The Jump

I thoroughly enjoyed my time with The Jump, I attended the Front End Bootcamp and my tutor was Russell. I'll start by saying the staff are all awesome, it's a family run business and they really care about the progress of all of their students and will go above and beyond to help you out or give you career advice. They have also taken on a few other teachers and teaching assistants who have all been vigorously screened and approved by James. 

The teaching is also very thorough, so you won't graduate with a feeling that there are holes in your knowledge. Russell is a great teacher and above all just a great guy to know, he makes the 3 hour evening lessons breeze by. Most nights we kept him up talking untill pretty late because my cohort loved to chat! 

I made great friends on the course, both with other students and the staff, and I'm incredibly thankful that I chose this course rather than one at another company, due to the class sizes and languages learned.  

We also took part in a Hackathon, which was a great way to exercise what we'd learned and have a bit of fun competition (well, fun if you weren't on my team...I always intend to win). 

All in all I wouldn't change much about the course, you get out what you put in and if you want to learn JavaScript I couldn't reccomend better people to teach you. 


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I joined The Jump’s Full-Stack Developer Bootcamp as a way to get into the industry, and I’ve just accepted my first software developer role in London. 

I found that the knowledge and hands-on experience that I acquired during their 30-week, part-time bootcamp was really effective at preparing me for the industry, particularly after not coding for more than 6 years. It was also more effective than my previous formal education. But that’s not the only difference. After graduating from the bootcamp, both James and Rob went above and beyond in helping me through the process of getting a job as a software developer. At every stage they provided the extra support, advice and interview practice I needed to succeed. 
Throughout both the learning and job-hunting processes they offered a personalized approach. I felt looked after as an individual and it felt like they cared about my success almost as much as I did.
The bootcamp was hard work, but it was absolutely worth it. Read less

  I had a very little knowledge about bootcamps but wanting to change career, I was going through many options and that’s when I came across bootcamps. Looking at many bootcamps and researching through it I came across The Jump and I have to say that I did not make any mistake by joining this bootcamp and I realised that in the first week of our class. 

I did not have any knowledge regarding coding I was completely new to this career so I joined Front-end developing course to begin with and I really enjoyed learning everything about it and now I’m feeling very confident about things and compared to before I can say that now I have knowledge about coding and I’m enjoying it. The main reason for this is The Jump and I’m proud of my choice. 

The Jump is a great platform to start if you’re looking for career change options or even want to learn. The whole team is very supportive and very helpful and very much friendly. My tutor was Russell and I must say that he is one of the best teachers I came across because the way he teaches is very effective and enjoying. He interacts with asking questions and giving various kinds of solutions to it, he also gave us many kinds of games to play related to our course which makes it fun for us. James also used to help us with anything that we ask and also, he and Robert used to have sessions with us privately just to get our review and over all experience which I think its great because we could talk to them about anything and they would happily help us. At the end of the course, we were asked to prepare portfolio including all our work and projects that we’ve worked on and Robert is very helpful in these things. He is always very helpful regarding portfolio or CV or any other things that we need to have and also advices well on each of the things. 

All the team members of this bootcamp are very helpful in their own way and whenever I asked anything to anyone, I have got the response withing very less time which is impressive. I enjoyed my time and learnt a lot of things and it will definitely be beneficial in my future. For me It was a great start and I would like to thank each and every member of this bootcamp for everything. 

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I came into the coding bootcamp world knowing no code but wanting to change careers. I researched a handful of the “bigger” names and picked one of the online full stack courses. After two weeks it was clear it didn’t work for me - the course was focused on technologies not used in the UK marketplace (no JavaScript on the course at all!), the teaching wasn’t great and the support hours were based on US times.  So I went back to the drawing board and found The Jump….I’m so glad I did, the course has been a revelation for me.  The curriculum is thorough, up to date and focused on technologies that are being used in the marketplace today. There’s a HUGE amount of material to get through, but the course tutor, James takes you through it at the right pace to ensure you’re able to absorb it all before moving on to the next area.  I think this is where the course shined the most for me was the teaching and support James provided. It’s awesome being taught by someone with years of actual development experience, the way he brings in real life commercial examples brings the teaching to life and helps to cement the knowledge.  The structure around building a portfolio of work to put in front of prospective employers is excellent. You’ll come out of the course with some fully functioning apps that you can show off. And it starts early as well, you’ll have a CSS piece done in the first few weeks.  The support from the team after graduation has been excellent as well. From helping with coding queries as you continue to build and refine your portfolio, to CV assistance and sending through job leads the guys have been incredible. Genuinely feels like they actually care about your next steps.  When you compare the cost of this to other bootcamps, it’s an absolute steal.  And best of all? They offered me a job at the end of it so I’m now spending time assisting new students as they begin their coding journey! :) Read less

I had been working for a well known website for a number of years as a QA Engineer and wanted a fresh challenge. I'd always been interested in Web Development and had been exposed to it in my role as a QA but never thought I would be able to, pardon the pun, make 'the jump' from QA to Developer.
I looked at a few Bootcamps and came across The Jump Digital School. I contacted Rob and James who laid out what the course requirements would be and what would be provided. They made me feel sure about the decision I had made and continually encouraged you to progress throughout the course and after.
James makes all the students feel at ease as there is a diverse background of people from different types of industries who have all decided to make 'The Jump'. The lessons are clear and the course content is well structured and James takes the time to help each student who is stuck and is always on hand to assist, even when I have messaged at some crazy hours.
During my time on the Bootcamp I have learned a lot and feel better placed with the skills to gain a role as a web developer. Rob is always on hand for any advice for applying for roles, interview techniques and CV structure and overall encouragement among other things.
In all I greatly enjoyed my time at The Jump Digital School and would recommend it to anyone thinking about getting into the tech industry or simply want to learn some technical skills, then 'The Jump Digital School' is the place for you. Read less

I am very delighted that I joined this bootcamp. James has led the Bootcamp and all training very professionally with real-time examples. He’s got a solid grip on the subject and is always helpful anytime if we need a hand/help or even if there’re any questions. Bootcamp is fast pace with a lot of material to go through for reference in future and covers all the aspects of web app development. Im currently practicing but the course has given me enough confidence to understand the complicated concepts and start implementing what I have learnt in practice project. 

Thanks to James and Rob for such a practical and effective platform to brush up tech skills.  Read less

This course took me from basic HTML through CSS to JavaScript and React. Coming from a position of knowing almost no code, I am now confident in my ability to create professional-grade websites and apps from scratch. The tutor James fits a lot into each class and he's always on hand to solve your problems and help with any extra-curricular coding you might be working on. He's also a helpful guide to the kinds of professional routes and issues you will encounter as a real-life developer. Read less

I'd spent about a year considering whether to do this course, and I'm so glad I took 'the jump'. I took this course on to extend my software engineering skillset and become a more rounded developer by having a good understanding of DevOps. The course was fast paced, exciting and great to go through. The curriculum is specifically designed and built in a way to mimic a real world environment, being presented with actual challenges to learn about and solve. Anto, the instructor was excellent and has significant experience from the field which he was able to fully bring to the course. 2 sessions a week with homework in between was stretching, and achievable. Overall, I highly recommend anyone thinking of doing this course! Read less

I’ve worked in tech as a product guy for a while now but I used to work in frontline healthcare. So decided tech was the place to make bigger changed and help more patients and remove as many inefficiencies as possible. But I didn’t know how to code and that held me back.

I chose the jump for a primary reason: the days of the week suited me! I looked at a load of different courses and got the curriculums…they all kinda looked the same when you don’t understand what you’re looking at, that’s kinda how it feels. But, when I spoke to the founders of the Jump I instantly felt that they were gonna teach me what I wanted to know and also, what I needed to know!!! 
They made their own jump and so know what it means to start their own thing! And it’s with that vigour and passion that you get taught!

I’ll be honest, it’s hard work. A boot camp is an opportunity to learn not an automatic right to knowledge absorption and a new ability. The course can seem to go slow to start with and then accelerate to the moon maybe too quickly actually!! It can be hard to keep up at times so you have to be assertive and manage your time. My only criticism is that I’d value more diagrams and less text in the PowerPoints…I’m more of a visual learner…but the videos/recordings are still useful months after course end.

I like the people I met too, albeit virtually.

So I’d do this again in a heartbeat. I didn’t change my career, I enhanced it! And it gives the me the tools to do something wholly new when the next lightbulb idea goes off :) Read less

I really enjoyed this 30 week part time course (2 evenings a week). The ethos of the school is to build from the ground up - we spent 10 weeks working exclusively with HTML and CSS before moving onto JavaScript.  I had a fair bit of programming experience before joining but very little understanding of web development, so this arrangement suited me well.  Even after reaching week 11, there was a real emphasis on students being able to write proper JavaScript rather than diving straight into frameworks such as React and Express - although these were covered in some depth further down the line. 

The Jump are a fairly small operation, which is great because they know who all their students are and have plenty of time for them as individuals. Our instructor James was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. His response times to queries I sent him throughout the course were often incredibly fast.

I was able to find a dev role part way through the course in large part thanks to a pre-existing contact (yes, lucky me). The skills I learned at The Jump have allowed me to excel in my first few months in this new role. I am a solid junior web developer thanks to the training I received. Read less