Free 5 Day Coding Challenge

I recently did the five day challenge and after finishing I spoke to the a so called "education advisor" who was really just a salesperson! I found him on linkedin afterwards and he has a history in sales and no education training whatsoever. Shameful lies. Not signing up with a company willing to misrepresent their salespeople in this way just to get thousands of euros from customers.

I would not recommend this Full Stack course with the Code Institute to anyone due to my experience with them. I applied and took on the 5 day challenge , Unfortunately I hadto request 2 days extension due to my laptop breaking but that was granted until Monday I was told. Monday morning I submitted the completed challenge with a 100% mark.First off , I will admit the lessons provided were very good and I learned the basics pretty quickly and it has inspired me to start a proper Honours Degree in Software Development , so thanks for that.But anyway I was told a few hours after my submission that my application was unsuccessful , so naturally I enquired as I figured a 100% mark was more than sufficient. I received an email the following day to inform me that the reason behind my application being denied was due to my extension request? Along with sections 2 & 3 of the coding challenge workbook being failed submissions. Unfortunately the coding application provided by the Code Institute for their 5 Day Coding Challenge is subpar to real world coding as the application did not recognize certain parts of the workbook in sections 2 & 3. I got very frustrated with this code constantly failing that I referred to a professional who confirmed my lines of code were in fact correct , so I submitted the correct code (marked as failed on their system) so I could view the "Solution" offered ,the solution and my "incorrect submissions" were the exact same lines of code. I also highlighted this issue in my application in the event that the Code Institute was not aware of this issue but it was marked as a reason for my denied application. ( Maybe they weren't too happy that I pointed this out )Bottom line , I would not recommend this course based off of my experience with them and I personally wouldn't pay the near €7k price tag.

I gave them disclosures I was vulnerable yet they still gave me information encouraging me to take out loans to do their course with a completely unrealistic 'return upon investment' advice, including how I would earn roughly £31k as a junior developer. Even in London, without a proper degree and/or years of experience, you're not getting £31k from doing a course like Code Institute. I thought quite well of them and was genuinely considering trying to financially position myself to complete the course but given the months of being hounded by their marketing department and asking questions, when I made it clear I knew I was being manipulated in bad faith they, funnily enough, just stopped responding. I did remove myself from the mailing list but they made no effort to correct my interpretation of their actions when I made it explicitly clear I didn't think they had my best interests at heart and, as such, found it difficult to believe I'd be efficiently taught any skills I would be required to have upon taking a job after completion.