CareerFoundry vs Springboard

CareerFoundry

CareerFoundry offers mentored online programs in UX design, UI design, data analytics and full-stack web development. Our programs are designed to take you from beginner to professional in as little as six months, landing you a job that genuinely improves your quality of life. We understand that changing careers is a big step, but we’re confident you can make it. That’s why our programs come with a guarantee. Simply put, you’ll get a job within 6 months of graduating, or you’ll get your tuition back. Let’s take a closer look how it all works. Once you’ve enrolled with us, you’ll be assigned your own dedicated team of experts; a mentor, an established industry expert, a tutor, an industry professional and an authority in our course material, a career specialist, and a student advisor. Your mentor will conduct detailed video reviews of each portfolio piece you submit, and is available throughout your program for calls about anything from the specifics of your projects to what it’s like to work in your new field. Your tutor is there to offer timely feedback on all your exercise submissions on a day-to-day basis. Our courses are perfect for anyone who prizes flexibility and autonomy on their road to mastery. They’re compiled by a team of industry experts, in-house instructional designers and course editors, and are all project-based, teaching real tools and real practices to prepare you for the real world. You can work through your course at a flexible pace within its maximum duration, with your mentor and tutor reviewing your submissions as you go. Whether you work full or part-time, or have family and caring commitments, you can adapt your schedule to your needs. We’ve already successfully trained thousands—there’s no reason why you can’t succeed too.

62 CareerFoundry reviews

UI for UX designers

Created 1 day ago

Overall, I am very satisfied with the course. The content is well organized and provides the most important information when working on UI. I am very dissatisfied with mentoring since despite some statements about objects positioning was quite useless. I think you should consider the curriculum of the student before proceeding to assign a mentor in a random way.

Pros

Content and information are well organized.

Cons

Mentoring programme was really poor. Random assignment can work with students without prior experience but not with working professionals.

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Springboard

Springboard’s part-time bootcamps get you job-ready in 6-9 months, from the comfort of your home. Launch your new tech career in fields like data science, UX design, data analytics, machine learning or software engineering with a job guarantee. Springboard has served thousands of students around the world through a combination of expert-curated curricula and one-on-one mentorship. Springboard's self-paced courses offer students the opportunity to develop job-ready skills that they display in an industry-worthy capstone or portfolio projects. And throughout the process, students receive support from their industry mentor, as well as Springboard's resident advisors and the larger student/alumni community.

78 Springboard reviews

Pleased with the program but there are a few flaws

Created 19 hours ago

First of all, I was paired with a mentor who was unprepared and/or uninterested in actually helping me. He gave me almost no feedback on my projects, evaded answering direct questions and didn't look at my Google docs until we were already in a call. I put up with this for a bit in the hopes things would improve before getting frustrated and asking to switch. So glad I did that! I'm paired with a much better mentor now and the whole process of switching me occurred in less than a day. But yes I...See more

Pros

Mentor, good curriculum overall, attentive and helpful student advisors, great career counselors, attractive and easy to use interface.

Cons

A bit expensive for what you're getting, some bad apple mentors, some articles used in curriculum are not professional, very few career counselors so you have to wait about a month to speak to them although they are very professional and...See more

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