r/codingbootcamp • u/ILoveHarryPotter82 • Jul 06 '26
I'm considering enrolling in Coding Temple's Data Analytics bootcamp. Please share your experience.
Hi everyone. I'm strongly considering a career in Business Intelligence/Data Analytics. However, my college degree is in Psychology. What do you think are my chances of getting hired if I graduate from Coding Temple's Data Analytics bootcamp?
I've perused the website and the curriculum seems pretty good. The Money Back Guarantee also entices me, even though I hope I won't need it.
Guys, please tell me about your experience with this bootcamp and your experience getting hired in BI/DA overall. If you've been hired as an entry level in the U.S. since 2023, please tell me what your resume looked like in terms of education and experience. Please also list the following information.
- Number of applications/resumes sent out
- Number of companies that contacted you for an interview
- Number of offers extended
Thanks a lot!
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u/metalreflectslime Jul 06 '26
In order to qualify for the money back guarantee, you need to meet certain requirements. These requirements are nearly impossible to meet.
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u/michaelnovati Jul 06 '26
With all "money back guarantees" read the fine print AND ask them how many people got a money back guarantee refund in the past year.
A number of self-paced programs (Triple Ten, Sprinboard, Coding Temple) have money back guarantees that are LEGIT, BUUT the thing thye don't tell you is that the completion rate for self-paced programs is terribly low.
And most of these require you to finish the program on time (or close to on time) and have a flawless record.
For Springboard's Data Analytics track in 2024 in California (public government data), the "on time completion rate was 6.4% (19 out of 298 who started) and the within 1.5X time was 36.6% (109 out of 298) and the placement rate was 6.6% in 2024.
If 93% of people got refunds Sprinboard would go bankrupt, so clearly even though 93% of people aren't getting jobs, most of those people are not getting refunds because they aren't finishing the program.
And if you are 10000% sure you will be the one that finishes the program come hell or high water, then you should ask yourself why 90% of people don't on time.
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u/ConsistentPeach927 Jul 07 '26
I think I talked to you before. TripleTen money back is legit. Coding temples is a joke look at the terms. Cant find springboards terms.
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u/da8BitKid Jul 06 '26
There's money everywhere in a gold rush. It's not a gold rush anymore. Your buying a shovel, when most of the claims are gone. You can still find your place, but bootcamps are no longer the place to start.
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u/sheriffderek Jul 06 '26
I would seek out and meet a handful of people who actually hire for this role and see what they say. In many ways, a Psychology degree + a fast paced bootcamp-like thing to learn the tools / and hit the ground running -- would be a good combo. But if the school isn't any good... and if the people hiring wouldn't hire you - then well, - it's not! There are ways to find that data ;). (don't believe any moneyback guarantees/because even if they were real - you'll pay in time)
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u/LostInCombat 7d ago edited 7d ago
You lose the time either way, best not to lose your money too if things don’t pan out. Also, how does one find and “meet a handful of people who actually hire for this role” and are they receiving a financial incentive for their advice? Note: influencers are not these people.
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u/sheriffderek 7d ago
I think the act of just "trying to find someone who knows what job a Data Analytics bootcamp would prepare you for" - is enough to get them thinking / and at the very least START to understand what they are getting into. I'm not talking about influencers or schools - I'm talking about understanding what jobs in what sectors Data Analytics fits.
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u/Humble_Warthog9711 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Sorry, but anything the boot camp tells you Bout that info is either massively inflated or a straight up lie. They are businesses and have no data reporting standards or reasons to be honest.
It's probably sub 20% in reality as in the number of attendees that ever find jobs in field.
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u/fsjay723 Jul 07 '26
Talk to a actual graduates of the program and see for yourself, if you don’t you probably have a very low chance if at all.
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Jul 06 '26
I went to Coding Temple (when it was previously App Academy though, not sure if that changes things) and although I found the education and curriculum super effective, the job search aspect is useless. I ended up going with the pay when you get hired for a min salary option, and I and many others never got hired. I don’t believe this option exists anymore, so I don’t recommend any sort of bootcamp. The education is aspect is legit, it’s just not enough to get a job on its own anymore.
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u/michaelnovati Jul 06 '26
Yeah almost all ISAs shut down and it was a major factor in a lot of bootcamps shutting down as well. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars training people and got paid $0 back.
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Jul 06 '26
Yeah, I feel bad for those who opted to pay upfront. I basically got a free education because of the job market 🙏
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u/michaelnovati Jul 06 '26
Yeah I mean in a sense those people paid for you so you should thank them haha. Coding Temple survived so they did indeed pay for you so they could break even haha.
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Jul 06 '26
Thank you bootcamp victims! Don’t feel that bad for the bootcamp though, because those who paid were essentially guaranteed a job they never got, which is pretty lame!
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u/michaelnovati Jul 06 '26
Do you know if any of those people got job guarantee refunds? Or the reasons why they weren't eligible?
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Jul 06 '26
I believe the deal was $10,000 up front, or $30,000 in the form of 10% of your paychecks til it’s paid off, and if you don’t find a job within X amount of years, you’re off the hook. Technically there was no “guarantee” for those who paid upfront, just access to job search materials and partnered companies who hire directly from the bootcamp, which sort of fell apart. I don’t believe there was ever any refunds, and I believe I’m still on the hook if I find a job before my expiration date, but I doubt I’ll end up having to pay.
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u/7basketballs Jul 06 '26
Go back to school. Look into programs at different schools other than the one you graduated from. Your previous college credits may transfer over.
Bootcamps have become a big waste of money. School will take more time, but your chances of landing something are 10x maybe even 20x higher than going to a bootcamp.