Lighthouse Labs

You learn so much in 10 weeks it's incredible! When I began this course, I had about 30 hours of online learning under my belt. The class was still fast-paced for me but the instructors knew their stuff and made sure I didn't fall behind. You get teacher support until 9pm everyday and have dedicated students around all the time to bounce around ideas with. Two of the assignments were unclear to me, but instructors were always available to clarify when I had questions. Overall, very happy I enrolled.

This is a fast-paced, 10-week course. I know it's a "bootcamp" and all, but the course could have been a bit slower. The amazing thing is I could always find instructors on campus until 9pm each night who were willing to help me. Lighthouse changes up the curriculum often to keep content fresh and up-to-date, but a couple of assignments were hard to understand and could have been explained more clearly.

Overall, I'm much better off for taking the iOS bootcamp and can confidently build custom apps now. Lighthouse will seriously help you speed up your learning and find dozens of job opportunities if you're willing to work for them. Good luck!

They call it bootcamp for a reason. My time at Lighthouse Labs was challenging, and it forced me to work through tough problems independently. I put in long hours over many weeks because I know most people can't become junior developers in just two months--something Lighthouse actually tells you upfront.

What I loved about my experience is that it gave me the structure I needed to learn the right skills in the right order. Lighthouse gave me the tools I needed to explore answers on my own to just about every problem I encountered. And the teachers were amazing; more like career coaches and coding gurus than teachers, it felt like at times.

I didn't expect much from career services, but I was actually blown away. Everyone in my class landed interviews as a direct result of Lighthouse Labs' career support, and all but one had a job as a junior developer 3 months after graduation.

One bonus of my experience is that I've begun getting requests to build websites from family and friends, and will hack away on weekends earning a not insignificant side income this year! It's true that supply for these roles is scarce.

I highly recommend this program! Looking back, NOT making this decision and staying at my old job would have been the riskiest thing I ever did.