Web Development (Self-Paced)

Hey 👋🏼I'm 33 and I've decided to switch my occupation last year- from Finance and Operations- towards web-development.I've considered not that much, like 5 bootcamps,yet decided to go for mate.academy due to reviews, statistics and the price- back then they had an active discount campaign for a self-paced program 🙂Long story short - by the end of month 4 I got 2 offers (during 3 weeks job search process).The study process was kind of hard - since I got no previous experience with whatever coding.I've spent learning 7 to 9 hours on workdays, and 2-3 hours on weekends.Probably I could spend less if I used the scheduled Q&A sessions (2 or 3 times each week),but I preferred to solve issues myself or request mentors' support asynchronously on Slack.Technical checks were of a great importance - they are kind of trial technical interviews held by mentors- just like on a real interview.Knowing theory is one thing, but declaring it verbally turned out harder - so a great practice.Another important part is the employment phase- I was hesitant to apply thinking I need to learn more- luckily coordinators told me that I'm already apply-able and pushed me to start applying.If not that I would likely spend / lose another 2 to 3 weeks.And I've had a mock interview with Mate HR to pinpoint and fix the 'weak points' ⭐The process was hard but rewarding 🎉Even after I was employed I visited Mate to keep on learning SQL, Node.js and writing tests.Worth mentioning - the platform keeps on improving.Especially if you see any sort of bug and report it to the team - they are actually fixed.New features are delivered and make the process even more efficient and user-friendly.

I can write a lot, but almost everything was already said in the other comments!I am super grateful to Mate academy for the opportunity to study, for the courses, for mentoring and all the support during the training.After the course, you realize that you can learn on your own, but it will cost you much more effort and time. (Personally for me it’d very difficult)Therefore, I wish good luck to all, fewer doubts and more victories!)Mate academy - thanks!