Best class I ever took. I took a class for CASP+ with Joseph…read moreand passed my exam. Loved how he teaches he has a way to explain that anyone can understand. Simply great !!!!!!!!!!!! The class rooms setting is great and the staff is also very very friendly and helpful.

I traveled from New York to Virginia to attend SecureNinja's week-long "Python Immersion" class. I…read morewas pretty excited about it. It had been a while since I'd had the opportunity to learn something new in a classroom setting. My excitement faded quickly. I guess I should have worried when I walked through the unlocked back door of the office building and was shown into a classroom without anyone asking my name or confirming my enrollment. I should have worried when there was only one other student in the class. I should have worried when SecureNinja's Director of Customer Success had a Colorado phone number. I should have worried when the class instructor, Joe McCray, who has the title of Secure Ninja's Chief Technology Officer, told me that he was staying in the same hotel as me. Then the class actually started, and by the end of the first day I had realized how bad this was going to be. The thing you need to know here is that you will not get immersed in Python in this class. Rather, you'll occasionally get splashed with Python from Joe's shallow pool of knowledge. This will mostly take the form of running other people's scripts to automate offensive and defensive security tasks. Joe didn't write most of the scripts, and sometimes doesn't really know what's in them. In my class, there was a lot of Googling to find answers to questions we asked. Class ended around four every day. In the meantime, Joe expected us to learn Python the way HE learned it - from YouTube. He assigned it for homework - ten YouTube videos a night. Not Joe's videos, mind you. Just a series of Python tutorials posted five years ago by some young coder named Bucky. There were no coursebooks. No hand-outs. No slide decks. There was just Joe, plowing through a bunch of text he'd put on PasteBin five years ago. Much of the text - the entire lesson on Regex, the entire lesson on Python classes - was pulled verbatim from other people's lessons or articles, with a few words changed here or there. I could take the text and plug it into Google to find the original source material. When asked about it, he said, yes, he'd "ported" text from other lessons, but you know, it's all Creative Commons so it's OK. Joe's stuff is old. He teaches Python 2, despite the fact that it's going to be deprecated in less than a year. Most of class material hasn't changed much in the last five years. All you have to do is look at his PasteBin to see how he's just been copying from class to class for years. The software you use in the class is old. We used a copy of Olly Debug that was from 2004. Sometimes links in the PasteBin pointed to sites that no longer resolved. On the second day of class, Joe laid out his philosophy on programming for us. Don't be a programmer. Don't get too involved in the syntax of any one language. All the interpreted languages are pretty much the same, anyway. Don't code more than an hour a day. Don't reinvent the wheel. Pretty much everything you're looking for has been done by someone else and you can find it via Google. Joe chats a lot. He likes to tell stories, especially about himself. He's personable. I can see why he manages to get speaking gigs at conference. He can work a room. He also does his personal business, like calling his bank to deal with fraudulent credit card charges, during class time. After a lot of emails back and forth between myself, my boss, and the SecureNinja Director of Customer Success, the class started to become less structured. This was both good and bad. Good because Joe was actually talking about stuff he knew, bad because it wasn't about Python. He started pulling material from his other PasteBin "classes." One morning was all about Web Application security testing. Basic SQLi & XSS stuff I learned ten years ago when I did my GSEC. We used SQLmap which is *written* in Python - does that count? On Friday Joe decided we were going to develop our own tools with Python. This was great except he had nothing prepared. So the day was just us trying to write our own scripts while Joe Googled stuff and read tutorials, trying to help but mostly working on his own on his laptop. At 1:45 pm he announced that class was over, because he had to get to the airport and fly to his next conference speaking gig. By the way, if you are considering paying SecureNinja $3,000 for one of Joe's classes, first be aware that all of his lessons are publicly available on PasteBin. Also, that he sells his classes online at his other organization, InfosecAddicts, for considerably less money. Not to mention the fact that he has recorded a bunch of his live classes and thrown them up on YouTube. But your $3,000 will get you lunch every day, and fancy smart whiteboards. So that's what SecureNinja is good for. Meanwhile, if you want to learn to write Python scripts, maybe do it the way Joe did? Watch YouTube.

Hector is one of the most impressive instructors I could ever imagine having for this training. I…read morefeel very fortunate to have been given this experience. Besides being knowledgeable, he is personable, compassionate, and truly wants to produce the best learners he is given. (As a teacher for over 30 years, I know a great instructor when I see one.) He knows the legalities of Washington D.C. and his expertise is valued!

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As an adult driver who needed a refresher after living in a large metropolitan area where I rarely…read moredrove, I had the pleasure of learning with Mrs. Washington, Mr. Washington, and a kind young man (whose name I can't remember) who taught me how to back into a parking space. They were all incredibly patient and truly helped boost my confidence driving on these Maryland roads. While making a quick stop at the mall, I happened to pass by their new location -- and ran into Mrs. Washington! I didn't recognize her at first, but when she said I looked familiar, I immediately recognized her voice. She truly has such a kind spirit. If you're looking for driving lessons, this is the place to go! Book your lessons here -- you won't regret it! CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SECOND LOCATION!!!

I'm very happy with my sons math ability since going here. I brought him not because he was at a…read moredeficit in school but rather because I wanted to give him an edge up since so many kids avoids or fear math. My son attends a private school with a great reputation and they have noticed how strong he is in math. The staff is great, this facility is run by Miss Donna who doesn't take any mess from the kids. Great place to bring your child if they need extra help or just want to stay in front of the curve. The Also tutor in Reading and writing!

All I can say is that Ms Donna is a rock star. I put both of my kids in when they were 3 and it has…read morebeen the single most important decision in helping them succeed in school. My husband and I are so grateful and I can't say enough about how rich this environment is for our children. Thank you Ms Donna, you and your center are a game changer!

I don't think I can say enough great things about this class. I went into class knowing that I…read morewanted a natural birth, but also terrified of all the natural birth stories I heard. Lauren gave me the confidence and reassurance that I could have a natural birth and it could be a positive experience. After taking the class, I knew birth was doable and I credit her and my doula for a wonderful birth experience! This class taught me all the things that I didn't know that I didn't know about birth. Lauren's wealth of knowledge and passion about birth gave us the confidence and reassurance that we could do it and we did! Lauren's does a great job of creating an environment where you feel comfortable opening up and confident to share. Even after birth, she was very supportive and willing to answer any questions we had which was much appreciated as a first time mom. I have already recommended this class to everyone I know who is pregnant and will continue to recommend the class!

My partner and I really enjoyed the birthing Bootcamp class offered by Lauren. She was a wonderful…read morehelp and very informative. Much of what we learned really helped us through our natural birth and delivery. We were already very pro natural birth but the additional information about avoiding hospital interference was helpful. This class is designed more like a lecture than "lab" in that there's lots of discussion, Q&A, and talk about experiences, book chapters etc. Towards the end of the program the classes got more interactive and we got to try different birthing and labor positions etc I'd recommend this class to anyone who would like more information on different birth scenarios and how couples can work together through labor and delivery.

F that school. I went there years ago and graduated but the money not worth it. They barely have…read moreany tools or components to learn the subject matter. The staff is sneaky and they played with many peoples financial aid and GI bills

The worst decision i have ever made. To anyone who is thinking about coming here, save your self…read moreand dont even bother. Teachers are leaving in the middle of the courses, teachers

Communication was rather difficult and we could not seem to get a clear meeting of the minds as far…read moreas what we needed. We ended up going with another company to provide our training.

Good training overall review. I recommend it to others especially ladies. You can learn how to…read morecomfortable around others.

Sara foster needs to be removed immediately, or needs to step down from her position as an awful…read moremanager of the Per Scholas program. This woman has failed to deliver my message to the delegates and executives of the organization. I had repeatedly requested to have my voice heard from the traumatic, and prejudice experienced that I had endured. Due to the, unprofessional interviewer Gsheneworke Bekele; this interviewer was campaigning to make false allegations against my wife giving me answers during my interview. This women saw read that I was in an interracial married and were making inappropriate scenarios questions related to my life, married, and family. After, informing the person, Sara Fostered, who is supposed to investigate and mitigate this situation about this tragedy. This poorly managed worker responded back with a completely dismissive statement regarding everything that I had informed her throughout my interview process was my fault. She just chopped out & swept under the rug stating thatI should have lesser noises occurring in my background. Where is the facts of that? what oblivious and obnoxious noises were there? For Pete sake we live a metropolitan area and at that in busy city and an apartment. I feel completely ashamed and embarrassed about myself because of these people. To add injury to insult, they constantly accused me of seeking help from my wife (do you view me as incompetent person, impotent person)? Please, refer to title xl manager Sara Foster and Gsheneworke Bekele. Not to mention, the interviewer herself; Ms. Gsheneworke was the person completely dishonest and distracted throughout the interview. She was constantly looking over to some individual in her area; she was making hand gestures to the individual constantly. Forgetting were she left off on the questions she was asking because she was distracted. Moreover, she was having connectivity issues on her end because she alluded to there being lag throughout our entire interview (I heard everything completely fine and answered the questions promptly). To expand further, she kept falsely claiming and insinuating that the "internet connection was staggering her". Additionally, she mentioned very incoherent and inappropriate scenarios questions which she questioned "what if there is a crying baby in your background how would you resolve that issue during your studies" and "what if there is a aggressive or angry woman in who writes a ticket for an issues, how would you respond to that" the way how she stated the question seemed personal and very passionate. Furthermore, she was very focused on my wife trying to soothe our newborn daughter who is 3 month old by hushing her and talking to her in a low voice and gentle voice because she was aware and knew how important this interview was for me. Also, I had sent them an email this morning but I haven't heard anything back yet.

Hi there, Per…read moreScholas - National Capital Region - Silver Spring is located on 1400 Spring Street on the fifth floor of a large building within walking distance of the Silver Spring Metro Station. This location is by appointment only. There is a very nice shop less than a minute's walk called iStar Coffee with excellent service! A great place to stop by for meals, snacks, drinks, and smoothies. You apply for Per Scholas online through their website. Be sure to select the region site you intend to attend first. Then, choose from the offerings, and apply. Eligibility criteria for Silver Spring: Live within 70 miles; age 18 or older; High School Diploma or GED; US citizen or authorized to work in the US; be unemployed, underemployed, or demonstrate financial need, be able to commit to a 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday training schedule for the entire length of the program; commit to an additional 20 hours of self-study for each week of training; and be committed to obtaining a full-time IT job after completing training. Additionally, you would want to meet the eligibility criteria listed for your choice of program. There is no cost to applicants. The programs are provided free of charge to all students enrolled. Once you fill out the online application, you receive an automatic email confirmation. If you qualify, you will be contacted to attend an information session and to take the TABE entrance examination. Links to TABE study guide and self-assessment modules will be provided. You will email your resume and RSVP a date to go on-site for an information session. The information session provides you with background about the organization, the program, and expectations. After the information session, you can choose to sit for the TABE. The exam material consists of an exam booklet, an answer sheet, scratch paper, and a pencil. Each section of the exam is timed separately. There is a verbal comprehension section, a computational math section, and an applied math section. Your TABE results will be provided to you privately shortly after you finish the exam. If you receive a qualifying score on the TABE, you will be scheduled for a panel interview between you and two or more Per Scholas personnel. If you fail the TABE, based on your failing score, you may receive a second attempt at taking the TABE on another date. You will need to provide your government issued picture ID and Social Security card on your first visit. On the day of your interview, you will fill out forms for a third-party background check and a photo release form - they take photos during sessions for promotional material. The atmosphere is warm and inviting! There is strict adherence to policies. Must be on time, dressed accordingly, and keep a minimum of 70% average. No more than one or two excused tardies or absences. This program is selective. There are about 20 to 24 seats available for each program each time it is offered. Per Scholas has a network of local employers that hire its graduates. More than eight out of 10 graduates obtain jobs within 6 months to a year. Over 7,000 individuals have been enrolled. You have nothing to lose by applying! I have applied and awaiting the result of my interview. I hope I have answered all your questions... Best wishes!