General Assembly
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General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers part-time and full-time bootcamps and short courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science, and more. The bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practitioners in their field. Students should expect to build a solid portfolio of real-life projects. Since 2011, General Assembly has graduated more than 40,000 students worldwide from the full time and part time bootcamp.
To enroll at General Assembly, applicants should submit an online application to connect with a GA Admissions team member who will work with them to decide if a tech bootcamps is the right fit. The GA Admissions staff are also prepared to speak with applicants about the best tech role for them, learning styles at GA, expected outcomes after the bootcamp, options to finance the bootcamp, career services offered by GA, and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, General Assembly students are supported by career coaches from day one. The program is enhanced by a career services team that is constantly in talks with employers about their tech hiring needs.
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AnonymousUX Designer • Graduate • 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • LondonApr 30, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AA quick turn around.
I decided to have a change of career for something that I thought I would really enjoy. I did the UX design immersive course and it was incredibly enjoyable. Although it was hard work, everything was fun, interactive and engaging and I ended the course feeling like I have a very good understanding to start my new career with!- AnonymousSoftware Engineer • Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineApr 04, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Intense and challenging
The SEI Remote program was very challenging as I had never attempted any coding before. That being said, by the end of the program I had a solid understanding of multiple languages and frameworks. Depending on the cohort you are assigned the languages can change. My program started out with the front end languages of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We then learned how to make programs as a MERN stack. After a couple of projects, we moved on to work with Python and Django. Each area has about ...The SEI Remote program was very challenging as I had never attempted any coding before. That being said, by the end of the program I had a solid understanding of multiple languages and frameworks. Depending on the cohort you are assigned the languages can change. My program started out with the front end languages of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We then learned how to make programs as a MERN stack. After a couple of projects, we moved on to work with Python and Django. Each area has about two- three weeks of learning and then a project to demonstrate your learning. I found that the teachers didn’t want to just give you the answers to your questions but were trying to teach you how to figure out how to find the answers on your own. This was frustrating but very beneficial for the real world. In my cohort, we had TA office hours Monday-Thursday from 5:30-8:00. This was great for when you are stuck and need assistance. A con is that they seem to have needed more TA’s. We had only two TA’s and sometimes you could not receive help because there were a lot of people in line to get help. After the learning is done, they have an outcomes team that helps provide support for job searching. Let me make this perfectly clear- they do not find you a job. They instead help you tailor your resumes, network, and sometimes just give you advise on handling rejection. I would recommend this bootcamp for career changers willing to have no life for 12 weeks. The price is a high but when you finally do break into the industry it will be worth it. - AnonymousStudent • 4. Data Analytics Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineMar 28, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Taken advantage of
Your experience at General Assembly will largely depend on the quality of your instructors. It's really hit or miss. And in my case, it was a miss.
1. We had one experienced instructor. The other instructors were woefully inexperienced. They were graduates of General Assembly who were brought back to teach. I believe this is a way for General Assembly to inflate their employment placement numbers.
2. You have one week to drop the course with a full refund. Because of the o...Your experience at General Assembly will largely depend on the quality of your instructors. It's really hit or miss. And in my case, it was a miss.
1. We had one experienced instructor. The other instructors were woefully inexperienced. They were graduates of General Assembly who were brought back to teach. I believe this is a way for General Assembly to inflate their employment placement numbers.
2. You have one week to drop the course with a full refund. Because of the one experienced instructor, I stuck with the course. She disappeared after a few weeks to focus on a more important job.
3. The other instructors didn't have a great grasp of the material. It felt like they were still learning along with us. I really felt scammed by this. We spent a lot of class time watching them debug their code, and display a lack of understanding of Tableau, Python, etc. Luckily we had a really smart student who could correct them.
4. Due to inexperience, the instructors would blow through the lessons, then give us entire days at a time to self-study. In my 420 hour course, I'd say closer to 100 hours were actual instruction.
I can almost forgive the inexperienced instructors. It's General Assembly's responsibility to make good hires. But at a minimum, they should have worked hard to familiarize themselves with our lessons the night before teaching them.
GA is clearly putting on as many classes as possible to maximize profit, even when they don't have enough instructors. They do have surveys during the course, but they aren't anonymous. I don't feel comfortable giving feedback when I know it may impact my graduation. The instructors specifically asked us to give them 4 or 5 stars on everything. - AnonymousGraduate • Data Analytics (Short Course) • New York CityMar 06, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Effective Data Analysis Course
I took a course called Data Analysis where i learned how to analysis data with excel, SQL and Tableau. I really liked Elise, my instructor. She was very knowledgeable and can explain concepts really well. I highly recommend this class and the instructor as well. The only draw back is this course is 10 weeks long and meets twice a week for 2 hours which is not a lot of time to learn a lot of materials so every class we were going with a pretty fast speed. - AnonymousSoftware Implementations Specialist • Graduate • SeattleMar 05, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Solid place to learn
I attended the SEI program Jan 22 through April 22. I had limited experience when I applied to the school. I was also making a career change. It was nerve wracking since I am a single father in my 40's. It was scary to consider the amount of time I would have to dedicate with out promise of a job once I was finished. In looking for the right school to help me accomplish my goals I found General Assembly. Some of the strongest benefits that attracted me to GA was that they had a curri...I attended the SEI program Jan 22 through April 22. I had limited experience when I applied to the school. I was also making a career change. It was nerve wracking since I am a single father in my 40's. It was scary to consider the amount of time I would have to dedicate with out promise of a job once I was finished. In looking for the right school to help me accomplish my goals I found General Assembly. Some of the strongest benefits that attracted me to GA was that they had a curriculum that seemed to cover all the top coding skills. They also had several instructors per course. Last they had a post course support system that would mentor me while searching for a job. The long story short is that three months after graduating I was hired full time by a LA based technology company. General Assembly did what they advertised and the personnel were top notch. I gladly give my positive review for anyone at any stage of life to attend GA. - AnonymousGraduate • 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York CityMar 01, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design Course
I know of a handful of students from my cohort that landed jobs in UX design (about 5 out of nearly 30).
These were people who already had college degrees in related fields like psychology, graphic design, and other design majors. I do not have a completed college degree.
I have not succeeded in this course which I graduated from one year ago. It kills me to have to make the payments for it.. And all of the info I could have learned on youtube.
I don't think UX ...I know of a handful of students from my cohort that landed jobs in UX design (about 5 out of nearly 30).
These were people who already had college degrees in related fields like psychology, graphic design, and other design majors. I do not have a completed college degree.
I have not succeeded in this course which I graduated from one year ago. It kills me to have to make the payments for it.. And all of the info I could have learned on youtube.
I don't think UX design is the way to go in bootcamps. There is a lot more to it then going through a 3 month "intensive" course. You should have some sort of background related to UX and the bootcamp should just be a stepping stone into the field.. Sort of like an extra.. Otherwise they are just making money off you and you feel so stupid when you cannot get a job in UX and are stuck in a low income job, being choked by the income share payments. In my case, it would have been much more practical for me to do software engineering or cyber security. But I was trying to change my career so I did UX..
Just be careful. Don't jump into it. Please make sure you have a good backup plan and it would be much better to pay upfront. The income share accepts almost everyone so it is easy to get sucked into it believing you will land a job making enough to pay it back.
I make less then the $40k threshold for income share, which they say you don't have to make payments unless you make over $40k. However, Stride Funding has been harrassing me with calls and emails for me to make payments even though I make about $37k (which again, is less then the threshold).
Please don't trust them.
If I could go back I think I would. It was definitely a learning experience of what not to do. Please learn from this review and really take everything into consideration before deciding to join the GA UX bootcamp.
It is overpriced for what they offer.
I had to get a job within a month or two after graduating and when I couldn't find one in UX, I had to get whatever I could. Unfortunately, the career coaching stops and the payments start when you get a job, it doesn't have to be UX related. They removed me from all slack channels, and cut me off from resources to help get a job in UX.
I'm not giving up on landing something in this field, I am trying to be optimistic and hoping I can find something in product design. However, It was not what I expected.
Please choose a much cheaper option. That is what I would do if I could start over.
You will probably get more out of it then you would at GA. - AnonymousJob Seeker • Student • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineFeb 15, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Excellent
Before General Assembly I've started exploring coding on my own research. After doing General Assembly 12 week (480 hr) SEI bootcamp I felt so confident that I've had a great guidance to explore new technology and apply it in to real projects and job search strategies and networking in a very short time. - AnonymousGraduate • User Experience Design (Short Course) • OnlineFeb 09, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great, comprehensive intro to UX
I completed the part-time UX Design course and thoroughly enjoyed the content. We successively added on to our projects as we learned new aspects of UX. I was able to build on my project throughout the course and was thrilled with the final product - something I can show off as a portfolio piece and present to current and future employers! - AnonymousPizza cook • Student • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineNov 22, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Judgemental coding bootcamp
I attended GA for a whole month. Had perfect attendance always had labs turned and was failed from project one. I was told to reach out for help but everytime I did I was belittled, ignored, mislead by both TAs and IAs.
I was told by admissions I would get help. I had one instructor yell at me NOT to write or change any code above a specific line. I showed my friend who graduated this school in 2019. He told me we had to make changes where the instructor told me not to.
T...I attended GA for a whole month. Had perfect attendance always had labs turned and was failed from project one. I was told to reach out for help but everytime I did I was belittled, ignored, mislead by both TAs and IAs.
I was told by admissions I would get help. I had one instructor yell at me NOT to write or change any code above a specific line. I showed my friend who graduated this school in 2019. He told me we had to make changes where the instructor told me not to.
There was a instructor in my class that was subtlety flirting with girl in class who lived in same state. Me and her played a game in same genre. I was pulled aside first week when we were all learning about each other and they told me after asking me why I was attending the course.
I didn't tell them my life's story and my interest in technology. I only told them I wanted a better job. I kept it short because I thought it was odd I was pulled aside to be spoken to
This is where one of IAs went on huge rant not letting me defend myself.
He was going on about how he believed I wasn't fit for the course. Another instructor then backed him up when I asked you just want me to quit? He said " we're not trying to pick on you" well, was he? Who meets someone ask them why they are hear then base that on there legitimacy of them attending. I did pre-work, I saved money for two years, built my credit in three years, quit my job of 6 years, and took out a loan. Just to date some girl who lives in another state? Thanks but no thanks. I was there for school not to be judge and treated differently.
When they fail someone they make them leave slack channels. It makes if look voluntary but it's not. I helped some of my classmates when I saw them asking for help and not receiving it.
I've had classmates message me on LinkedIn asking me why I "quit GA" they thought I was doing well. My cohort started with 67 students and by project 2 they had less than half that failed. Those numbers are not good. Ask yourself if you really want to go to a school that cost 16k where instructor play mind games and try to sabotage you because they don't like you or are intimated - AnonymousGraduate • 1. Data Science Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeNov 12, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Life-changing experience
My instructor was Justin Chan, and he had 2 teaching assistants Stephan Chan and Jeryll Chan. I chose General Assembly because of blog reviews done by previous students who graduated from software engineering courses, industry expert reviews for data science courses in Hardwarezone forum and my husband's encounter with previous staff of GA at his work. Other tech academies did not have the same amount and quality reviews. So it was an easy decision to sign up with GA compared to other ac...My instructor was Justin Chan, and he had 2 teaching assistants Stephan Chan and Jeryll Chan. I chose General Assembly because of blog reviews done by previous students who graduated from software engineering courses, industry expert reviews for data science courses in Hardwarezone forum and my husband's encounter with previous staff of GA at his work. Other tech academies did not have the same amount and quality reviews. So it was an easy decision to sign up with GA compared to other academies.
I took the flex part-time course, which commits 2 weekday evenings 6.30pm to 9pm, and a full day on Saturdays 9am - 6pm. Late starts and early finishes are instructor-dependent. Evenings are conducted remotely (hope it stays that way!) and Saturdays alternate between on-campus and remote. (may change in the future to all Saturdays on-campus, but I personally prefer the alternate remote Saturday lessons).
For someone with zero coding background, it will take your own initiative to deeper explore concepts taught in class . Realistically, you won't be able to explore everything, but choose what piques your interest more and dive deeper. After all, this is the beginning of a lifelong journey as a coder, learning never stops! So you have time to explore other concepts deeper when needs arise.
What I enjoyed the most.. was that I was fortunate to have a fun-loving and authentic instructor , teaching assistants were approachable, and best-of-all, my cohort was an eclectic mix of characters (the louder ones helped with creating laughter moments when we were getting overwhelmed). It was easy to bounce ideas and struggles off, without feeling a sense of judgement from others.
Pros:
* extensive curriculum that covers a broad based of concepts e.g. data cleaning, data analysis, feature engineering, feature selection, train-test-split, model training, model selection, fine-tuning, model evaluation, deployment
* alumni community
* career advice, network opportunities, career opportunities sourced by career coaches with ties to various companies - to get priority consideration
* mock interviews
* uses slack for communication and information dissemination
* Singaporeans (maybe PRs too) eligible for TIPP subsidy
* nice campus, comfy (can be a bit cold in the classrooms, bring a jacket), campus in central location, so easy to get to
Cons:
* career coaching can feel template-like, one size-fits-all. need to implement customised career plans for each candidate for best chance of success
* most project topics and datasets are US-based, difficult to relate to when your campus is not US - AnonymousStudent • 4. Data Analytics Bootcamp (Full Time) • VancouverOct 31, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Amazing learning opportunity
Great content that will help me level up in my career. Content was easy to follow and instructions were great and ready to assist whenever I had questions. Highly recommend this course for anyone looking to dive deep into data. - AnonymousJun 10, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Not that great
First off, we had 100% white-passing staff although their marketing projects diversity and inclusion. All of the instructors were younger than me and only had a few years of professional working experience. You are left to fight for your own when the program is done. So far it hasn't paid off and I'm frustrated. Going to a cheaper Bootcamp might be more ideal. I'm still not sure what I paid for. I will revise this if I get work but so far it's been nothing...It's a very costly over-prom...First off, we had 100% white-passing staff although their marketing projects diversity and inclusion. All of the instructors were younger than me and only had a few years of professional working experience. You are left to fight for your own when the program is done. So far it hasn't paid off and I'm frustrated. Going to a cheaper Bootcamp might be more ideal. I'm still not sure what I paid for. I will revise this if I get work but so far it's been nothing...It's a very costly over-promising program - Anonymoussoftware Engineer Intern • Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • San DiegoJun 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
General Assembly SEI good experience
The instructors were very helpful and knowledgeble. There multiple ways to receive additonal insruction and assistance, The material is explained thorughly. - AnonymousUser experience designer • StudentApr 07, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design Remote Flex
I had a very good experience learning the design process through 6 projects. Some solo, some group, and a group project for a client. I landed a job a few weeks before the bootcamp ended and I had minimal tech experience before GA, just good art skills and speaking skills. I recommend the course for someone who has a lot of grit. It does take a lot of time and outside effort if you want to be job ready in 6 months. - AnonymousGraduate • Data Analytics (Short Course) • LondonMar 12, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Analytics - Part Time
Happy with the course, the instructor and assistants were very available and flexible with us, which was key given that the course was part time so life often got in the way of submitting projects on time. The contents of the course focus on the core skills needed for data analytics in excel, tableau and SQL. It can feel hard to keep up with the course at times but if you make sure you have the time and do your studying everything if fine. The skills learnt are 100% useful the instructor...Happy with the course, the instructor and assistants were very available and flexible with us, which was key given that the course was part time so life often got in the way of submitting projects on time. The contents of the course focus on the core skills needed for data analytics in excel, tableau and SQL. It can feel hard to keep up with the course at times but if you make sure you have the time and do your studying everything if fine. The skills learnt are 100% useful the instructors recommendations about what skills are really useful in the world of work is important since all of them also work in data. If I had to criticize something it would be the fact that python and its applications in data analytics was not covered, some employers ask for this skill. But given the duration of this course I would not say this is a major criticism at all. Overall happy with the course and would recommend. - Anonymous3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) • SeattleFeb 14, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UXDI
NOT WORTH THE COST. You learn a lot in a short amount of time and you do get to meet a lot of new people and possibly make new friends. However, you are there to get a job in the field you want to be in. Unless your portfolio is outstanding, it is very difficult to break through. Going through this program is just an exposure to the industry and no guarantee for a job right away. There will be attempts to expose you to industry people, but again no guarantee. When you complete the progra...NOT WORTH THE COST. You learn a lot in a short amount of time and you do get to meet a lot of new people and possibly make new friends. However, you are there to get a job in the field you want to be in. Unless your portfolio is outstanding, it is very difficult to break through. Going through this program is just an exposure to the industry and no guarantee for a job right away. There will be attempts to expose you to industry people, but again no guarantee. When you complete the program you will have a portfolio and they talk to you about strategies to get hired. Bottom line is, companies want someone super outstanding or armed with a 4 year design degree. GA touts 100% job placement rate but that number is misleading because they only count the ones that did get a job. Actual numbers is more like 30 percent hire rate within 9 months. If you are looking to get into this field with no experience, you are better off paying for a online certification at a way lower cost. You will need to learn a lot by doing projects on your own and find an audience to give you feed back on your designs. - AnonymousGraduate • User Experience Design Immersive - Remote • OnlineDec 30, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Unfortunate: UDXI - Remote
I learned quite a lot but not enough to be successful. The people who succeeded in this course had spent a year of their own time learning UX prior to the course. I would HIGHLY suggest taking time to learn outside of the course before signing up. This is not a program if for those who do not know anything about UX.
Also, it took the lion's share of my coursemates over 7 months to find any UX work. (Aside from those who had prior experience) I was not able to be unemployed that long ...I learned quite a lot but not enough to be successful. The people who succeeded in this course had spent a year of their own time learning UX prior to the course. I would HIGHLY suggest taking time to learn outside of the course before signing up. This is not a program if for those who do not know anything about UX.
Also, it took the lion's share of my coursemates over 7 months to find any UX work. (Aside from those who had prior experience) I was not able to be unemployed that long so I ended up accepting work outside of design. I love the information I learned but I could not find gainful employment after graduation.
Lastly, DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THE ISA!! It's highly predatory and even if you read all of the information 3xs over - it is not worth it. Take out a loan if you must or save up so you can pay for the program yourself.
TLDR: study for a year prior to the course, be able to be unemployed for months, & do not use the ISA option. - AnonymousGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • San FranciscoDec 22, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Full Stack Software Engineering Immersive Fellow
My time at General Assembly, while relatively brief, was an intense period packed with learning about the latest and most popular internet software development languages and technologies. The full-stack immersive regimen helped me develop multiple apps as proof of my proficiency and training, and the importance of thinking like an engineer as well as working like one was not lost on us. I'd have liked even more in-depth studies on computer science, but overall this was a worthwhile progr...My time at General Assembly, while relatively brief, was an intense period packed with learning about the latest and most popular internet software development languages and technologies. The full-stack immersive regimen helped me develop multiple apps as proof of my proficiency and training, and the importance of thinking like an engineer as well as working like one was not lost on us. I'd have liked even more in-depth studies on computer science, but overall this was a worthwhile program to become certified as an engineer. - AnonymousPreviously Mechanic • Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • San FranciscoDec 21, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Software Engineering Immersive
After spending time in San Fransisco around several software engineers at varying levels of experience I became interested in changing careers after having been a mechanic for most of my life. I will say it was a challenging experience but also a very rewarding one. The staff and support was above an beyond my expectations.
The point of the course is to teach you how to learn different coding languages and the basics of OOP(if you don't know what this is look it up for tw...After spending time in San Fransisco around several software engineers at varying levels of experience I became interested in changing careers after having been a mechanic for most of my life. I will say it was a challenging experience but also a very rewarding one. The staff and support was above an beyond my expectations.
The point of the course is to teach you how to learn different coding languages and the basics of OOP(if you don't know what this is look it up for two seconds : ). My take away, compared to other peoples experience is you really get out what you put in... the classes are really nicely structured and the instructors I had did a great job of fielding questions and supporting the class but you also have to put in the hours at home and reinforce the content. If you are expecting to just spend the time in class working and then take after class off you will struggle but if you can commit to the three months of in class and at home this is probably the shortest track to a valuable skill set you will find.
- AnonymousGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time) • AtlantaNov 23, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Good Cohort
Overall, I had an awesome experience with GA. One instructor really went above and beyond to teach us a lot of information, my cohort was incredibly tight and worked with each other super closely. My outcomes was solid (the coach wasn't always the easiest to get a hold of and getting feedback isn't quick). However with that all said, it's hard for me to determine if I can recommend GA. Other cohorts didn't learn things we did, GA seems to have a lot of internal turnover which can impact ...Overall, I had an awesome experience with GA. One instructor really went above and beyond to teach us a lot of information, my cohort was incredibly tight and worked with each other super closely. My outcomes was solid (the coach wasn't always the easiest to get a hold of and getting feedback isn't quick). However with that all said, it's hard for me to determine if I can recommend GA. Other cohorts didn't learn things we did, GA seems to have a lot of internal turnover which can impact instructor quality (GA is guilty of hiring recent graduates as full time instructors), and not all cohorts will be close like mine was (one other person I talked to stated their cohort was awkward). I would do your research before signing up, understand how the statistics they advertise are calculated, and demand you know who's your instructor (which sadly you won't know until a week before class starts). The only area I am going to criticize GA for is admissions. My admissions person constantly cancelled our meetings, was incredibly hard to get a hold of, and seemed incredibly checked out. If Flatirons had worked with my schedule a little better, I would've probably ended up there instead here, but I am so glad I went through GA.
General Assembly Alumni Outcomes
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Employment Rate
82%
Graduation Rate
-
Median Salary
Of the students who enroll at General Assembly, 82% graduated. 72% of graduates were job-seeking and N/A of job-seeking graduates found in-field employment after 180 days and report a median income of . Below is the 180 Day Employment Breakdown for 3148 graduates included in this report:
180 Day Employment Breakdown
| Description | Percentage |
| Full Time, In-Field Employee | N/A |
| Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position | N/A |
| Short-term contract, part-time position, freelance | N/A |
| Employed out-of-field | N/A |
Notes and Caveats
Download the GA 2021 Outcomes report here: https://ga.co/outcomes-report
* These outcomes are not audited by Course Report. In some cases, data is audited by a third party.
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With the introduction of AI, 2024 saw companies and bootcamps working quickly to help workers acquire the needed skill set. Over the course of 2024, Online Program Managers (OPMs) saw major shake-ups with a key OPM’s sudden exit and suggested federal regulation folding. We’re closing 2024 with renewed funding for VET TEC on the horizon, and trends like skills-based hiring becoming more ingrai...
Jess Feldman
Updated January 02, 2025
December saw a shakeup for Online Program Managers (OPMs) with the shuttering of a major player in the university bootcamp space. The Dole Act (which includes funding for VET TEC) cleared the Senate, so there’s hope that VET TEC funding will again be available in 2025. Get the latest insights on making a career change now from an AWS expert and four recent bootcamp graduates, plus learn about...
Jess Feldman
Updated October 24, 2025
Rather than quitting a job to make a career change into tech, many are taking advantage of the flexibility of a part-time bootcamp. In this exclusive alumni panel, we spoke with bootcamp graduates from Tech Elevator, Springboard, General Assembly, and Careerist to find out how a part-time bootcamp helped them successfully transition into tech. From what they learned in a part-time bootcamp to...
Jess Feldman
Updated November 27, 2024
This November, the Dole Act passed the House, which is a major step towards funding for VET TEC again. We’ll let you know about a $2M grant for a bootcamp focused on low-income career changers, an OPM that acquired another OPM, and where the U.S. currently stands with Pell grants for short-term programs. Find out the latest on skills-based hiring trends, and all of the new coding bootcamps th...
Jess Feldman
Updated November 04, 2024
Xavier Chambers was a self-taught graphic designer when his employer offered the opportunity to take a short course at General Assembly. Eager to expand his knowledge, Xavier eagerly chose the UX Design Short Course, a 10-week online part-time course with live instruction and an up-to-date curriculum with the latest tools. Xavier shares how his General Assembly short course experience leveled...
Jess Feldman
Updated October 02, 2024
Happy Fall! This September, we released the Best QA Bootcamps of 2024! The federal government made a new push for skills-based hiring and apprenticeships, and also unveiled a campaign to fill 500,000 open cybersecurity roles. We’re sharing the latest student outcomes on federally funded skills bootcamps in the UK, and two recent initiatives for women in tech. Plus, we’ll let you know about th...
Liz Eggleston
Updated October 24, 2025
2024 has been a rollercoaster of a year in tech hiring! We sat down with four career experts from Springboard, Flatiron School, General Assembly, and Tech Elevator to find out which industries are hiring bootcamp graduates today and how to stand out in a competitive job market. Listen in the conversation or read the transcript as we dig into effective methods for using generative AI in your j...
Jess Feldman
Updated July 31, 2024
Want to learn coding but unsure if you’re ready for an immersive coding bootcamp? Elevate your tech skills at a pace that’s right for you with General Assembly’s flexible, part-time short coding courses in Front End Development, JavaScript, and Python! Whether you’re looking to advance your career, or simply want to improve how you collaborate with the technologists on your team, there’s a sh...
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