Everything they promise after completing the course is a lie. I did not get any assistance in finding a job or continuing to have support from them in any type of way. I was very disappointed in the ending. read more

If I could give 0 stars I would. Let me first start off by saying, DO NOT GIVE THIS PLACE YOUR MONEY! You are literally paying thousands to watch YouTube videos...What?! I have been in a constant 2 month battle with Sam Brody to cancel my loan. I've gotten nowhere besides dishonesty, sales tactics, and straight LIES! I have tried other avenues to get this settled but have been told he's the "only" person that can help. I guess? I have been more than patient and in shock that even a founder would go about this in such an unprofessional way. I was informed that the loan company doesn't allow cancellations? RED flag! I reached out myself to Launching Services and they informed me it CAN be done from the approval of the school! Which leads me to believe that the 2 months Sam has been telling me the emails were "sent" and he's having a "hard time" reaching them has been completely false! I sent an email to them Friday and got a response TODAY! The emails back and forth, the long periods of awaited answers from Sam was all a tactic to keep the loan going! It doesn't take much for someone to feel like their getting scammed. He also mentions that they do not reimburse you for the loan that was taken? How could they not? Nothing about this camp was helpful! It's all accessible on YouTube! This program did not help me find a coding job! Long story short, Codify Academy prides themselves on helping you. Once you graduate you're in the dark, matter of fact I was told to look for admin jobs! Really?! Then they pretty much tell you to refresh your memory and rewatch the videos! Once that's done work on your portfolio, resume, etc. which they we're hands off on. Beyond frustrating! I have a lot of friends who are recruiters and even they are at a loss. Codify's biggest motto is that "recruiters don't know how to code...use you're personality". News flash, they may not know coding but they do have REQUIREMENTS for prospecting candidates for the role! If your resume doesn't have what they are looking for, why would they waste their time looking at it? I have searched entry level developer openings, and what Codify teaches you is just the basics! It will take years to land a gig anywhere. The curriculum is outdated and not what the job market is looking for. Honestly, I don't know anyone in my graduating class that landed anything. I'm so dissatisfied with this program, the founders, and unprofessionalism throughout this entire process. Mainly, Sam, who is the person in charge of finance and can help with anything. Matt has done all he could, but as a founder I would have expected more. Losing money is terrible but it is even worse when it comes from a school that's supposed to help you! My advice: Do your research better yet go get a degree in engineering and take FREE or cost effective classes on how to code or watch YouTube. Save yourself thousands, unlike the graduates who wasted their time and money! UPDATE! https://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/actions/1718034_appeal.pdf Click on this link they are UNAPPROVED institute! UPDATE! If you enrolled into Codify Academy before May 2018 you are ENTITLED to a refund because this was before they were approved by the BPPE! UPDATE As of today October 29th, 2019 I was informed by the BPPE that after several attempts to contact Sam via email and phone they were unsuccessful. I am entitled to a refund Sam and Matt. It's not fair to me and the other students who enrolled into this program. These brothers are SHADY! read more

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Codify Academy exploits the poor. I'd like my $10,000 back. Everyone signs up for this "bootcamp" because they want to be employed. People want computer programming jobs. It's high salary. If you get one of these jobs, you can live in The Bay Area (where $100k annually is below the poverty line.) This is why people sign up to coding bootcamps in the first place. Codify Academy once stated (now scrubbed, you won't find this figure because they realized people caught on to their lies) that over 90% of their graduates find employment within frontend development in about 9 months. When you claim that over 90% of your graduates find employment (but fail to release records and proof of this), you'll find individuals like me who believe it. read more

*Overall Experience* Codify Academy, also known as CA, claims to be a "Part Time Program that Teaches You How to Become a Front End Developer in 16 Weeks". But half-way through my time at the program, 6 out 12 of my classmates had dropped out due to the bad experience they were having. By the end of the course, only 4 of the 12 students remained. With two weeks left to finish the course I decided to withdraw after they offered me and my classmate a "job" as UNPAID TA's for their incoming classes. I had 2 issues with this: 1. It seems to imply that they do not value their own graduates worth if they do not feel the need to pay them. 2. The quality of of their mentors and TA's. If I accepted the position, I could have been your TA with no computer science degree and zero teaching experience. My coding skills may be enough for a internship or junior web development job, but there's no way I have any business teaching in a class room. CA deleted me from their program's Slack (community messaging board) and threatened to sue me for punitive damages if I shared this review with my fellow classmates. In 7 days I went from being a star student being asked to work for them, to CA threatening to sue me. Many other students have had tried voicing their concerns on Slack about the legitimacy of the program. In response they made us all sign contracts in hopes to silence us. Be wary when reading other posted reviews. Many of them are from CA staff members. One of the most widely used review and testimonial works for CA's sales and marketing. *Instructors* The instructors (or mentors, as CA calls them) are former students and not the "experienced industry mentors" as advertised. Most don't have Computer Science degrees and have never held jobs at tech companies. The mentors in my class were just former CA students from less than a year ago who, apparently, couldn't get hired anywhere else after their graduation from the academy. Though they were unfit to be a lead mentor they were fantastic group of friendly guys. Each class was supposed to have 3 mentors, but my class had only 2, if both showed up. Classsmates brought their concerns to the founders and were told another mentor would be added, but that promise went unfulfilled. During a meeting with one of the founders, he said CA couldn't afford quality instructors because they target low-income students and paying a qualified instructor would raise costs. *Curriculum* They know their own book is a bad resource. In fact, page one of CA's book states that W3Schools (a free online resource) is a better resource of knowledge. There is one chapter in CA's book for each week of the academy, so 16 chapters for 16 weeks. But some pages consist of just a few sentences of text and a generic stock photo to fill up space. Many times the book just states the method without any explanation of its use or how it works. It doesn't even show the result of the method. For that, you are referred to page numbers in John Duckett's book (another outside resource). A mentor disclosed to me that the book was worthless and that they are going to discontinue the use of it and keep everything online. The YouTube videos intended to go with each chapter are just as incomplete. Some videos are as short as 7 minutes for a whole week's worth of material. I quickly realized that I had to supplement all of the academy's teaching materials with outside resources if I wanted to learn anything. *Job Assistance* CA makes a lot of too-good-to-be-true statements about the job assistance they provide graduates and the jobs graduates will get. They weren't able to answer me when I asked if just ONE graduate had gotten a job in the last two months. There's about a couple dozen that appear to have gotten jobs. That however is out of the hundreds who had joined is CA and the 150 who completed it. Ask CA to prove that 100+ of their graduates have relevant jobs in the field. You won't get any because their job placement rates are exaggerated and manipulated. *Cost* It's hard to compare CA's cost with other bootcamps like Hack Reactor, General Assembly, Dev Bootcamp, etc., because those bootcamps are approved institutions with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Codify Academy is NOT an approved institution. I awarded one extra star because CA does offer 24-month payment plans and only $300 down to start. Plus, many of my classmates were able to negotiate their tuition down. *Location* The best part of the program is their convenient location downtown. It's a short walk from the Montgomery St. Station. Getting into CA is a bit of a hassle. You have to check in with security in the lobby and then you have to contact someone from CA to come down to get you to let you in the elevator. Usually this takes less than 5 minutes but on occasion it can take longer. CA has two tiny sales and marketing offices on the 15th floor. There's no dedicated spot for CA students to study. read more

Codify Academy - Specialty Schools Near Me - San Francisco, California

I joined codify academy back in 2017 and it didn't work out for me. I was really disappointed because I literally wasted over 5k for nothing. They barely help you with getting into a tech company and they claim that they have connections with recruiters from them. Since then, i have been struggling with getting into tech companies. I feel like the classes weren't long enough and the location sucked. Also everything they taught you, you can learn from websites. Like freecodecamp.org. Don't waste your time and money. I knew a guy who had to come in from Las Vegas to their office in SF. Very inconvenient. Might as well should've made it online accessible. If you are serious about changing your field to software engineering, don't come here because you'll only get disappointments. They barely reach out to you and help you out. Your a walking money sign to them. read more

Before you think about any BootCamp please try to understand what one really is. My Name is Luis Sagastume and i am a current student at Codify Academy. Why did i choose to join Codify Academy? -In all honestly the main reason why i joined codify was because my younger brother was interested in coding. After having our first meeting with Sam Brody I felt like i took more interest in coding than my brother. I was excited for many reasons so i joined! Why did i choose Codify Academy? -Funny thing about this was that i found about them through Snapchat. I checked out there website and i sent it to my brother who set up the meeting with Sam. I personally chose this school because i knew of no other school at the time.(sounds bad) Here's the thing though.. I know there are other schools out there but something in my head told me to just do it and so i did. Did i have any coding experience before joining? - HELL NO!!! My family was not really exposed to technology and i feel that limited our curiosity when it came to computers or how the work and what you can do with them. How is my experience so far? -In all honestly it has its hard moments but i AM learning! We communicate via Slack where you can get a lot of help if you reach out! I have met some of Teachers and i do enjoy the one i was assigned to. His name is Brian Jenny and a graduate of Codify Academy and a great teacher. HONESTY MODE! PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY FUTURE STUDENTS! Before i made my review i read some of the ones that have been made. Some were great and some were tough to read... Especially since i am a current student. My advice to you is if you read any of the negative ones try to understand that we all have a strong reason why we join. If a person drops out of class i will not let that discourage me because they are not working towards my goal. Yes you want to have a coding job! Yes you want to be paid well! Yes you want to feel more secured about your future! BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT SOME WORK FOR THIS TO HAPPEN! Codify Academy is your first step into a better tomorrow ONLY if you are willing to put in the work! This is not easy and i can tell you i fall behind here and there! LIFE HAPPENS!! But i keep my head up!! SERIOUSLY! I struggle like anyone else OK. BUT don't come in here with the mindset that all you have to do is follow some rules they provide for you and the task they have planned for you. GOOGLE WILL BE YOUR FRIEND! Some reviews say that we use other sources for learning... DAM RIGHT WE DO!! Do you think you or anyone else expects me to know everything to just come to Codify Academy and come out a star coder with a fantastic job? Negative! You put in the hard work and your efforts will surely be rewarded! Google this- Basic Questions 1: What is HTML? 2:What is CSS? 3:What is Javascript? 4: What is a body Tag? 5: What is a class in html? 6: How do i change the color for my h1 tag? If you actually Googled that i am very happy. Because you might not know what that is! But that's how this will work. Codify will guide you on how to use many tools that will help you on your journey. The teachers will demonstrate how things work and you will do your part to search for answers all while being helped by a TA and the Teacher. Don't be discouraged if you read a review that says a majority of the class is learning from other sources.... My reply to that is.. Where else will you get more information! The teachers are great and they take their time in showing how to get things done! BUT 90% MUST COME FROM YOU! If you want to be successful at this please prepare! Understand how your schedule will be and if you have a job they offer a number of options. I personally enjoy the weekend option but we all have different schedules. I am happy with my progress and i can tell you that i learning a lot. ALSO!!! They offer great financial help and advice! I don't make a lot of money but i can assure you i am having no problem with my monthly payment. Have students dropped out? Yes... and you know what. This is normal.... I've taken community college classes and trust me.. They have drops out as well but does that mean i should give up? HELL NO!! REMEMBER!! YOU JOIN THIS BOOTCAMP FOR A REASON! and if your reason is not strong enough you may slack off on your work harming your progress. So don't give up please. If your steps forward are slow don't be discouraged because they are still steps forward into your future career. Do i think i'm going to get a job? Yes. I honestly believe so but i do feel nervous thinking about it because its a brand new field that i am persuing and i coming from Janitorial and maintenance for about six years so you can see where i can be discouraged. But if i let me fears take over ill never see change. AND trust me! I'm ready for change! :) GOT QUESTIONS? Hit me up! I aint no bot lol. I'm just a person who has so many ideas and goals that i just have to make this workout for me. GOOD LUCK! read more

DO NOT give this place your money. I have been trying to get my deposit back and no one has returned my calls. Does anyone have their email or phone number? The phone number I have is just their voicemail. Email me at scarlet85@live.com. Much appreciated! read more

Matt has built an incredible company with his brothers, and his ability to teach others (in a positive and engaging fashion) is wonderfully infectious- he gets the best out of his students. Towards the end of our coding Bootcamp, Matt was our career counselor mentor and provided us with invaluable game plans to ensure our job hunt success after the program. Codify Academy feels more like a family than anything else and that's a testament to the owners' visions. I worked hard every single day, constantly pushed my limits on projects, built a portfolio of 10 websites/apps and had interviews by week 14. Life Changing Experience at the Best Bootcamp Price in San Francisco. What are you waiting for? read more

10 months ago I enrolled in Codify Academy, looking to build a skill set that would allow me to change careers without investing 5 digits and 2 years into a traditional academic program. Last week I signed an offer letter to work as a software engineer in San Francisco. Codify guides you through the HTML, CSS and JS languages, and introduces you to state of the art front-end tools like jQuery, AngularJS, API's. But what sets them apart is their mentorship philosophy. From day 1, I had a mentor to help troubleshoot problems with my code, portfolio website, or resume. Codify doesn't exist to teach code; they strive to get students hired. So from day 1, students are taught how to navigate job boards, improve LinkenIN presence, tweak resumes, strengthen portfolio websites, and craft strong job applications. This comprehensive approach yields strong applicants with the skills to succeed in their first job. This is not a magic bullet, and the students unwilling to commit the time necessary to succeed (minimum of 20 hrs/week) will be disappointed. But if you're willing to invest the time and money for a new career, Codify is an option you must consider. read more

Codify Academy is an amazing coding school. You will learn a lot about Front End development and how to get from point A to point B in just a few months. Their Front End program is really straight forward, simple, easy to learn, and great mentors. I definitely recommend codify academy for anyone who wants to get into the coding industry. You will learn a lot and be able to absorb different type of languages. read more

Its been a few years since I finished my certification at codify. Honestly speaking, when you go to ask about the whole course, they will convince you to sign up and make you feel like its just a child's play to learn to code. The whole "no coding experience, no worries" thing. Long story short. I just wish someone had told me this, Becoming a programmer and getting a job is very very competitive. You gotta love love coding, algorithms, numbers, calculations, curious, have a will to keep up with new frameworks, libraries and code every single day. Otherwise you will end up like me. lol.. I am telling you, they won't tell you the sour part of this whole become a developer in three months. They will take your money for sure. hahaha read more

Codify Academy was a great and intense 16 week program. For cheaper than what a semester at your typical college cost, you'll learn top of the line programming skills that will qualify you for multiple well paying front-end developer jobs as well as freelancing for people who need a flexible schedule. Even after graduation, mentors are readily available to help with interview prep and projects to insure your long-term success. If you're serious about becoming a developer and career advancement, Codify is definitely the place for you. read more

Codify was definitely an addition to my educational background, especially when it comes to front end development. I started with zero knowledge! the way the course is designed with the prep material before you even start classes (which will get you familiar and ready) also, the mentors available throughout the course. Evan Winston was my mentor, and I have to say he worked with my schedule and was available for any questions I had about the material from any week in the course. Good experience overall, just make sure you chose the class that will work with your work/ other commitments. read more

If you are seeking a boot-camp that can help you get to the next level in JavaScript - DO NOT waste your money here! This place is operated by three brothers and quite frankly, the "snow-job" in which they operate to sell the program should be reported to the Bureau of Post Secondary Education as outright fraud. They like to blame their students/clients for not studying enough, or putting in the effort to learn - it's more like this boot-camp has the LEAST experienced mentors who don't care about your learning. It's mainly three-hours a week, plus you get 1-1 mentor. The program has been showing cracks, since many students have dropped out or complained outright about the program. If these guys are really serious about succeeding, then they need to give their students more attention BEFORE branching out to side business - Cybrid Industries. If the brothers want to focus on the new venture - that's fine, but give the students back their money! read more

Codify Academy has been an amazing experience for me. A little about myself when I started the course I was 21 years old working dead end jobs that required little skill. I felt I was doomed to stay at these jobs until I complete my bachelors in business administration which will still take me 5 years from now. I was feeling the need to learn a new skill that will give me a high pay & find something that will challenge me instead of repetitiveness. My search ended when I ran into Codify. I came to the SF office where the course was going to be taught to meet the instructor & get a general sense of the course & concepts I would be learning. They asked me if I'm up to the task & put in the time to learn what it takes to be a front end web developer. I said "I was ready to grab the bull by the horns & do this!". They recommended me to read Head First: HTML & CSS, to get a general sense of what I was going to start learning. I grabbed the book & read it before the course because I believe if your going into a course for a short period to learn something you better give it your ALL. if not you will not receive the full benefits they have to offer. Make learning these concepts & the curriculum a priority if you want to move ahead if not you're just wasting your time. On top of that before signing up make sure coding is something you can see yourself doing. Check Khan Academy, Code Academy, & other free online courses to see if coding actually interests you & something you can see yourself doing. Now I'm so glad I took the course & I'm never looking back. I'm going to graduate in a month & I'm already apply to jobs, receiving interviews, & was offered a job as a mentor here. My eyes have been open to a new world that I would have never imagined being even remotely involved with in this field but now I'm hooked. Trust me you GET what you GIVE & I'm living proof including my classmates who speak of jobs they are working their way into here in SF. My classmates & I come from all kinds of different backgrounds, goals, & places in life. What brought us all together & made us into better selfs was this motivation to learn how to code & make something of ourselves. I highly suggest checking them out & just see what happens from there it might just surprise you. read more

I chose Codify Academy because it was the only bootcamp I could find that was part-time. They use a hybrid learning model that combines class time, independent exercises, and projects. Codify was one of the most intellectually exciting experiences I've ever had, and that's saying a lot, because I'm a college professor who holds three degrees. In the course of all that education, I've had a lot of great learning experiences, but Codify was engaging, empowering, and with relatable instructors who understand what's it like to enter the world of coding in a non-traditional way (with no computer science degree). I felt like a wonderful and exciting world opened up for me over the course of the bootcamp, and it was a wonderful experience. The teachers were available for emailed questions or in-person drop-in pretty much every day, and they also encouraged us to form work groups and to come to Cody and code together. THe course moved swiftly, but not too quickly to produce results; and two of the people in my cohort of ten had jobs before the end of the course. I received a promotion for my new skills, and my only regret is that there is no Codify for back-end programming. I highly recommend Codify. It was edifying, empowering, and it really got results. read more

This review might take 5 minutes of your time but will definitely save you thousands of $$$ and a shitty experience. If you still have doubts and concerns after reading this review, feel free to contact me for a chat. I started just like you. I was searching for a bootcamp to make a transition in my career and met with lots of different bootcamps, one of them being Codify Academy, so I had an initial meeting with Sam Brody, one of the three co-founders. At your first meeting, you will recognize a pattern at this bootcamp and especially in Sam. He's a salesman. He will sugar-coat every word that comes out of his mouth, all so that you decide to put your valuable and hard-working money and time at their bootcamp... but don't fall for this. The value and impact you get from this bootcamp are very minimal if any at all. Codify Academy, aka CA, advertises its bootcamp as a 16-week part-time program, in which you will become proficient at Web Development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), therefore, being good enough to get a related job in the industry. NOT TRUE AT ALL. Most CA graduates that finish the bootcamp are nothing close to ready to get a Web Developer job. I say most of the graduates because the drop out rate is outstandingly high -over 70%. That is 7 out of 10 people who start the program don't finish it because they don't see value in it. How do I know this? I had first-hand experience because the drop-out rate in my class was well over 70%. Similarly, when talking to students from other classes they mentioned they experienced a similar drop-out rate. So, I hope you're smart and don't fall into this trap. Having said that, this bootcamp has lots of loopholes that they say they are "trying to fix" such as inexperienced instructors, weak course material (their book is a copy/paste from W3Schools, for real...), weak jobs program (they tell you to copy a template resume and make it yours, use a template cover letter and use it as-is, and copy a template website portfolio from the internet while you're supposed to create an original since you're already a developer and can do all of this by yourself, especially the website portfolio part). Do yourself a favor and don't drop thousands of dollars to be their guinea pig. If you plan to do this, I'm down for a chat and teach you what they teach for one-tenths of their tuition. Their classes are much like hangouts, in which the lead mentor (as Codify Academy likes to call main instructors) provides a set of exercises to warm up for 30-45 minutes, then you are on your own for the remaining 2 hours. Ask yourself if that's what you would like to pay thousand of dollars for. In all honesty, if I were to do it again, I would try to stay far away from Codify. To be objective, less than 20 graduates out of 160+ got a job within 6 months of graduation. That's less than 15%... CA's misleading advertisements mentions that its bootcamp have "industry experienced lead mentors" teaching their classes. NOT TRUE AT ALL EITHER. Experienced instructors were the main reason I joined CA, but ended up disappointed when I found out CA recent students were teaching these courses. Most courses are taught by CA recent students, most of them don't have industry experience. Nothing wrong with this, but if you're serious about your education and career, and value your time and money, don't sign up for this bootcamp. What you learn is little, if anything. The reason CA students teach these courses are because they say they can't afford industry experienced instructors. CA targets vulnerable low-income people looking for a quick way to make big money, so Codify advertises and promises heaven, but when you get there you see the reality of what they offer: dirt. To be honest, Sam Brody knows about this and mentioned it during one of our meetings. The founders are in this for the short-term, for the money and their main goal is to get more students (students = money), but rarely to improve their course materials and projects. This is the reason they don't invest in hiring experienced instructors (they say it's too expensive and don't have the money) because filling up their pockets is more important than your time, education and career. In short, I would highly suggest you stay as far away as possible from this bootcamp or program if you are looking to break into the web development field since you will be better off buying affordable courses from Udemy; reading and learning from Google; learning from W3Schools; going to web dev meet-ups; doing FreeCodeCamp; signing up to Treehouse or Udacity. PS: I was on your position a few months ago. I read every single internet review about Codify Academy, its legitimacy, and still gave them an opportunity to prove me wrong, but ended up disappointed as many of you will feel by the middle or end of the program if you decide to join. If you truly value your time, money, education and career, you should consider investing it more wisely somewhere else. read more

First of all, I am not getting paid from Codify to do Sales or Marketing. I do work with them on talking to prospects & grads, answering questions, sharing my story! I went through their program and got hired within a month after, for $80k a year, by a company called Blue Rocket, in SF, with no prior coding experience. My developer journey has ever since been absolutely amazing! Last week i was a speaker at a tech conference, sharing what i had build using node.js and IBM Watson. A SPEAKER! ME! 1.5 years after i had started Codify. Absolutely friggin' awesome!!! I would also like to point out that Codify offers a full refund if you don't get hired within 6 months and you went to the hiring events and followed their advice on resume building, interview questions etc. So it all depends on how much work you put into!! They do strongly advice to not take any unpaid dev jobs or internships. Your first job will be the hardest one to get and a lot of grads just give up. That's why i am here, helping build a community, that inspires and supports prospects & grads! Why do i care so much? Because Codify (and the staff!!) has enabled me to live a life that i have always wanted, right when it was literally the worst. I was broke (making that immigrant minimum wage woo!), super unhappy, no jobs in sight with my ops focused job experience, with very little money left in the bank. I met Sam (one of the founders, used to be an insurance broker) in my co living place (i used to live with 60 tech people all making $$$ while building cool stuff-- i was very envious lol), when he attended one of our "tech talks" where we would discuss what everyone in the house was working on. He brought along a whole class (!!) of current students that wanted to get involved. I got the chance to talk to them, which has lead me to apply on the website the next day. I went to the in person meeting, and met Matt (his other brother, used to work as dispatcher) only to be told that they have another brother, Chris (used to be a waiter) who also founded the company. I loved it!! I felt like they KNOW how frustrated life can be when you don't love what you do but you feel like you're trapped in your life path bc you can't afford to get out of it. So i signed up! I was super duper excited, finally I'm getting out of my hamster wheel!!... until about 2 days after. My bf ran into a guy during a hiring event and he claimed CA would be a scam. My heart broke, of course. I reached back out to Sam, wanting to drop out of the course (remember, i was broke, i literally put my last money into it). He knew exactly who i was talking about and shared the full story. Aha. A computer scientist. He dropped out. Of course he wouldn't like the program! Codify is the opposite of a school. No theory (or very little), just building. It feels more like private teacher + therapist + hiring marathons. I spend so many late nights at the office that they would order me food so i would still be healthy, lol. I mean, who does that?! I wanted to quit so many times. The "getting hired" part seemed just impossible. but the mentors (incl. founders) were there for me, no matter how late at night or how many panic attacks i experienced. I will be forever grateful! Codify is a small school, so if i can help get the word out there by sharing my story over and over again, then so be it. read more

I started Codify Academy bootcamp in March of 2017. At the beginning of the class they advised us that they would teach us the material, and it is up to us to put in the work to learn the material. It is a bootcamp which is an accelerated learning course and not a 4 year university that costs $60,000 to learn only theory and no real world application. It's far cheaper to attend Codify Academy, and it'll teach you all of the "practical" ways to code vs all of the "theory" you will learn in a 4 year university. I can count how many friends I have that have college debt without a clue how to make a nice looking interactive website. You can use free resources like Lynda, Udemy, W3 schools, but again at the end of the day these will not teach you and give you the resources to create a clean looking, interactive, and responsive website. I work a full time job, have a wife, and daughter, so I understand just as much as anyone the anxiety, and stress of attending a bootcamp while carrying a full load. I just completed the Codify 15 week course. It was tough but just like anything worth while in life it requires lots and lots of work. If you're looking to just put the minimum and expect to be hired by the greatest and best, this is not the place for you. If you're looking for a place that you can get away at night or on the weekends to learn code and real world application, this is the place for you. For those who are unable to learn in this fashion are welcome to apply to a $60,000 UC and spend the 4 years learning English, math, physics, while maybe covering only the code in programming 101 and not how to apply it on a website. In the end, I attended CA, put in the time, and now I am being contacted by recruiters for jobs in the Bay Area! Matt, Sam, and Chris have created a great coding school. Anyone who experiences otherwise just are simply upset they never put in the time. You get what you give in life. read more

I completed this bootcamp in last year and have to say it was very helpful and refreshing to have mentors & staff who actually care about my success and making sure I learn the material. This is a front-end-only bootcamp, so if you're hoping to learn Ruby on Rails or the MEAN stack, this is not the place for you. If however you want to learn how to build functional, adaptive, beautiful websites with constantly-improving lesson plans, taking into account the latest tech plat, then this is definitely the place for you. They taught me HTML, CSS, JavaScript, responsive design, how to use Bootstrap, jQuery and are now introducing the Vue framework. A word of advice: you will be treated like an adult. Since this is a part-time program, you will be expected to complete work on your own time, and if you fall behind the mentors will try their best to help you catch up, but we need to demonstrate personal responsibility for our own learning vs other bootcamps where your hand is held and you're babied every step of the way. If you are unable to keep up, *do not worry*! The mentors & team are always willing to help you, whether that means you switching to a different cohort or taking a slower-paced class, they want you to succeed! read more

Great organization! wonderful community, has very capable mentors that are patient, kind and smart. I definitely recommend codify to everyone. read more

If you are looking for a strong foundation in HTML/CSS/Javascript then Codify Academy is a great option for anyone looking to dive deep into the world of coding(Especially if you work full time as Codify's program is a parttime coding camp). Before Codify Academy, I was studying HTML/CSS/Javascript on my own and felt I could only get so far without proper instruction. After Codify Academy, I was able to set up websites, read code and truly understand some pretty complex topics. Matt, Chris, Sam and their team of mentors offer great guidance and help along the way. Also, after you are done with the program you can continue to be apart of the Codify Academy community with Magic Hours classes, access to their slack channel for quick questions and even setting up mentor hours which is really amazing. Needless to say, I highly recommend this program. It's a lot of work but as with anything, you put in what you get. read more

I just finished this course and the experience has been fantastic. Before I joined Codify I researched different bootcamps and I needed a school that was flexible to my work schedule and Codify delivered. I was offered all the tools needed to succeed. Everything we need is made available to us and me having absolutely no prior coding experience before, to now I feel a whole lot more confident of my abilities and have a plethora of projects finished and my portfolio that is looking very snazzy! I am amazed of what is possible now and it is all thanks to Codify Academy! read more

Codify academy came at the perfect time in my life. I would recommend anyone who is interested in coding or a career change to look at this coding academy. Just stay in the program and don't quit! read more

I graduated from Codify in October and thanks to the great mentors I landed my first job as a Developer I for Epsilon. Codify really reached out far and beyond to help me in the processes of applying, handling rejection and many other things. I went from a sports performance coach to a developer in 8 months time. The mentors and staff at Codify are amazing. read more

I was in college for Business Administration when I started teaching myself frontend development. I was making progress with my self-learning but kept hitting roadblocks and didn't have anyone to go to with questions. After reading about Codify Academy online and talking with Matt and Sam via phone calls and Skype, I knew it was what I had been looking for. I packed my bags, moved to San Francisco and haven't looked back since. I am now a Web Designer/Frontend Developer at Vulcun, an eSports startup in the city. I look forward to going to work every morning because I get to do what I love and see real people use the things I design and build. I would not be where I am today without the ongoing support and guidance I got from Codify Academy. read more

These guys are amazing! I learned JavaScript, CSS and HTML not to mention frameworks like JQuery, Angular and Bootstrap. Codify offered a lot of one on one mentor time so you can really get this stuff. I had David as a mentor and he was amazing, he really helped me understand programming. Codify also does an amazing job at getting you interviews with top companies. I just finished my last week and already have 4 interviews lined up for the weeks coming. This is a great school to get a solid foundation of coding and a job right after. The entire staff is really friendly and makes you feel like a homie. Plus you get free coffee, beer, hard cider and ping pong during class. read more

Codify was the best decision I've made to advance career. After researching different boot camps for a little over a year and calling 5 different camps and asking my long list of questions, Codify stood out as affordable, flexible, and reputable. After attending the first class, Codify blew me away with their teaching style, support, and encouragement. Within a year, I doubled my salary and earned my dream job, working as a front end developer in the gaming industry. Best money I ever spent hands down. read more

This course was great. The delivered what they promised and much more. When I started I had been trying to teach my self coding for about 2 months. I learned more in the first week than I did the entire 2 months of trying to teach myself. Now I can make full websites from scratch. In terms of the job search they were super helpful. They consulted me after every interview, phone or in person. They critiqued my resume several times, and helped me find all the best avenues to apply on. I now have an awesome job, and am making a pretty penny too. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn front end development. read more

Codify Academy gave me the skills I needed to get a job as a web developer. I came in with minimal skills on building websites and they took my game to the next level. The thing I liked the most was how available the instructors were when I had questions and sweet Jesus; I had a lot of them. They even went the extra mile and provided us with free fruits to ensure that we were sharp and focused while coding. I definitely recommend them if you're looking to gain some coding chops. read more

My dive into development was tough to say the least. Like a lot of beginners I struggled with self teaching and was deterred by my lack of a computer science degree. Words couldn't describe my relief at finding Codify Academy, they offered the structure and discipline I was missing and put me on track to becoming the developer/designer I am today. Like many other San Franciscans I lacked the resources and ability to enroll myself in a FT bootcamp in the city. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I wanted to be a front end developer but at the time there was no bootcamp that offered exactly what I needed; Until I found Codify Academy. Their part time program and guaranteed financing are what brought me to where I am today. I was lucky enough to have Brian Jenney as my instructor and he was fantastic. It was great to be taught by someone who had been exactly where I was, he understood the struggle of becoming a developer from the ground up (without the aid of a computer science background) and he was able to break down concepts for us in a truly digestible way. Were there a lot of drop outs in my class? ABSOLUTELY. We went from a class of 15 or so to maybe 3 or 4 people at the end. But that is a testament to the incredible challenge becoming a developer is and not to the integrity of the program. Coding is hard as hell! If anyone could it, everyone would. The curriculum they offer isn't necessarily about originality or a revolutionary way to learn code, that's just silly, they offer the necessary structure it takes to utilize online resources. And that's what being a developer is all about, knowing how to take the infinite amount of knowledge available on the web and applying it to your own stack. It's tough from start to finish but you absolutely get out of it what you put in. I started my journey with Codify in October 2016, graduated February 2017, moved to New York City March 2017, and thanks to the skills I took away from Codify Academy, was employed by the fist Week of April '17. I now work as a UI/UX Engineer in Manhattan and couldn't describe how excited I am for the future of my career - all thanks to the amazing program that the Brody brothers put together. 10/10 would suggest. read more

Pros: - Codify is run by three brothers who started out as programmers themselves, so they have great hands-on experience. - Price-point for course is relatively inexpensive compared to other bootcamps - All textbooks are included in the price, as well as your first domain/hosting service for a year (where you will showcase your portfolio of sites/apps you build) - They hold weekday evening workshops every once in a while and will often provide a meal then, as well as snacks (fresh fruit) during regular weekly meetings Cons: - I would really like to give these guys a few more stars but I really can't . To start off, Codify is misleading and tells potential students that they are "ready to be hired" at the end of the 16 weeks. In reality, when applying for positions and talking to people actually working in the industry, they're feedback has often been that there were quite a few things missing in terms of experience and projects to get hired at an entry-level position. - In a class of 10-12 students that graduated in June (6 months later), there is currently 1 person I know of who has gotten a developer job, post-course completion. Many more folks, from my group and others who have actually gone on to take on other types of jobs because they couldn't break into the developer field with their Codify training. - Codify instructors may know how to code but they DO NOT have a background in teaching or facilitation. There are often gaps in the progress of topics and in their priorities. E.g.: They spend about half of the course on HTML & CSS, a good amount of time on JavaScript and very little time on things like AngularJS or API's, even though knowing and working with these in front-end development are essential for getting jobs in the field. - They sometimes teach different things to different classes, so you don't know if you're getting everything you need. - They often say "please let me know if you have any questions" but it will often take them a week or longer to answer emails/questions (and some go unanswered all together). I was sometimes "ping-ponged" back and forth between one instructor and another before someone actually answered a question, and at times when they did so, they could be rude and passive-aggressive about it, instead of being encouraging and helping me learn. Not cool. They also definitely play favorites - while with some people they "check in after every job application and every interview" with others, they don't really seem to care, at all. If you share their sense of humor and "bro culture" then you will be great. If you don't, they don't really to know how to interact with you. - When I signed up for the course, I opted to work with one of their suggested partners WeFinance (a startup that does crowd funding campaigns by having the campaign owner ask for loans that will be repaid on an agreed-upon schedule). When I initially got in contact with Codify Academy, I was told the course would last 12 weeks. I signed up with WeFinance and determined a pay-back schedule keeping this in mind, as well as how long they said a student usually takes to get a job (2-6 months). As it turns out, when I thought I was in my last week, the instructor informed me, laughing non-chalantly that there was actually another month left in the course. Of course, this wreaked havoc with my crowd-funding campaign. Did not receive any acknowledgment, apology or help with this, either. - Their "job prep" is a workshop where students go through a checklist for technical questions and then they mock-interview each other. They also give anecdotes of previous students who have been successful at presenting "value" to companies they want to work for. All things you can learn on your own, online. Conclusion: I absolutely learned some front end code while at Codify, but that's also because I have had the experience of teaching and facilitating; so I have a pretty good idea of how/where to fill in the gaps of their teaching style for myself. If you already have some experience with coding and/or you feel very confident about your ability to teach yourself when needed and find a job, you'll be ok with Codify. However, for the majority of folks, especially those with no programming background, it's well-worth it to spend a bit more and get a better education, elsewhere. read more

Overall a great program to get your start as a front end developer. Poject work based means you learning is very much up to yourself, but mentors to keep you in track. read more

Great learning environment and perfect schedule for people that have full time job during the week. Teachers and mentors at Codify Academy are helpful and responsible for both class materials and how to get a good job after you finish the course. If you are still searching and looking around for a good coding bootcamp. Codify Academy is what you need. read more

I did my research on many different bootcamps before choosing Codify Academy. The program at Codify has helped me get comfortable with writing code as well as understand the logic behind different aspects of coding. I would recommend the program to anyone who is a beginner coder and would like to start their career in front end development. read more

I'm sure we can all agree that we were nervous and unsure about attending a Bootcamp before we got into it but my experience with Codify Academy was nothing short of amazing. I was still in the beginning stages of my C.S classes in college and always knew that I wanted to be a full-time dev but didn't know how to get started. C.A was able to provide me with the direction and support to help me understand what I couldn't on my own. The mentors were great - they created the perfect atmosphere for people who had never been exposed to code which made it easier for everyone to understand the content. Next to the curriculum, I feel the most valuable thing that they taught was the ability to learn something new and being able to apply it to something else. *This is a message to all of those who think negatively of C.A or who had a "bad experience" - You can't just show up 60% of the time, not do the work, or participate and expect that you'll get a job at the end of it. If you REALLY want to to make something work and if you REALLY want that job then you should be willing to put in the work to understand the material. You can't say that this program doesn't work because MANY OTHERS and MYSELF included have LANDED DEV JOBS months after graduating the program. I will be honest and say that I've thought about giving up so many times during the job hunt but I knew that that job was just right around the corner so that kept me going. I now work as a Lead Dev for the Ecommerce team of a retail company! I wouldn't have ever made it this far if it wasn't for the C.A mentors and Founders. read more

Hands down the best coding academy in the Bay Area! I looked at multiple academy's in SF that offered a part time 3-4 month bootcamp and even had a couple of phone interviews and went to numerous open houses. Codify made me feel extremely comfortable right away, I have never coded before and was quite nervous and intimidated. They eliminate that fear right away as soon as you meet the 3 brothers that own/run the academy. To have 3 brothers running a course together says something already about who they are, because I have siblings and I could never imagine running a 4 month course with them the way Sam, Matt and Chris do. They all have their niches and are incredible at what they do. They make it a point to get to know each and every one of their students and are extremely down to earth and humble. They have done a great job of combining their strengths and personalities to give their students the best teaching/learning experience they can. This course was also the most affordable while having a great payment plan to cater your finances. A lot of other academy's were double the amount with no flexible payment plan. On top of that, the classes are very small, there are only 12 students per class and that includes 2-3 mentors with you at all times. The course is designed perfectly for full time workers where you have the choice to pick one nightly course. The rest of the weeks curriculam is about 15-20 hours a week on your own time BUT that doesn't mean they leave you on your own. They have two buildings open 6 days a week for students to go into at anytime to work on their work with plenty of other mentors and students around to help. It gets better, they also offer many free classes AFTER you have graduated and will not stop teaching and helping you till you get hired for a job you really want. I literally graduated yesterday and I will still be attending additional courses 2-3 times a week for FREE! They also are now helping me with my resume, cover letter, and the interview process. This is hands down the best thing I could have done for myself, especially living in the city of SF and I couldn't have picked a better academy to do it at. The owners really really care about their students and they remember where they came from and how they started, they want every one of their students to succeed and be happy. I could not imagine going anywhere else and being this happy and excited about what I accomplished in a short/fun 16 weeks. Speaking of fun, they are also reallllly fun and I will be joining them tonight at a happy hour/open house! If you want to change your life in a short 4 months at a minimal cost then Codify is for you. read more

intense, you can learn a lot if you apply yourself. I feel very confident with my front end coding skills.