Devmountain vs Springboard

Devmountain

Devmountain is a coding bootcamp and design school that offers housing at no extra cost to immersive students who attend one of its three campuses: Lehi, Utah; Dallas, Texas; and Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded in 2013 and has graduated more than 3,000 students. Devmountain’s courses can be completed in between six and sixteen weeks with the majority of courses being thirteen weeks in length. The courses are designed to give real-world experience, build portfolios, and prepare students for entry-level positions within the technology industry. COMMUNITY Devmountain courses are in-person. Students work individually and together to accomplish projects in a real-world setting. Devmountain’s Utah campus offers a unique program that places iOS, UX, and QA students together in collaborative groups to launch an app in the App Store by the end of the bootcamp. CAREER SUPPORT Career support is available to every student and includes resume workshopping, employer networking, and interview preparation. This is baked into the immersive bootcamp experience. AFFORDABILITY Devmountain’s courses are competitively priced and tuition financing is available through third-parties. Housing is included for immersive students at no extra cost, which can be helpful for out-of-area students. APPLICATION PROCESS The application process consists of three parts, including filling out an application, participating in a phone consultation, and completing a skill review. The purpose of this process is to help students discover if the bootcamp experience and specific course is a good fit for them or not.

27 Devmountain reviews

Overall Pleased With Experience

Created 1 day ago

I began my time with DevMountain in Jan of 2020. I had literally zero experience in computer programing, however I was told by staff that experience was not necessary. For about two weeks leading up to the start of my program I spent my time completing the 'basecamp' work which is essentially some pre-coursework that catches people like me who have no experience up to speed. If you have experience in programming this stuff might be tedious for you, however I found it exceedingly helpful. Once...See more

Pros

-At least one or two instructors here are really smart and you can learn a lot from these ones if you take the time to reach out to them -Housing included in tuition is a nice deal -Most of the time the coursework felt like it advanced at...See more

Cons

-Not every instructor/mentor is really an expert at what they teach -It feels like from my experience and the experience of others who I talk with that it can take a really long time to get a job afterwards... If I knew this beforehand I...See more

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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 22 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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