Data Science Career Track

Springboard is great.  It helped launched my Data Science career just 4-5 months into the program.  But this was with 30-60 hours a week of studying and 10-20 hours a week fixing/updating my resume and CL as well as job searching and preparing for interviews.  Mentors were always there when needed and are really smart.  The career coaches helped tremendously and was vital to me getting me first job even with little experience. 

I had a wonderful experience studying data science through Springboard. Springboard gave me the direction and motivation I needed to begin learning data science within a short time period and at a lower cost compared to obtaining a masters degree. The most useful asset was the weekly calls I had with my mentor and the continued job support post completion. The mock interviews with experts prepared me for real world job interviews and I had a job offer within a month of graduating from Springboard.

Overall, I had a great experience with the Data Science Career Track at Springboard. Their course structure is well organized and the videos and exercises help with grasping all the ideas presented. This boot camp helped me in landing my first industry job as a Data Scientist. 

I was a little bit intimidated when I first signed up for the program.  The prices are very reasonable.  All that is required upfront is about $700 to save a seat in the class.  They have many payment options which allow you to defer to pay any tuition fees until after you complete the program.  The JOB GUARANTEE is what really hooked me.  They have a great career services office with people who really care and are willing to help you write a resume and modify your LinkedIn profile in order to get maximum possible exposure.  I was given an entry test to see where I feel on being at least well equipped to do well in the course.  I passed it with no problem.  I told them that although I passed, I still wasnt 100% comfortable and I felt like I needed more practice because they were concepts that I havent reviewed in years.  They allowed me to take a 6 week course, prior to school beginning that enabled me to feel more confident.  This preliminary course was $400.  However, they told me that if I completed the course, then I would be refunded the $400.  So if that's not a heck of an incentive to complete, then I dont know what is.  Also, they have a mentor program and a mentor call once a week to ensure that the concepts are being understood and they also have a weekly Q & A session.  In other words, the resources are invaluable and I think this is so worth the money.  Thank you everyone at springboard who had a hand in my growth and evolution.  It takes a village to raise a child.

I found the course very helpful because it hit on the basics throughout and broke up large complicated fields into a smaller understandable curriculum. The career and advisor coaching are immensely helpful. I highly suggest using the unlimited calls.  

Overall a good experience and worth it. If you're looking to change careers, I definitely recommend it. There are some issues to be aware of, however. If you have some coding experience coming in, there's currently no way to skip parts of the course you already know. The curriculum relies heavily on Datacamp classes and videos. There are long stretches of the curriculum where all you're doing is watching videos of talks, lectures, etc. If this is not a good learning style for you, definitely consider something else. The capstone projects are great, but the learning curve is a bit steep between the first one, which is fully guided, and the second one, which is fully independent. In general you have to be a very self-motivated person to succeed with this curriculum.The biggest draws of this program are the mentoring and the job guarantee. Meeting with a mentor every week is really fantastic, even if you don't need any help that given week it still helps to stay on track. And with the job guarantee, I feel confident that I will either get my money's worth out of this program, or get my money back. 

I'm not typically one for online learning, I much prefer in person classroom settings. However, given the pandemic of the previous year I thought it would be best to enroll in a program that was built to be online rather than converted. Overall, I was really pleased with my experience at Springboard. The curriculum was engaging and useful, my mentor was a great asset and I really enjoyed working with my student advisors and the career coaches.

Springboard does an amazing job providing you resources needed to make a career change. The strongest resources they provided was a mentor, who has great experience as a data scientist as well as career coaches to help you find your new path. The only area that can be strengthened is the curriculum itself. I felt that there are areas I wish I was tested more often such as Python or SQL to develop a stronger foundational skill. Springboard does well accommodating to your needs such as pause breaks or extensions. Overall it was a great experience. 

There's so much to be said about how Springboard does an amazing job with the Data Science Career Track! 1)The curriculum is so thoughtfully and expertly designed. It manages to cover a wide range of topics, but in a manner that flows naturally both in terms of progressive difficulty and logical continuity. This to me, is so important for sustaining motivation to complete the program.2)It is highly hands-on and project oriented. This is a good thing, always a good thing, and Springboard recognizes that. Almost every unit has at least one mini-project to explore the content covered in that unit within an implementation context. You also need to complete two Capstone projects of your choice in any areas of your interest as part of the curriculum, and these projects are great for your Github or your resume. Clearly, Springboard appreciates that project-oriented learning is essential to drive certain concepts home and again, sustain motivation by seeing the fruits of your labor.3)The quality of the resources. Data Science experts on the Springboard Team have put in efforts to create high quality resources - both technical and career-oriented. These are usually well-drafted informational documents or videos. They also handpick a good selection of  public articles/videos (and even one wonderful book) to supplement your learning, and their partnership with DataCamp (shoutout!) gives you access to a rich library of also high quality content.  4)FlexibilityLook, Springboard gets that life happens, and they've got your back. There is an option to take a 2-3 week pause from the course ANYTIME to perhaps catch up on other responsibilities or to maybe just *recharge*. Also, they offer a free 2 month extension to finish the program if you don't finish within the original 6 months, which can also turn out to be quite a blessing. I'm a full-time CS student at UCLA, so when I ran into a difficult quarter, I could still manage because of their flexible options. 5)Community You're assigned a Student Advisor and Mentor as part of the program, and in my experience, they were both wonderful. The Student Advisor regularly checks in on you if you need help making goals, being productive, planning a schedule, tackling burnout, and more! They really help keep you afloat during your journey. You meet with your mentor on a weekly basis so they can guide you with projects and difficult material, or tell you more about the industry and their type of work, which is always interesting to hear! My mentor was super helpful with his feedback on my projects and helped me shape them into something I was proud of. I should also mention that support on their Slack is pretty good too for Q/A related things,  their customer support team is extremely friendly and helpful, and their cohort of career coaches are also excellent, so be sure to make regular appointments with them because they give extremely valuable and insightful advice about the industry and building the professional profile you want for yourself.All-in-all, a great program designed by a talented team of industry professionals. The amount of knowledge and learning you get out of the program is priceless (and you get lifetime access to the curriculum!). If you've got the time and you want to, as they call it, "future-proof" your career, I highly recommend their program :)

I enrolled in Springboard's Data Science track with the intention of making a career transition from Growth Marketing to DS. Going in I had some prior experience with statistics, experimental design and a tiny bit of coding. Being such an enormously broad field, I had struggled trying to learn on my own before. Springboard is structured in a way that builds on concepts overtime, mostly in a logical progression, which really helped me see how everything 'clicked' together. On top of the course structure, the mentor calls were wonderful! My mentor was always able to answer any questions that I had and provided me with tips and more real-world scenarios to practice for future career prep. While I'm only a month out from graduating, my experience was extremely positive. I was a bit unsure being taught 100% online, however, I never felt left 'out in the cold.' There was always someone available to provide help any time I needed. On top of the curriculum, the career support / advice has been a tremendous help. 

As someone who graduated from undergrad with a biochem degree, almost no coding experience, no relevant projects to showcase on my resume and no idea of how to get a job, the Data Science course and whole package accomplished what it said it would: I got a job in data before I even finished the course. That being said - it took me an entire year to finish (as I started a Master's in Statistics about halfway through), but spreading the coursework out over a long period of time and having time to process the concepts was invaluable. While I wouldn't say Springboard is an easy fix to get a job ASAP, it was incredibly transformative overall for my career and approach to learning in a positive way. It has helped me learn more efficiently in grad school by focusing my learning on industry relevant things. Make sure to develop a good relationship with your mentor and utilize on-demand mentors frequently to get unstuck when coding new concepts.

Waste of time and money. They are attracting people with job guarantee tag. But, it has lot of conditions. There is no proper curriculum. Course material is not own. It has just links from various websites. Not much use of mentor and career coach. I learnt lot from free courses than from Springboard. BIG NO NO.

Pros:- Curated program that gives a great structure to your learning- Invaluable 1:1 mentoring sessions with industry experts- Best in class career coaches who help you get job ready- Lots of opportunities to network with present students and alumni- Highly responsive staff membersCons:- Not all the topics are in depth; one needs to use other resources to get a better understanding of the subject

The springboard data science career track has a great curriculum that I feel really prepared me for my job hunt. The career coaches are great and really help nail down your resume and linkedIn profile to ensure you have the best chances at getting a job after completion.

Had an awesome experience, the curriculum was engaging and thought provoking. My mentor was the best, he showed excellent knowledge and experience and helped me brainstorm project ideas for my capstone. The career coaches are always available to help with resume and updating LinkedIn profiles to match the job market.

First of all, course advisors, mentors, and career coaches were great. I really liked the support from advisors, because I was working from home and taking care of my children while doing homeschooling because of the Covid19, they really helped me by understanding the situation and gave me the necessary time and courage to finish the program. Career coaches were great. They gave so strong advice for the career path. Mentors were very good and gave very strong technical feedbacks and advice for projects and make you think about what can be next. I have some negative opinions with course sources but positive opinions are higher than negatives. Overall I am very pleased about attending the course. I could have not learned the data science subjects in this kind of limited time by myself. I am glad I participated.

Springboard is one of the more affordable data science bootcamps ($7500 upfront cost, compared to $10k or even $18k in some other bootcamps). They're able to do this by not having in-person lecturers. The curriculum is completely online, self-paced. Much of the curriculum is actually videos and articles from other online resources (see "Cons" below). But they make up for this by their mentorship program (see "Pros" below). On the surface, this looks like a really good deal--it's cheaper than other bootcamps, it's self-paced, and you get a tuition refund guarantee if you don't find a job within 6 months of graduating. However, in practice, when you have a 6-month deadline (instead of in-person classes with an instructor to keep you accountable on a daily basis), it can be really easy to fall behind. Fortunately Springboard has a number of student advisors and other support staff who can help with setting a schedule for you to follow and giving you extensions (both of which I've used). But I think the people who can best thrive in this kind of program are those who can set clear goals for themselves on a weekly basis, in spite of all the other things going on in their lives. I had a lot of trouble balancing my bootcamp assignments with my daytime job and family obligations (your job and familial needs will feel very immediate while the bootcamp feels less urgent because of the 6-month deadline), and I quickly fell behind and needed extensions. This might all sound very obvious, but it's something that I and others I know often overlook. If you're not the kind of person to set hard deadlines for yourself, don't do a self-paced bootcamp. But if you are, and you don't mind not having an in-person instructor, then Springboard is for you.Pros: The mentorship program is the highlight of this bootcamp. Every student is matched with a mentor who they meet with once per week, 30 minutes at a time. You can also schedule additional unlimited 1:1 mentor calls with any mentor that's available, but I've found my weekly mentor to be the biggest help. I was able to ask my mentor for guidance on capstone projects, discuss questions I had about the mathematics behind certain algorithms, and ask for career advice (they are people in the industry, so they have insight on the field and job searches and whatnot). Springboard also has career coaches to help us with job searches, but it's still helpful to hear directly from the mouth of a person in the industry.Cons: Much of the curriculum is material that you can find on your own online (like articles on medium.com). Springboard organizes it all into a nice package for you, with many of their own project assignments sprinkled throughout, but this can make some of the material feel disjointed since it's a conglomeration of many different sources put together. Springboard goes through many updates with their curriculum though, so they've been making improvements to their assignments and curricula. To sum it up: you get what you pay for; Springboard is one of the more affordable bootcamps, but they're able to keep the price low by not building their whole curriculum from scratch and instead using other resources already available on the web.

Springboard offers so many resources and the availability to mentors and career coaches surprised me. You are basically offered unlimited resources

Working with mentors was the best part of the course. It helped me apply skills I was learning to my job and move up. I highly recommend the program. 

I am happy to graduate from springboard . I gain to much skill with it . Especially my mentor and carrier coach were very helpful and they has high experience and knowledge so learned lots of thing from them .