CareerFoundry
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CareerFoundry is an online bootcamp that offers flexibly paced programs for career changers in web development, UX design, UI design, product design, data analytics, digital marketing, and product management. Headquartered in Berlin but with a global student base, CareerFoundry has provided tech education since 2013.
CareerFoundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the guidance of mentors and tutors through their dual mentorship model, training students to become job-ready in four to 12 months, or their money back.
No previous experience is required to apply for the programs. Students should have access to a computer and an internet connection, and an interest in the topic they are planning to study. Students apply via the CareerFoundry website by connecting with an advisor who can talk through their options. Students will need to pay a deposit to secure their place, then complete the required pre-work before the program commences.
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AnonymousStudent • UX Design Program • OnlineOct 23, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceDifficult at first, easier as I kept going
Online courses can be challenging when it comes to motivation for me, I find that the way CF breaks down the topics and building it up slowly makes it easier. It also helps that the tutor and mentor are available and give feedback right away. They are kind and respectful. I like the specific feedback. Overall I am learning a lot, and feeling less intimidated as I go. A lot of the work is on me to do but because the materials are easy to read and absorb, I have kept going.- AnonymousMarketing and Communications Officer • Student • UX Design Program • OnlineOct 02, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UX Design Review
I love the course! It’s very helpful especially my mentor who has been guiding me. I’m learning so much and the materials are very easy to understand. Coming from a marketing background, expanding my knowledge has be heightened to greated heights because of this course! - AnonymousStudent • Product Design Program • OnlineAug 15, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Design Course
Guys, no way!! Please don't make the same mistake I did. This course is just a book about an old UI UX Knowledge for 10k$. Very text-heavy, not up to date, with strange teachers whom I can't even find on LinkedIn. Please invest this money in better ways of learning and self-improvement. Because this course its a total scam for 10k$, where they make monay on Agentur fur Arbeit and pay attention to how many people they enroll per month, that's it. I wish I didn't enroll in it :(CareerFoundry of CareerFoundry
CareerFoundry team
Aug 20, 2024
Hi there, thank you for sharing your feedback.We are sorry that your experience did not match your expectations, and we are always open to feedback in order to improve the product we offer. We would very much like the opportunity to investigate your case further, as the points that you have cited are extremely uncommon for the vast majority of our students.Could you please contact us at: feedback@careerfoundry.comWe look forward to hearing from you and addressing the points raised.Best regards,Your CareerFoundry Team - AnonymousStudent • UX Design Program • OnlineJul 31, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Career Foundry is amazing!
I started career foundry in May this year and have enjoyed the courses along with speaking to my tutors and mentors tremendously. Each week I have a dedicated session with my mentor to gain insights on the realities of being a UX designer in the field. They also help me with navigating through any difficulties I am having throughout the course. I would highly recommend career foundry, especially to those who are working but still need that one on one time with a teacher. - AnonymousUX Designer • Student • UX Design Program • OnlineJun 26, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Amazing content, mentors & tutors
Content is very detailed (it becomes difficult once you start studying to find materials outside this course that have anything new in them) and they teach everything you need to know as a UX specialist.
During the course I was blessed with great mentors and tutors that guided and supported me along the way. Currently going through the job preparation course, and I feel hard work and applying everything I know has just started.
Something about the learning styles, the cou...Content is very detailed (it becomes difficult once you start studying to find materials outside this course that have anything new in them) and they teach everything you need to know as a UX specialist.
During the course I was blessed with great mentors and tutors that guided and supported me along the way. Currently going through the job preparation course, and I feel hard work and applying everything I know has just started.
Something about the learning styles, the course is designed for the busy person that reads a bit everyday and in the order given (since they will block your access to further materials until you study the current ones) so if you like to read future material in order to understand the current one better, this can be a challenge. If you are detailed oriented, I think it would be wise to learn how to use Figma at a professional level before enrolling or as soon as you start the course, as it will become very intense once you need to use it and there are too many new design concepts you have to master and Figma can become a block in the road at times.
I studied front end development in my specialisation and I appreciated the confidence it gave me to use Git and understand the code side limitations of design.
Overall it was a great experience, but it takes a lot more time than expected as concepts are complex and you will need a lot of practice after you finish the course and form a portfolio. - AnonymousStudent • UX Design Program • OnlineJan 22, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Predatory job guarantee. They took my money and I still have no job!!!!
Incredibly predatory in their job guarantee. They purposely hide that you only have 30 days to request it after 6 months now I’m broke and still no job in UX because of them!!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT GET A JOB!Alumni Relations Manager of CareerFoundry
CareerFoundry Alumni Relations Team
Jan 22, 2024
Hi there,
Thank you for leaving us a review.
We're sorry you feel that the terms of our Job Guarantee were not made clear enough from the outset, however, we strive to be as upfront and transparent with students as possible in everything we do. For this reason, the 30-day timeframe you're referring to is stated publicly in our Terms & Conditions (§15), which are accessible for review at any time via our website.
At the point of sign-up, all students agree to be bound by these terms by checking the box on the enrollment page and you acknowledge this by proceeding to register for the program.
Even if you are not eligible for a Job Guarantee refund, our Career Services team will continue to support you in your job search for as long as needed.
If you have any other comments, suggestions or grievances, feel free to reach out to us via feedback@careerfoundry.com and we will be happy to offer you further assistance.Your CareerFoundry Alumni Relations Team - AnonymousStudent • Full-Stack Web Development Program • OnlineJan 05, 2024Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Please use a different course provider
I don't have anything good to say about CareerFoundry's Web Development program. The Tutors are meant for day to day questions, and you can have as frequent as once a week meetings with your Mentor. CareerFoundry gets you by making the crash course super easy, and the first few lessons (after you've paid) start out easy to understand and gradually get way more complicated by the 5th lesson which is after their 14 day refund window.
When I asked the Tutor for any help I needed, they wo...I don't have anything good to say about CareerFoundry's Web Development program. The Tutors are meant for day to day questions, and you can have as frequent as once a week meetings with your Mentor. CareerFoundry gets you by making the crash course super easy, and the first few lessons (after you've paid) start out easy to understand and gradually get way more complicated by the 5th lesson which is after their 14 day refund window.
When I asked the Tutor for any help I needed, they would just end up repeating the homework instructions and took hours to respond. The Mentor was the only one who actually helped me when I had questions but because I could only meet with them and hour a week I could only really get though one assignment a week.
I even paid for two "extensions" to give myself more time with the Tutors and Mentor. Eventually with all the time waiting for responses and time spent banging my head against a wall, I tried to talk to the advisors and they refused a refund except for the two extensions, even though I didn't even have access to the more expansive portion of the course. That's $7500 down the drain.Sofia of CareerFoundry
CareerFoundry Team
Jan 12, 2024
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're genuinely sorry to hear about the challenges you've faced with our Web Development program. Your experience is important to us, and we would like to address your concerns to ensure you get the support you need.
To better understand your situation and explore potential solutions, we invite you to connect with us directly at feedback@careerfoundry.com.Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and we look forward to the opportunity to assist you further.
Best regards,
The CareerFoundry Team - AnonymousStudent • UX Design Program • OnlineDec 17, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
THINK VERY HARD BEFORE ENROLLING!!!
Think very hard before enrolling in this course! The promises made to you before enrolling are NOT going to be your reality. "75 days average" time to finding a new job. I know people that have finished the course and have been looking for a job for almost 2 years and can't even get interviews. "Job Guarantee" Read the fine print!!! So many stipulations to this making it almost impossible to actually qualify to get your money back. In fact, this was the first thing my mentor told me on o...Think very hard before enrolling in this course! The promises made to you before enrolling are NOT going to be your reality. "75 days average" time to finding a new job. I know people that have finished the course and have been looking for a job for almost 2 years and can't even get interviews. "Job Guarantee" Read the fine print!!! So many stipulations to this making it almost impossible to actually qualify to get your money back. In fact, this was the first thing my mentor told me on our very first call. "You will never see this money again." And if you do somehow get your money back, CF washes their hands of you and you will no longer receive any sort of mentorship in the curriculum or in the job search.
There was an old outcomes report floating around on their site somewhere, but it looks like it's gone now. Likely because it was a few years old and any new outcomes report is going to paint a much, much more bleak picture of the current state of the UX/UI job market. The fact of the matter is that UX/UI is insanely saturated with people coming out of bootcamps. You'll need to finish your bootcamp, complete other courses and certificates to add to your resume, volunteer your time (UNPAID) to work on projects for real clients (because nobody is going to hire you without real experience), and even then you'll still likely be considered less qualified than someone who went to a traditional college to study UX/UI.
Expect to sink at least a couple years into studying and working on projects to get to a point where you'll be considered for entry level roles (not just the 5 or 6 months that CF and other bootcamps try to sell you). Let's face it, 5 or 6 months of study to get into a new line of work sounds too good to be true. And if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Nobody is hiring someone just because they've finished a bootcamp anymore. There was a time when this was the case, and that's when these bootcamps had glowing placement rates and were able to truthfully market themselves as a quick path to a new career. This is no longer even close to being the case.
I'm almost finished with the course and have started applying to jobs (over 50 at this point), but haven't heard a word back on a single job app I've submitted. I expect to have to fill out at least a few hundred apps while continuing to rework my LinkedIn and resume, taking on new projects (like I said, UNPAID), and completing other training programs and courses to add to my resume. And even then, I have no confidence that I'll be working in the field anytime soon.
Basically, unless you're 100% sure you want to get into the UX/UI field DO NOT ENROLL IN A BOOTCAMP OF ANY KIND. Don't enroll just because you think you're going to waltz into a glamorous remote job that pays 2x what you're making now. Essentially the only thing a bootcamp can off you anymore is a structured learning path. They can't guarantee you a job or a specific salary. Let's not forget that these bootcamps are businesses that are ultimately only concerned with making money. And how do they make money? They sell a dream to people wanting to better their lives and make a change, whether or not that dream is as realistic as they say. - AnonymousStudent • Data Analytics Program • OnlineDec 06, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Do not sign up for Data Analytics Program
Trying to learn from this curriculum is like trying to learn to read, but the instructors only tell you about the alphabet they don't actually tell you what each letter sounds like, or how to put them together in sounds. They tell you what to do, but not how to do it. They use 10,000 words and make things way more complicated when 100 words would do. You end up having to use google and youtube to teach yourself. On top of that the tutors and mentors they promise are useless. They are wor...Trying to learn from this curriculum is like trying to learn to read, but the instructors only tell you about the alphabet they don't actually tell you what each letter sounds like, or how to put them together in sounds. They tell you what to do, but not how to do it. They use 10,000 words and make things way more complicated when 100 words would do. You end up having to use google and youtube to teach yourself. On top of that the tutors and mentors they promise are useless. They are working from a script. They just send you links when you have questions instead of answering directly. Most of the time the links don't even answer your questions, they are just the links CF has told them to send for that section. Mentors you have to schedule time to do a video call with in order to get help from them. They can be helpful, but it is a phone call. You can't reference back to it. The career prep people are the same. Working off a script, and not helpful. Save your money. Go with Data camp, or W3schools you're going to be using them anyway to get through CF's course. When you complain. Customer service will reach out and tell you that they want to help, but they don't offer any actionable solutions. If I could put negative stars on curriculum, I would. - AnonymousArt Director / UX/UI Designer • Graduate • UI Design Program • OnlineNov 17, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
It was an amazing experience
During my last job last year I participated the UI-Design course. I was an amazing experience, I learned a lot and received a lot of new tools and new contacts from all around the world.
After completing the course at CareerFoundry, I started the Job-preparation course and together with my mentor from CF, we started to prepare me for the application process.
It was not an easy time for me, personally and professionally, and they supported and strengthened me the whole time.
I ...During my last job last year I participated the UI-Design course. I was an amazing experience, I learned a lot and received a lot of new tools and new contacts from all around the world.
After completing the course at CareerFoundry, I started the Job-preparation course and together with my mentor from CF, we started to prepare me for the application process.
It was not an easy time for me, personally and professionally, and they supported and strengthened me the whole time.
I can definitely recommend this course and the Job-preparation with all my heart!
- AnonymousStudent • UX Design Program • OnlineNov 15, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Incredible feedback after course submissions
I want to take time to give thanks to CareerFoundry for their amazing feedback system, where they ensure you are always learning and make this an enjoyable experience. I’ve had a few personal struggles during the course and they’ve been able to look out and give me time to catch up in my own time. - AnonymousStudent • UI Design Program • OnlineNov 01, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great UI Course Bootcamp
I’m half way through the UI bootcamp course, and so far it’s been great! It’s straight to the point and very relevant to the real world work. I love my mentors and tutor, they have been really helpful.
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CareerFoundry Alumni Reviews Summary
Based on 1,400+ CareerFoundry reviews on Course Report, alumni appreciate the practical, skill-building approach of the bootcamps, particularly highlighting the mentorship, structured and engaging curriculum, and the flexibility to learn at their own pace. One student remarked, "The support and feedback from the Tutor and Mentor are what keeps me motivated, energized and confident about the skill I’m learning." However, some noted that learning online can feel lonely, especially for tasks typically done in teams.
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How much does CareerFoundry cost?
CareerFoundry costs around $7,900. On the lower end, some CareerFoundry courses like Data Analytics Program cost $6,900.
What courses does CareerFoundry teach?
CareerFoundry offers courses like Data Analytics Program, Digital Marketing Program, Full-Stack Web Development Program, Product Design Program and 3 more.
Where does CareerFoundry have campuses?
CareerFoundry teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Is CareerFoundry worth it?
CareerFoundry hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 1,508 CareerFoundry alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed CareerFoundry on Course Report - you should start there!
Is CareerFoundry legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 1,508 CareerFoundry alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed CareerFoundry and rate their overall experience a 4.66 out of 5.
Does CareerFoundry offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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You can read 1,508 reviews of CareerFoundry on Course Report! CareerFoundry alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed CareerFoundry and rate their overall experience a 4.66 out of 5.
Is CareerFoundry accredited?
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