Springboard

Excellent curriculum, mentees from all over the world, and great support staff. For a mentor, it's like sitting at your home and touring the world with every new mentee sharing their life experiences and seeking for suggestions & directions to get started into Data Science.

Mentorship at Springboard is the primary value of the program. You get a personal mentor and 30-minute weekly calls to keep you on track with your independent "capstone" projects. My mentor was a successful data scientist from a well-known tech company; knowledgeable, invested in me getting a job, and super friendly.

On top of that, I had a career coach to help guide me through my job hunt. The career coach won't do the work for you, but I had all of my materials like my resume and portfolio reviewed by her. I also had mock interviews to help me prepare and got helpful tips about how to promote my work and where to find job opportunities.

For me, Springboard helped me do what I couldn't do on my own using free online resources and content from around the web. Curriculum was good, but it was all the extra support and guidance that made it worth it.

This course was an amazing experience. I always felt surrounded with help and guidance from the beginning to the end. One of my favorites parts about this course was the weekly mentor calls that I had with my own designated mentor. This really helped with receiving feedback and my overall growth with the curriculum as well. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone looking to switch their careers or if you're just interested in learning more about UX design in general.