all the quality of a $20,000 in person bootcamp without spending 12 hours on site.
- Life Changing- 7/11/2017Mike • Frontend Developer • Graduate • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn
I came into Thinkful's Full Stack Web Development Flex program with very minimal knowledge of coding beforehand. What I learned by myself in 3 months, we covered in 3 weeks at Thinkful. My mentor is amazing and put in extra time when I needed it. I went from being a broke musician, driving for lyft, to being an employed frontend developer in 8 months! I could not ask for a better experience.
Be aware, that you will probably have to put in more time than they say upfront. The curriculum is pretty good, but they are a few sections where additional resources are needed ( you can find them for free ). Everyone learns at a different pace, but I averaged 30-40 hours a week in the flex program, so be prepared to kiss your social life goodbye for 6 months! But if you are willing to make that commitment, you will not only get a job when you graduate, but you will crush it at your new job!
- A Great Program- 6/24/2017L.J. • Student • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I was incredibly skeptible of bootcamps. The claims of becoming job-ready in x months seemed too good to be true. I started learning on my own through some of the free resources but I couldn't stay motivated. I got back in touch with my old friend, Elias, who's a mentor at Thinkful. Testimony from an individual I trusted helped nudge me in the right direction.
When I enrolled with Thinkful, I had a beginner's understanding of HTML, CSS and jQuery but I had no idea how to apply these skills to real-world applications. From the beginning, the curriculum is written in a way that the materials being covered can be easily-translated to the real world.
Working with my mentor, Rachel, has been fantastic. Both she and my project manager challenge me to perfect my projects and assignments. Rachel gave me direction and guidance from the early stages of the Front-End course which prepared me for the later courses like React.
There is nothing new or original about Thinkful's curriculum. They are not reinventing the wheel, nor should they. The value comes from the experience. I meet with Rachel 3 times a week, there are Q&A sessions multiple times a day which are run by mentors and open to all students, there is a Slack channel for students to get in touch with mentors and other students, and career counselors. All of these resources help me to see other perspectives on how to do things and connect with fellow newbies. I am building a network while I am still learning, which is priceless!
I have been enrolled with Thinkful for a little over 3 months now and I am very happy with my decision. I would recommend Thinkful to anyone looking to get serious about a new career in Web Development, as long as they are willing to commit to the time and energy it takes to complete this or any bootcamp.
- A Not-So-Good Experience- 6/23/2017Dustin • Course: Full Stack Flex • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
I joined Thinkful's Flexible Bootcamp last November. It was very good at the beginning and I felt as though I was learning a lot. Once the course got to Node, I started to fall behind and I couldn't understand the lessons very well. My instructor, M____(want to keep his name anonymous), was definitely a good guy and very flexible with scheduling, but oftentimes would do things for me and not explain why he was doing things. There was a bit of a language barrier, too, which made communication difficult at times and limited his ability to explain.
I admittedly didn't have as much time as I would have liked to work on programming (averaged 15-20 hours/week), but I did go over the course material over and over to no avail. I found the Thinkful course material lacking, especially starting at Node and for React. There's a lot that's just glossed over. I guess you're expected to seek out the materials yourself but that's a bit unfair considering how much you're paying for the course.
I'm 2 months over the expected 6 months at this point after project requirement changes mid-course that also stalled my progress. For instance, you're expected to make a landing page for your projects now, a requirement added in at random. I understand they want us to have the best portfolio possible, but it's annoying when you're not given these expectations up front.
Two of my projects keep breaking at this point and I tried scheduling a time with my program manager but he blew me off yesterday. Not sure what to do at this point. I think most people would be better off self-learning through Udemy, Coursera, Pluralsight, and Stack Overflow, to be quite honest. I wanted to belive in Thinkful but I was pretty let down.
- Jami • Teacher, small business owner, soon-to-be Full Stack Developer • Student • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
It's difficult to know where to start with an update on my review. I just recently graduated from Thinkful- because I was hired as a Junior Developer. SO much is going through my head as I write this review, but I will start with this: If you are considering bootcamp, Thinkful will help you reach your goals!
I started this program with a little experience in HTML & CSS. I didn't really understand either of them, if that helps you know what "a little experience" means, but I loved learning it. I was an elementary teacher, looking for a way to help provide for my family, love what I do, and not spend 70-80 hours a week trying to keep my head above water. I loved my students, but the workload was unsustainable. I wanted to connect my love for learning with my new-found fascination with writing code.
I knew that I could not truly learn to code and change careers on my own with the job I had, family, and other demands for time. I began looking into bootcamps, and was quickly discouraged at the time commitment and cost. But then I stumbled across part-time, or flexible, bootcamps. Thinkful was one of many that I considered and interviewed. Ultimately, the staff, their system, and the job guarantee won me over. Every staff member with whom I spoke was helpful and informative. The system is set up for students to succeed. I found very few bootcamps that offered the amount of support Thinkful did- from 3 one-on-one mentor sessions weekly, to a program manager available any time, and career services to boot.
I spoke with career services very early on, and the person I spoke with strongly encouraged me to network. That is not something I enjoy or do well. However, because of the way she helped me understand its importance, I jumped out there and tried it. Eventually, it led to my first interview as a developer. And a position as a Junior Developer in a company I love.
I could not end this review without mentioning my incredible Mentor. My journey has not been all rainbows and cupcakes- I held down a full-time job, took care of my family, and often on my days off traveled to do teacher trainings. While learning Javascript. And jquery. And Node. And React. And so many things I thought I would NEVER actually "get". My mentor walked me through it, gave me specific exercises to help me understand, encouraged me, and told me when I needed to put forth more effort. On our last call, when I told him I appreciated him and could not have done this without him, he said, "Oh you definitely could. I was just here to be your sidekick and help you know you could." He is truly one of the greatest teachers, because he stuck it out with me even when I wasn't sure I could do this.
I am grateful for this experience and the opportunity to begin this exciting new career where I can, and will be expected to, learn constantly, be on a team making tools to share with the world, and solve incredibly complex problems. If that sounds exciting to you, call someone at Thinkful now!!
- Avi Zajac • Student • Campus: Washington • Verified via GitHub
I want to disclose that the reason I am a current student at Thinkful is made fully possible through a full tuition scholarship recipient from Out in Tech. It has been a wild adventure to get to this point of my life and it's something I wake up every day to going, "Oh golly this really is still real and happening, that's so darling."
For anyone else like myself who really loves to break and find things, it truly is worth finding out how the folks who design the things that you like to break think. It also is most certainly helpful to be able to actually build that same thing from scratch beginning to end and ask yourself: is this actually secure, am I part of the problem, too? It has been an extroardinary experience working through that which I accept as a very happy challenge to myself.
Going into this program I knew I'd be going into a structured program with the trendy/popular full stack they're gearing students towards. What I didn't expect was for my mentor to figure out how I learn best, how I think or see problems, and use that to help me get a much richer and fuller understanding than the course itself alone. I'm a massive generalist so to have my mentor reach into my security and hacker community backgrounds to connect everything I know and the course together to fill in the gaps I do have has been absolutely wonderful.
The mentors are by far what truly make this program what it is for me. That's not to say the instructors and TA's aren't, they are most definitely that other huge chunk. Yet it really is up to you to decide on what path you want to take, what you want out of the program, and your mentor will be there to help guide you down the way you want to go.
Before I forget if you're in a Thinkful city like DC there are a lot of meet ups plus dinners for students and mentors together! They're absolutely darling and I highly recommend going to them even if you're not a registered student (for the regular public meet ups of course).
The full time program is intensive. If you come from prior experience, however, you may end some specific days during certain parts of the bootcamp earlier than expected. Especially if you know what '1=1' is for times you focus on databases. On the other hand you make up for it by helping other pairs understand it, working with your mentor on more advance concepts, and working on other things.
Paired programming is something I never got to truly experience growing up messing around in the way we work in the full time program. There is a really lovely mix if folks in my cohort when it comes to prior experience. Getting a chance to work with everyone whether they have a comp sci degree or are a former lawyer is really exciting to see what they bring with them to the program.
You learn a lot about yourself, I don't think I've self reflected nearly this much about myself in how I interact with people in a long while.
There's so much I want to talk about alas I think this is a long review already. If you really want to talk more about the program with me it shouldn't be that hard to reach me! Hope you all have a darling day.
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Riley and I got married on August 9th, and while we were already living together it's been an interesting transition. While we're very similar in our goals and aspirations, we approach things very differently. For example, he opens mail, and I… uhm… essentially have a mail tub like Jake in Brooklyn 99 (shout out to my fellow Nine Niners out there).
In this blog, I'm exploring the areas of life we have been navigating and how we have been making decisions as a married couple:
Allll Of The Money Talk
I have talked about money on the blog before, and things were amplified when we got married. Initially, we talked with our couple friends who were comfortable sharing the way to manage their relationships. It's a sensitive topic to talk about with others, but it was incredibly helpful to see how other people manage their finances.
For us, we have found that the best option is for us to merge our finance. Riley is the money person in the family. While I have a healthy relationship with it, my mind doesn't work in numbers. We really balance each other out, and while it's been a learning curve, it's been a huge stress reliever.
Decision Tip: Regular Touch Points
While we're still sorting out the best way for us to make money decisions together, we have found that regular touch points has helped us keep on top of it. We have a sit down every couple of weeks to review everything that's going on financially. It has made the process so much easier and less daunting.
Our Long-Term Goals
I have an incredibly close relationship with my parents and sisters. We see each other multiple times a week, and I like to rebound things off of them. During the wedding process, I realized how this habit needs to shift. While they're my family, Riley's my family now, too. Of course, my family will still be involved. But, Riley and I are building a life together and that has been a huge shift in mindset for me.
We have been talking a lot about our long-term goals around our living situation. While we appreciate Edmonton, the winters are rough. We have been exploring the idea of living elsewhere or leaving for the winter.
It's been a process to get on the same page and ensure we're both happy with the decision.
Decision Tip: Self Awareness & Open Communication
We have found that us repeatedly taking the time to explore what we want in life (and with our living decision) then sharing that openly with one another has been huge. Before, we'd have conversations about it, but neither of us had really taken the time to think about what we wanted. By adding a dose of self-reflection to the mix, we're able to enter in the conversation with clarity and properly articulate what we want.
Home Decisions
Riley and I are both home people. We absolutely love home. On the weekends, we drive around Edmonton looking at different homes. I'll often ask Riley what he's doing on the computer and he's looking at real estate. He's flipped multiple properties and loves the entire process.
Six months into our relationship, we built a custom home. What can I say? We knew from day one that we were getting married. During the process, we were incredibly lucky that our style is exactly the same.
Traditional, with farmhouse accents.
While we have been in the house for 2 years, we love to switch things up. While we'll change out things like pillows, blankets, and decor, we recently had to change out our kitchen sink faucet. The one we had got with the house wasn't working. We are obsessed with our apron front sink, so we wanted to get one that lived up to how much we love the sink.
During the home building process, I paid more attention to things like the color of the kitchen cabinet, and the positioning of the wainscotting. When it came to more functional things like the door hands and faucet, Riley was in charge.
When we hit up The Home Depot (is there really another place to get one?!) for a new faucet, I had no idea I'd be overwhelmed with options. Seriously, who knew?! I was concerned with the look, and Riley was concerned with the compatibility and functionality. So, when we were making the decision, I narrowed it down by design, then Riley went in and make the decision from the functions. It was the perfect balance.
We ended up going with the Veletto faucet by Grohe in a SuperSteel Infinity Finish. It was a similar style to our first one, so I knew it would look good with the sink. Since I'm always on dish duty (because Riley makes dinner) I knew I wanted one that has the spray head that you can pull down, whatever technical term you'd call that.
If you had told me 5 years ago that I'd care about the functionality of a faucet, or that I'd enjoy going to The Home Depot with my husband, I'd laugh in your face. But, I guess this is what the married life looks like? Hahaha!
Decision Tip: Know What You Like & What You Don't Care About
When it comes to making decisions about our home, I found that it's important to know what's important to me and what I don't overly care about. This makes the process a whole lot easier, especially if you're on the same page! This clarity allows for more give and take when making the decision.
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Believe it or not, Riley's the one who's leading the healthy decisions in our household right now. Ever since I transitioned away from fitness, I have had a deep resistance within me towards healthy living. While I know it's a phase, it's been an adjustment having Riley being the motivated one.
I know I'm not the only one who feels guilty when their partner is working out, and you're not. I'm in an in-between phase where it's rubbing off on me sometimes but not all of the times. Like, am I still eating cookies every day? Yes. Am I working more occasionally? Also yes.
When it comes to how we're navigating this as a couple, it's been nice to have an accountability partner. While we want to be healthy for ourselves, we also want it for one another. Riley has been super great at staying motivated and inviting me to join. It's nice to have someone else who's invested in your health, too. Ya know?
Decision Tip: Gently Keep Each Other Accountable
When I was in the thick of the fitness world, I was often asked how one could encourage their partner to join in or start their own routine. From experience, I now know being gentle and embodying it yourself is the answer. I feel like if Riley was negatively trying to motivate me or guilt me about my healthy lifestyle choices, I'd be hugely against it. It's a nice balance between inviting your partner without forcing it on them.
I'm looking forward to seeing how we navigate other decisions that come up in our relationship. I want to know, what advice do you have for making decisions as a couple? Share below!


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The color blocking trend is here to stay. If you feel so too, here's the perfect jacket for you to wear this winter, and be the style star! The jacket comes in lovely camel color with high neck pattern and strong hood for additional coverage. The black patches at the chest add a dash of color to this monochromatic jacket.


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Technically, winter arrived on December 21, 2017. In reality, it showed up yesterday. Finally, snow. The mountains have been open, Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Northstar, but with little natural snow. The vast majority of runs are covered with manmade snow.
With the warmer temperatures and dry conditions, other, more spring like activities have been available. The hiking has been great all around the Tahoe Basin. Bike trails have been open. People are fishing. The golf courses are closed, it hasn't been that nice, but just a 30 minute drive over the hill will take you to any number of golf courses.
And while all those activities are fun filled, it is not the same as snow. Snow definitely has a high fun content but includes more positive aspects for Lake Tahoe and the state of California.
The snow pack is vital in terms of future water for farmers and fish. It's vital for the people of the central valley, who two years ago after 4 years of drought, ran out of water. The water table had dropped so low they were pulling water out that was 2,000 years old. No kidding. It will take decades of good water years to replenish that.
Snow is vital for the forests. Without the water, the trees are more susceptible to disease, specifically bark beetles. Bark beetles have decimated the Sierra Nevada forest. The U.S Forest Service estimates that more than 102 million trees have died throughout the 7.7 million acres of California due to drought and beetle infestation since 2010. This situation wasn't helped by years of anti-thinning policies of the federal and regional government agencies.
When the forest is overcrowded, there are less resources, nutrients and water to go around. Tree health is weakened. Any gardener or farmer will tell you that thinning crops or forests ultimately creates healthier plants and trees in the future. Fortunately, forest health policies have changed, but it's a long, long road back to a healthy forest. We will probably never see the forest we saw one or three decades ago. Climate change presents another wild card. When the forest grows back, what will it look like?
Snow is vital to the economy of the Sierras. The tourist based communities need the dollars that skiers, riders and people who just want to play in the snow bring. Without it, town is pretty quiet.
Snow is vital for winter fun for most of us. Skiing, riding, sledding, snowmobiling, how are we going to have fun at those sports without snow?
But the winter snow is finally here. It's a bluebird day in Tahoe today but tomorrow brings winter back. According the to forecast, it's supposed to stick around for awhile. So glad to see it!


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Most presentation disasters are not fatal; they can be resolved comfortably if you
The decision maker is forced to leave before you have gotten to your key points.
If you follow the old rule "Tell 'em what you are going to tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em what you told 'em," you won't get caught this way. Always mention your main point and major supporting points within the first few minutes of any presentation. If you are using visuals, you always have a visual that has the main point and the key points. If, however, you have made the fatal error of trying to save the "zinger" for last, and the decision maker must leave, ask for a moment to summarize (anyone will give you a moment if you ask with a smile) and state, in one sentence, the one point you want the decision maker to remember and, if you have a chance, the two concepts that best support that point.
You arrive and are told the decision maker can't attend.
Even if the decision maker can't make it, someone in the room will be responsible for reporting to him or her. Ask yourself, "what, in one sentence, do I want the reporter to say?" (What do I want the decision maker to do?). (It will not be, "He told us about ...." It will be a message, "we should use _____ because it is within our budget and meets our engineering requirements" for example) Then be sure you state that sentence, as you want it repeated, at the beginning and at the end of your presentation.
You find you have 15 minutes instead of the 45 you planned on.
Talking fast won't work. Decide quickly what percentage of 15 minutes each part of your presentation should take. Keep your eye on your watch and limit yourself to the key concept in each portion. Next time, be prepared. Think about what you'll leave out if your time is halved, if you are given 5 minutes.
Someone asks a question about an issue you plan to discuss in detail later.
Answer the question briefly, and say you plan to go into detail later. If person asking the question is the decision maker, ask if the short answer is sufficient for now. Do not ask people to wait until you reach the point at which you originally planned to cover the material. If you do, everyone will focus on the unanswered question instead of listening. And, in a meeting setting, do not ask people to hold their questions until the end. Making that request suggests you are not confident enough to deal with interruptions.
You lose your train of thought mid-sentence.
Smile, say "excuse me" and start again. Keep in mind that everyone in the room has lost track of an idea at least once. People want you to succeed and are sympathetic. Keep smiling.
You plan to work through a handout page by page; people are moving ahead at their own pace.
The risk in giving people printed material is that they will read it at their own pace. If at all possible, don't provide handouts until after the presentation is over. If you must walk through a printed booklet, tell people what it contains and give them a rough idea of where different parts are located before you begin. If possible, hold your copy up as an easel and point to parts of charts or graphs. People are also more likely to stay with you if you occasionally say, "And you can see on page ___ that..." If the decision maker insists on moving ahead quickly, you'll do best to pick up the pace, perhaps skip pages, and, if necessary, focus on the pages that are important to her. (If you are going to hand out materials, don't try to bury anything at the end - like cost or fees. If people don't find what they want at the beginning, they go immediately to the end.)
You are competing for a deal and realize that the decision maker has confused you with the competition (he is taking notes on a page with the competition's name on the top).
Use the name of your firm as often as you can. Say, for example, "As we at _____ believe," and try not to focus on what he is writing.
You expect to speak to 3 people and arrive to find 20.
If you were planning to work from one set of handouts, forget it. Ask for a flipchart and pens; decide quickly how much you can rough sketch as you talk (key points, if nothing else). Stand; it is easier to maintain control. Remember that you are the expert. Keep smiling.
You walk into the decision maker's office and are offered a seat in a deep sofa.
This is the moment to develop a bad back; ask for a hard chair. It is virtually impossible to sound confident and in control from of a cushion 6 inches off the floor.
Your throat dries out.
Do what the theater folk do. Roll a tiny piece of paper into a small ball and place it between your gum and your facial tissue in the back of your mouth. It will stimulate the flow of saliva just like the wad of cotton the dentist uses. Try this in private first, however, so you are sure you are comfortable.
Several people start a side conversation while you are speaking.
In the following order: Ask if there are questions. Ask if you can do anything to clarify. If they will not stop and you are standing, continue your presentation but try to move nearer to them. Lower your voice or pause. Hope that someone else will stop them. When all else fails, try to acknowledge that things are out of control and ask the group whether a new meeting should be scheduled.
You want to make professional overheads but all you have is a word processor and a copying machine.
If your copying machine will enlarge, you are in good shape. Type your text, in bold, on a page. Turn the page sidewards in the copying machine (so the text is horizontal rather than vertical on the page, and enlarge the text.) As an alternative, consider doing the acetates by hand if you can print clearly.
You drop your overheads on the floor.
Make a joke about your clumsiness, pick them up and take a few moments to put them in order. (Now is the time to be grateful you have numbered them.)
You come prepared with overheads to find you have a podium in the middle of a long conference table and someone else is assigned to handle the overheads.
Say politely that you would rather handle your own acetates and you don't like being confined. Ask briefly if you can present from the end of the table. (Keep smiling.) If the answer is "NO" set up a hand cuing system with the overhead operator and, if at all possible, rehearse. The moral of the story is, ask about arrangements in advance.
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After successfully collaborating with Stella McCartney a few years ago, Gap is back with a new designer collaboration – Diane von Furstenberg. Launching March 15, we've got a sneak peek at what you can expect to find in stores.
Perfect for kids, DVF ♥ GapKids is filled with bright colors and whimsical patterns. With graphic onesies for babies, mini-wrap dresses for kids and jackets that make the Children's Team swoon, DVF ♥ GapKids seems primed to be a hit.
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