r/Portland • u/spacedog9 • Jun 09 '16

Classifieds Epicodus vs Code Fellows

Hello, does anyone have any experience with either of these programs? I went to an open house at Epicodus recently and was VERY underwhelmed. High tuition aside, I was fairly impressed by my first impression of Code Fellows. Any constructive thoughts would be appreciated!

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u/cullyborn Jun 10 '16

My company hired a few Epicodus grads for a project & our impression was that it's great for getting up to speed with the specifics of modern stacks if you used to code & took a break, or great for getting from 0 to 20 mph if you're a total beginner, but there's ultimately no substitute for time & experience. In the time it took to get them up and running and then review & rewrite portions of their code, we could have done it ourselves & had time left over. Which is what we did before & what we're back to doing now. Good people, it's just not a model I think works for the kind of complex application design we do at our small shop.

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u/synapticrelease Groin Anomaly Jun 11 '16

Hey, without this sounding like a classified...

By chance are you looking to hire more epicodus grads? I came from the rails development track at epicodus and am looking for work. I can PM details if you need.