Devmountain

DevMountain was the perfect environment for me to really learn Full Stack JavaScript development. Like many others I did a lot of research before choosing to go here. I looked into a few boot camps like DevPoint Labs, Hack Reactor, Tuiring School, The Iron Yard & DevMountain. But for me all things pointed back to DevMountain and the biggest deciding factor was how much effort they put into making sure that their students and graduates found jobs. 

My advice is this, if you want to just learn how to code and don't need to do it in a hurry then there are plenty of great FREE resources online. However if you want if you want to jump start your career and have the confidence that it'll work out, then go to DevMountain.

They have great instructors and solid curriculum and do everything they can to help you succeed. 

If you're looking for a change in a different trajectory and enjoy code; DevMountain is for you. I'd only taken one CS course prior to attending here. Now I'm graduated and feel like I have all the tools I need to succeed in my career. Aside from having wonderful teachers, mentors, and resources available, one of the most valuable things DevMountain teaches you is how to learn, so that even after you leave, you can continue to grow your skillset exponentially. Before attending, I did thorough research on multiple bootcamps, and by far DevMountain was the best. 10/10 would recommend to anyone looking for a way to kickstart their career in Web Development or make a career change.

I attended the iOS immersive summer cohort at Dev Mountain in 2015. I entered Dev Mountain with the determination to change my career from the medical field to iOS Development. Dev Mountain had a great comfortable learning environment which included snacks, comfortable seating/lounging areas and dedicated teachers and mentors who not only know how to code, but also know how to teach others how to code (those are two concepts that are hard to find together). I started the class with very limited programming knowledge so I asked a lot of questions. The teachers and mentors were great at helping me feel comfortable and not stupid for asking questions. I attribute my success to the fact that mentors were available to answer questions daily, and who got to know me personally. If you are driven to learn, and are willing to pay the price (eat drink sleep in code) then Dev Mountain will provide you with the tools to successfully transition into becoming a developer. I have recommended this to friends and family, and several of my friends and family who have attended recieved similar experiences. I now work full time as an iOS Developer as a result of personal effort and what I learned at Dev Mountain. 

I'm someone who learns very independently, so I very seriously considered learning iOS development on my own by using free/cheap resources online. But in the end I decided that no matter how quick a learner someone is, or how much of a self starter, everyone needs a road map. It's hard to chart your own course when you don't really know the destination. So I signed up for the immersive iOS development course at DevMountain in SLC, worked my tail off, and got a great job afterward. The current lead instructor is probably the smartest person I know, and even if the curriculum were crummy and disorganized, I would pay all over again just to have the opportunity to pick his brain. With that said, the curriculum is not crummy. In fact, the curriculum is pretty freaking awesome, and just keeps gettin better. Without the shackles of government funding, DevMountain can make changes at the drop of a hat to make sure students are getting the most out of their experience. Overall, they do an awesome job.

I just need to caveat that while DevMountain is awesome, you aren't going to get an awesome job if you don't put in the time and effort. Do the precourse work. Do it a second time if you didn't understand it all that much. Do it a third time if you need. Then go take the course, and treat it like it's the only thing in your life that matters while it lasts. Don't goof off. Take a good lunch break, but also maybe take part of your lunch break to work on projects and get ahead or make sure you really, really understand what was covered in the morning. Finish every project independently at some point. If you have to get help the first time through, that's fine. But then do it again. And then do it again without any of the instructions. Get to the point where you can make all of these projects completely on your own and then you can build on them to and combine different topics and make even cooler things. If you don't do that and you come away from DevMountain struggling to find a job, that's on you. And DevMountain can't really help you get a job if you haven't put forth the effort needed to be marketable.

Summary: My DevMountain experience was awesome. I essentially got paid back for tuition almost immediately after graduation because my new job paid enough that it just instantly made up for a few months of not working and dipping into savings, and now the investment will just be paying off more and more for as long as I stay in this field, which is likely forever. 

Pros:

I learned so much, so quickly. Seriously every day is just a firehose of knowledge and you are trying to catch as much of it as you can. In the past I finished my bachelors degree and this was so much more intense. The Instructors are so good and the mentors were always there to answer the questions I had. Also the Job preparation week and instruction was one of the most useful courses that I have ever participated in. I did get a job very quickly afterwards.

Cons:

You will have to work...HARD. There were so many nights that I stayed there until 9 or 10 at night. You need to have that expectation, so that you can be successful. Expect to struggle. You will have new concepts being thrown at you left and right, and the struggle is real, but totally worth it.

Enrolling in DevMountain was arguably the decision that has had the quickest impact on my career. I had zero experience with mobile development outside of being an avid consumer of the variety of applications.

DevMountain helped me start learning faster than any other method I had tried in the past. A ton of people argue that bootcamps are a waster of money when there are so many free resources available online. It is true that there is a lot of free resources out there, but nothing compares to the fast pace at which DevMountain kickstarted my learning!

DevMountain was the perfect enviornment for my learning style. This is the way I learn. With people in front of me, helping me, assisting me, pushing me, and getting my hands on actual real world projects. Learning side by side with other students. Not staring at a computer screen alone in my basement. 

The course is great for students who have the desire to learn. DevMountain helped me kickstart my mobile development career faster than any other way possible. Going from no development experience to having a mobile software developer job in 3 months is crazy. It was a hard challenge. On day 1 I gave myself the goal to do all the assignments and work and the curriculum. The course and my mentors/instructors showed me what was possible and through a ton of hard work, everything worked out for me in the end.

On the flip side, I saw a hand full of students in my class struggle because they weren't as dedicated. You have to want it.

If you are serious about changing your career or gaining valuable skills in tech, go to DevMountain.

I really enjoyed my time at DevMountain, and it's working out for me. I wanted a job as a front end developer or a UX designer, and I'm currently halfway through a UX design internship, and taking interviews for front end developer jobs.

Pros: The energy and excitement was palpable. The instructors really want you to succeed, and care about your success, especially if you are working hard, which they can tell if you are. The pace is so fast and the expectations are so high that you learn more than you ever could alone. Expect to put in 10-14 hour days. You have to really want to work in order for the experience to be positive, which I did, so I loved it. I got a job I wanted, and I think it was pretty much directly because of this bootcamp, and the work I put in after that was inspired by the work ethic I got from this place. I loved it.

Cons: It's expensive. Sometimes it feels overpriced. The mentors are all people who got hired from the previous classes (aka cohorts), so don't expect CS majors. They're green. Instructors are professionals, not professional teachers. You have to own your success. You have to be responsible for getting what you paid for. Seek out help, don't be shy, don't get discouraged. You will probably have one or two minor(ish) mental breakdowns while attending. Just keep perservering and you'll be amazed what you can accomplish, but expect it to be REALLY difficult at times.

Overall: It's by no means a guarantee, and judging from hearsay the numbers of their students who are employed are somewhat inflated. You have to work really, really hard while you're there, and then you have to keep working really, really hard afterwards, but for me this seems to have been a turning point in my career. Do it if you're hungry for it!

I did the part-time cohort in Provo, and it delivered on my expectations. I was hesistant going into it because I didn't know if part-time would help me as much as the full-time class. But looking back at it, the Part-time class was perfect for my situation. I wasn't looking for a job, but more so a training in code. I am a designer. I have focused on design my whole career and I wanted to understand how my designs from the perspective of code. After only a few weeks at DevMoutain's part-time class I was able to more effectively communicate and understand development. DevMountain gets you coding in week 1 and it doesn't stop there. You are continuously learning some front end or backend technology and it is challenging. But not hard enough that it pushed me over the edge, but just enough that it really made me think and dedicate time to learning. If you are going to take the part-time class, you have to dedicate "outside of class" time to your projects and learning. I am grateful I did, because now I understand how web applications work and have experience doing a ton of building. Every night I found myself writing code and on class nights I would be doing it with teachers and mentors. It really helped having people there who knew what they are doing. Especially when I got stuck. The mentors gave me context that I really couldn't find anywhere else. I seriously think without DevMountain I would still be in the same spot I was before -- trying to learn on my own and stuck on some stupid piece of code.

If you want a full time job in web development, I would probably reccommend that you dedicate a lot of time to learning through out the 16 weeks of the part time program. If you are paying for the 16 weeks, you need to take advanatage of those 16 weeks. I did, and it paid off. I 100% reccommend DevMountain.

DevMountain was a great experience. I learned more here, faster, than I could've in probably two years on my own, and came out of it making about twice what I was making before, doing something I love. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because (when I went, over winter 2015-2016) the curriculum badly needed to be updated and made consistent. I've heard from later cohorts that they've put a lot of effort into that, though. I'd definitely recommend this place over just about any other bootcamp (I did my research beforehand and ruled out all others except for HackReactor and DevLeague).

I had very little coding experience before DevMountain. I was exposed to the atmosphere of hard and fun work when my husband was going through IOS program at the same school. I loved being around people that came to the bootcamp from various paths of life and worked their tails off to improve their coding skills and chances of getting a better job. I quickly decided that this was going to be the school I would join. I chose web development since I was more familiar with the languages and my journey began. 
   Every day was filled with hard work that was done under a cheerful supervision of mentors ready to help when you are stuck. The curriculum was pretty much magical. You know, the kinda magic that allows you to realize that with little to no experience you are able to build a whole app (front and backend) within a matter of 6 weeks!

The price was so worth it! Now, I still have access to all the lectures of the course, I can hang out at the campus if I want to work on a side project. I love hackathons that they organize for everyone that wants to join. Nice to see familiar faces. I love to belong to the  community DevMountain built. 

They also have an amazing course preparing you for job hunting that you take within the last week of a bootcamp. 

Anyways, I am just very grateful for the chance to be their student. Great staff, great course and great post-grad follow up.

I had a blast being a student, and now I have enough skills that got me a new job that I love!