Mixed experience with Pathrise I was with the SWE Pathrise Pro program for 46 days. I really liked the program. After joining Pathrise, I felt like I had people with me to help me. Some of their mentors were really helpful. I was happy with Pathrise, but the end wasn't good, and I am still not sure why it went that way since I was clear about my situation from the beginning. I told everything to the admission person, Ronaldo Cristobal, before signing the contract. I mentioned that I had my first child right after my graduation, therefore, I took one and a half years off from searching for jobs. I also did not have any prior internship experience, which is also very clear on my resume. I also mentioned to Ronaldo that I am only open to remote jobs. With everything known, Pathrise accepted me as their fellow. They assigned Fed as my career mentor. She was nice to me every time we met. She also helped me to build up my resume. Everything was going smoothly. Then one day I mentioned to my mentor that in my job search plan, it should only have remote jobs instead of hybrid/remote. Then the next day, her manager, Jen Schwechten, contacted me to schedule a meeting with her. I did not like the way she talked to me. She mentioned that it is not possible for Pathrise to find me a job in 12 months. It made me feel like I would not be able to find a job ever. She told me Pathrise would withdraw me from the plan without any penalty. After this meeting, I thought maybe it is because I want only a remote position. I changed my mind to a hybrid position and emailed her that I can also take hybrid. Guess what? It wasn't about the remote/hybrid problem. It is a problem with my experience that I do not have any. It was very clear from the beginning that I do not have experience. My question is, why did it take them 46 days to figure out that they cannot help me with my current situation? After having a meeting with Jen, I was a little bit heartbroken and lost my confidence. However, that is the experience I had with Pathrise. I did not lose anything except my confidence. I would still say it is a good program, but I was not lucky enough to have a good mentor. My guess is maybe my mentor was not confident enough to help me find a job with my current resume.

Perfect program for recent graduates! Being a fellow at Pathrise has been an eye-opening and learning experience. From the career mentors to the various workshops held every week, it has been phenomenal. I went from not knowing what I wanted career wise to building up resume and meeting others in the career that I want. I would highly recommend anyone to join Pathrise if possible. You might learn a thing or two about yourself along the way.

I can’t recommend Pathrise enough I can’t recommend Pathrise enough. After the 2 week trial I had every confidence that their team would help me land a great position (and they did!) but what I didn’t anticipate was how much support they would provide and how valuable that would be. The fact that they have so many wonderful industry professionals ready to help and offer guidance when needed, gave me so much more confidence. Also, their business model is incredible and a win/win for everyone since they don’t get paid unless you get an offer in 1 year. Dominic B was my mentor and he was stellar. Everyone else was, as well.

Really awesome mentors I have been a Pathrise fellow since September, 2023. I really value all of the resources I get from this service. The best aspect is the people, who are incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. There is no way I would have access to these folks without Pathrise. I am also in love with their pipeline tracking tool and the support I get at every stage of interactions with each job application. Their recent software upgrade is impressive and makes my life so much easier when I'm applying. My only concern is that the fee is not going to be made up by the pay increase I'd like to earn. It is not the fault of Pathrise, though, it is more the fault of this broken job market, which is just brutal these days.

Ghosted after applying Applied for the SWE track on 3/5/24 and received an almost immediate email that said the following: "After reviewing your application, we believe you are a high-potential candidate, but with the limited information we had available, we could not get complete clarity on your fit with your industry and the fellowship." This was after supplying my extensive resume. I was invited to complete a course, a coding challenge, and upload videos. I completed all of it and heard nothing. I reached out a few weeks later and the person who responded essentially sent me the same email requesting I complete the videos again. I informed them this was already done and I uploaded them again just in case. I was told they received them and I would hear back from an "admissions specialist" within 7 days. That was 3/19/24 and a month ago. There is never an excuse to ghost someone, ESPECIALLY after they completed work for you.