Kevin Stevens
GBI give only a less than average score… I give only a less than average score for Clever Programmer. I attended their live classes on Youtube and Facebook multiple times as well as watched many of their videos online. There were a couple problems I noticed which made their program not for me. 1. They were always late for live sessions. I have been working in the IT field since 1989. Being late is just not good practice. You must respect the time of everyone who wants to learn and they just didn't seem to do that. That's a big red flag for me and not professional. 2. I found other instructors who were better teachers for me and taught the same items that PWJ did for a fraction of the cost. Much of the information can even be found for free. In summary, the price they charge just is not worth it in my opinion, everything they teach can be found somewhere else for free or for significantly less. They do not respect the time of others joining their live sessions online. If you say you are going to start at 1:00, do not finally start at 1:30. This is just not professional and it happened often - too often for my liking. After much thought about whether I should join or not, I decided not to. Many reviews tell you if you are on the fence, just join now. I decided to hop off the fence and run the other way, I am very happy with the decision I made and the total cost I paid to learn Web Development, front-end, Back-end, React and so much more was $40 via other sources.
Jr D
GBhad to file a chargeback because they refused to refund me within 48hrs of checking out their slack channel, I was convinced that their lack of support, unanswered student questions, canceled zoom meetings, and low activity was not worth the price, there's a lot more active more communities on Discord, Twitter, etc, I emailed for a refund, and both Melanie from support and Qazi emailed me back trying to make me continue with the program, ignoring my refund request, Melanie later informed me she'd forward my request and I haven't heard from her since even though she's still posting on slack, but as far as learning JS and React, you can learn those two more affordably via Udemy and Youtube, and by building projects using concepts you learned so the material sticks, I truly regret ever doing business with this guy.
Customer
GBI am disappointment and the unfulfilled… I am disappointment and the unfulfilled structure of this bootcamp. I was given an overview of the materials and concepts of what would be taught and since then there has been no structure. We learn a few topics then jump back and forth between concepts. Since I have started there has no been no follow up on homework or any projects we have done. All of the homework they are giving us as students are FREE ! The teachers are a hit or miss. They either show up or not, and if the teachers are not able to attend class there is a fill in sub that teaches us nothing! There have been times where the teachers have forgotten they have to teach class and showed up 30 or more minutes late. We are constantly having new teachers. The lack of communication is beyond me. When having a question or wanting to talk to the teachers on the side they take a week or more to respond. I don’t feel like the money I am paying is worth it. I am highly dissatisfied. I’ve tried talking to the bootcamp to see if they are willing to meet me half-way but they have refused to help and refund me money. I was not the only student that felt this way so we spoke to the CP team regarding all of the issues and wrote a petition because again this was not what was promised and failed to deliver for the services I thought I would be paying for. Qazi won’t refund the 12+ students that are unhappy Yet they have live event tours and charge for this Bootcamp (15/21K) depending who you ask ?! It Varys I asked People are now having to pay for this with nothing in return because he doesn’t want to. there was no resolution on trying to get a refund. He simply will not do it because he doesn’t want to lose money
Michael Marcucci
GBFullstack Mastery bootcamp student Fullstack Mastery bootcamp student here. I'm very happy with the results of my bootcamp experience taking me from someone dabbling with code to someone who has a firm grasp of major frontend and backend principles, project building experience, and team-oriented developer methodologies. Pros - fantastically engaging instructors - focus on deep learning of JavaScript basics and application of constant problem solving - guided self-learning projects - readily available community to push you forward as you build and develop skills - emphasis on continuous improvement as technologies change Cons - capstone project structure was disorganized - too little time spent on backend (node.js) as a fullstack program
Jeremy Gann
GBI am a developer I am a developer. I finished a Bootcamp early last year. Just from attending a few live webinars with clever Clever Programmer, I learned so much that I didn't fully get even through the Bootcamp I attended. The clones really helped me grasp concepts in React and I landed a job shortly after! Loving the community and energy!!!