BrainStation

From ingesting and cleaning data, statistical analysis and theory, to machine learning and neural networks - the DS bootcamp was incredibly challenging and rewarding. Each day was spent hands-on-keyboard practicing the skills necessary for weekly project deliverables. The pace of a 12-week program is unforgiving, but with good time management and open dialog with instructors, my success was supported throughout the journey. I feel confident in the technical skills I've gained as well as my ability to translate my analysis into meaningful, actionable insights to non-technical partners. The career success team has iterated over several resume submissions to ensure an optimal overview for recruiters and hiring managers. Networking and interview skills were also woven into the curriculum. They offer extended support during the job search that I'm now going to lean into. I'll return to edit the Job Assistance review if needed, but to date, the BrainStation crew has been excellent! Read less

This program is super thorough and pretty intense. From the initial application challenge, to the weekly deliverables, to the final capstone - there was quite a hands-on doing that really helped make the material stick and left feeling very confident in my ability to execute. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable about all the diverse aspects of data science as well as how data science operates inside a larger commercial enterprise.

To top it off, there is an excellent job search support program that provides quite a bit of structure and guidance post-graduation. Great program. Read less

The BrainStation UX bootcamp is an online course that aims to provide students with practical skills and knowledge to become a UX designer. The course covers user research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking. It also teaches students how to use design tools such as Sketch, InVision, and Axure. It provided a comprehensive overview of UX design principles and tools. Students also appreciated the interactive nature of the course, including group work, one-on-one sessions with instructors, and feedback on their work.I have challenging time at BrainStation with tone of work. I learned and grown up. It will be one of the best experiences in my life.  Read less

I've taken Python and Web Development courses at Brainstation since 2022. My first impression was the learning advisor that reached out to me and explained about the program and also payment plan. It took me less than a week to decide that I wanted to take the course. I started off with Web Development and it was a blast for me because I never code before but I always liked working with computers so I had so much fun learning it! Instructors at Brainstation are very helpful throughout the courses, they answers questions throughout the week when you're not in class learning. I've taken two courses already and I have two more to go which is Data Analytics and Data Science Bootcamp and I'm 100% sure that I will keep on having great learning experience with Brainstation! Read less

I thoroughly enjoyed this data course and equate it to learning a new language. I feel I learned the basic building blocks to help me with data analysis and now need to practice consistently to continue improving. The instructors were great and there were lots of opportunities for hands-on skill building. I am not ready to become a full-time data analyst after taking this course, but I do feel I learned the skills that would allow me to get there with dedicated time and practice eventually. Read less

At Brainstation I got to learn the essentials of being a digital marketer in the current world and feel I now have the proper tools to enter the industry. I have gained industry knowledge from individuals in the industry and know that I am getting the relevant information that I need. Read less

I just completed the UX Design course with Avi as the instructor and had such a great experience! This is a really great course to take if you're interesting in learning about UX Design and really covers the basic fundamentals to get started in the industry. Avi is a fantastic instructor - he made the course really fun and engaging and ensured he was available for any assistance needed throughout the submission/project process. I'd highly recommend the course! Also - work with a team for your final project! It's so fun and helpful to be able to bounce ideas off of your teammates. Loved the course and now have a new love for UX Design :) Read less

This course helped me to build on my previous education in User Experience design especially in strategy and usability testing. While I have performed user interviews and usability tests before as part of my previous program, this course provided a more detailed understanding for me. The steps involved in the strategy unit showed me that there is so much more to learn from users during interviews than I previously thought. I highly value the opportunity given by Brainstation to learn more, and now feel more confident in my skills as a User Experience designer.


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Enrolling in the UI Design Course at Brainstation was one of the best decisions I've made. I went into this course hoping to learn something new and explore my interests and came out of it with so much more, an immense amount of knowledge that I apply to my job everyday and discovering my passion for UI. I loved how informative and supportive my instructor was and how each class was exciting, creative, and engaging.  Read less

MY EXPERIENCE WITH BRAIN STATION WAS EXCELLENT, THEY GIVE PROPER TRAINING AND PROVIDE EXCESS AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE TO PERFORM VERY WELL IN YOUR FIELD.
I FINISHED MY DATA ANALYSIS CERTIFICATION AND TRUST ME IT HELPED ME TO BOOST MY CARRIER AND GET A BETTER POSITION IN MY COMPANY, WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE I GATHER AND LEARNED HERE REALLY HEALED ME OUT.
I SUGGEST EVERYONE WHO THINKING TO GET INTO A DATA ANALYSIS COURSE JOIN BRAIN STATION.


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I came into this training as a relative data novice, with only a beginner-to-intermediate competence with Excel.  I wanted to get exposure to a broader data analytics toolset so that I could work more effectively with the data analysts on my team.  In 10 weeks, we tore through Excel, SQL and Tableau.  At times it was overwhelming, but it all came together in the end.  I can't say that I'm an expert by any stretch, but I have a much better understanding of how large datasets get analyzed and visualized.  And I'm able to more productively engage with our operations teams to drive better business analysis. Read less

The course was pretty succinct and covered a good range of basics to get a good understanding of digital marketing and the breadth of it. The course leader was working in the industry at a high level and had many current insights into the industry which I found important as digital marketing is still very much in flux with new social media platforms, new laws and regulations from across the globe regarding cookies and privacy - which are very important when it comes to targeted marketing (which is most, if not all digital marketing). 
As someone that had as much experience and knowledge of digital marketing as the average consumer, I found the curriculum easy enough to grasp, although it was a lot of information at points. Particularly the beginning where the most previously unknown jargon would be thrown at you. But in time I optimised my learning by writing notes on what the instructor was saying that wasn't on the presentation slide and then going back after the lesson and revising my notes, filling in the gaps with what was on the slides. 
After the first 4-5 lessons (of 10) it felt a bit less intense with information - in part because we moved onto specific social media and their characteristics (user base, purpose, etc.), some of which I knew to an extent, and partly because the fundamentals of digital marketing had been learnt. We then had time at the end of sessions to talk one on one about our final projects and get advice, something I should have capitalised on more. Read less

I am so grateful for this experience, I learned so much. The teaching staff is flawless, so knowledgeable, patient and actually care about your success. At first I was intimidated but the teaching staff really helped and gave me the confidence and guidance i needed  Read less

I took the UX bootcamp and found it super helpful for high-level learning. No fluff. Just the stuff I needed to know. The instructors were AMAZING. Very supportive and well-informed on industry-standards. My classmates were incredible too and very supportive of each other. Read less

I am glad I took this course for many reasons. Firstly, the 10-week program was packed with information and useful resources but was also concise. Secondly, the instructors were really helpful and guided me well throughout the course, even when the questions were related to the job market and portfolio and not just the UX course. I am a graduate of Interaction Design but I got to learn more about UX best practices from this 10-week course than from my 8-month long course!
 I am also grateful to all my classmates who made the online classes interactive and fun! Their presentations were innovative and inspiring and I got to learn a lot from their unique solutions. 

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My goals for this course were easily met and more!  Brainstation has curated an impactful UX/UI course experience. I came in with an understanding of Human Centered Design but no prior experience with UX or UI and feel like I have a solid foundational understanding of the field as a graduate. This was possible through intentional course design - content builds on itself in a comprehensive way throughout the 10 weeks of the course.  What I loved most is the UX/UI project we curate along the way and get to present to our classmates at the end. Why did I love this? The project is a way to test the concepts we learn during each week's class (3 hours once a week), it was extremely meaningful to see the concepts learned in class come to life in the final projects.  Our instructor, Elizabeth, was fabulous.  She is someone with a great deal of industry experience who I could tell genuinely loved helping us learn and see our potential.  I loved getting to understand how concepts in the course played out in the real world, as she would often share examples of her work.  This course has helped me learn I do want to continue pursuing a UX career transition and will start looking into bootcamp options as next steps.  

I do have two areas of improvement that I would like to offer Brainstation.  1 - Given the final project involves designing in Figma, I would love to see a developed resource (accessible through synapse) on how beginners can jumpstart the learning process.  I did a lot of research on my own, Figma has amazing resources and Elizabeth was very helpful, with that said having a resource guide accessible to me as a learner would have been wonderful! 2 - I had to miss one course due to an important doctors appointment, I would have loved to be able to see a recording of the course I missed or attend another instructors course.  

Really lovely experience overall, I think you will be pleased with a decision to enroll if you are interested in diving more into the UX/UI world! Read less

I could not be more satisfied with BrainStations data analytics class. The instructors were well versed in their knowledge of SQL, and Tableau. The classrooms and building itself are gorgeous, everyone is welcoming, and you meet some really great people. I would 100% recommend.  Read less

The Brainstation Data Analytics Community course was a technically sound course that covered Advanced Excel, SQL and Tableau briefly but in detail. The course was co-convened by Xialoei and Claudio, both who brought their industry experience to the classroom and helped contextualise the technical learnings into practical capabilities.  Read less

Going into the bootcamp I had very elementary knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I could write basic for loops and make simple functions that printed things to the console. I also coded along with a few udemy courses, so I was vaguely familiar with some React syntax, but I couldn't replicate any of the code or apply it to my own projects. I was completely unaware of security issues or best practices.

The curriculum is set up so every week feels like another hill to climb. Weekly projects are very challenging and the pace is fast. Instructors and TAs were all amazing for the entire 12 weeks, but in the end your success in the bootcamp depends on what you can put into it. For me this meant many late nights and weekend work. It also meant asking alot of questions. BrainStation also has networking events with industry panels, so those are good to go to aswell. 

Even with the large amount of content that's covered in the course, there are still many technologies that may be relavant to job searches but aren't explicitly covered in course material. This could mean things like GatsbyJS, Redux, MongoDB, NextJS, Prisma, TailwindCSS, SocketIO, etc. As you go through the program, many new technologies start coming onto your radar through what you see on job descriptions or just talking with classmates or amongst your network. Every rabbit hole you go down leads to ten other rabbit holes. The idea of the bootcamp is not to learn everything, it's to provide you with the base knowledge that you need to pick up on new technologies quickly on your own. I feel like the last 12 weeks have prepared me well for that Read less