A Heartfelt Thank You to CDI Career Development Institute…read more As I celebrate my graduation, I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone at CDI Career Development Institute who made this journey unforgettable. First, I would like to thank Mrs. Judith, the receptionist, who welcomed me with kindness and warmth from my very first day. Her friendly smile and willingness to help made me feel at home from the moment I walked through the doors. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Meghan, my foundation and first instructor. She laid the foundation of my nursing education and taught me one of the most valuable lessons I will carry throughout my career which is there are no shortcuts to success other than hard work, discipline, and dedication. Her guidance shaped me into the student I became. I am also deeply grateful to Mrs. Robyn, my second instructor very beautiful and loving, She was patient, encouraging, and exceptional at explaining even the most challenging topics in a way that made learning enjoyable and easy to understand. Her passion for teaching inspired me to keep improving every day. Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to Mrs. Jen, the Director of the Nursing Program. She has been more than a director, she has been like a mother. During a difficult moment in my journey, she reached out to me promptly, encouraged me, believed in me, and motivated me to keep pushing forward. Her support gave me the confidence to succeed, and I will always be grateful for her love, care and leadership. Thank you to the entire CDI (Career Development Institute) family for believing in me, investing in my future, and helping me achieve my dream of becoming a nurse. I am proud to be a graduate of this amazing institution, and I will always carry the lessons and memories with me throughout my nursing career. With sincere gratitude, Onabajo Adedamola. LVN.

I am going to provide a honest review …read more Unfortunately, first term is designed for you to fail ( especially if you have Meghan ) . Luckily, I had Adrian and he was wonderful. Adrian gets straight to the point , so it's easier to retain the information . Meghan, unfortunately confuses her students and over talks and gets off subject . She provides too much unnecessary information. - if you attend the school, Please get in Adrian class. Do I recommend the school NO. They have one clinical instructor Maya, who is very informative and will help you with upcoming exams while at Clinical's . Mary is an instructor and she over talks students belittles the students. She lies always comes to the clinical site late and uses her authority . She likes to save face to make herself look good in front of Jen and Meghan to keep her job . She tells students to do the job incorrectly unless board is there . She's very unprofessional I would attend clement career college in Gardena it's 11 months and has a high passing rate . Very hands on program . CDI isn't 13 months it's more like 15 months you might as well go for your RN. The school reputation is going down hill. The school doesn't have good Clinical sites . You'll be in a nursing home for pretty much all your terms . Go elsewhere where !

By now, everyone knows SWE bootcamps are legit. But I thought it would be interesting to provide…read morejust one more update. 1. I would now probably qualify as a Senior Engineer in most companies. I can lead architecture to scale a high load MVP (though I'm still learning how to scale production grade infrastructure to millions). 2. My best skills now include Frontend/Backend Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Blockchain Smart Contracts, Blockchain Infrastructure. 3. I have since moved to the Bay Area and my base salary is much higher than anything I could have imagined coming out of school years ago. It is typical for me to get offers between $170k-$200k and I imagine others from the bootcamp are doing much better. Hack Reactor still exists, I think. But has since been acuired by Galvanize. If you are considering the bootcamp, you now have 3 updated reviews detailing my progression over the years. If you find that coding is for you and you can stomach the stress from startups, try it. I have never felt more fulfilled in my life in terms of my skills and profession. I hope this changes your life too and I hope these 3 reviews will encourage you to take the plunge. PS: As a side note, after moving to the Bay Area, I think LA engineering culture is stale and relatively less open-minded. After graduating, it's in your best interest to work around the general engineering culture in the Bay Area so you can be rapidly exposed to good implementations of standard tech and process as well as emerging ideas in technology.

Before attending Hack Reactor, I had anxiety and imposter syndrome. I wasn't sure if I was able to…read moresucceed in computer science. However, after the first day of the program I was immediately supported by the HR faculty and my cohort mates. Every Hacker in Residence (HiR) who had gone through the program before had a similar story and experience to what we were going through and assisted us with understanding and kindness. The instructors were always encouraging and extremely knowledgable. By the end of the program, many of my peers had become some of my best friends. THE COURSE The program consisted of two halves. The first half consisted of JavaScript and computer science fundamentals such as Big O Notation, JS 'this' binding, and functional patterns. Some concepts were picked up faster by certain people, which caused a positive feedback loop of assistance between peers. An extremely important skill that was hammered into us was autonomous learning. Even though HiRs were readily available to assist us, they supported us attempting to search for answers on our own because this is an extremely valuable skill to have as a software engineer. And unlike many other fields of study, computer science and web development resources are bountiful and easily searchable. The second half of the course consisted of two projects where we were split into groups of 3-5. During this time, we gradually increased the amount of interview practice along with learning some industry practices and technologies. Some valuable technologies/concepts they had taught us were that of Docker containerization, system design, AWS tools, and Agile Methodologies. This portion of the course was essentially a ramp up to let us out into the real world. Autonomy and time management was a key portion because of the freedom gained in the second half of the course, so self discipline and motivation is definitely key. If you did not have the motivation and self discipline to apply yourself in this part of the course, you were more likely to not absorb the material. Since it is largely self-motivated, several people who were not as focused struggled in this aspect. The last week of the course consisted of job coaching from resume/cover letter writing to behavioral interview practice and even as far as negotiating a job offer. This instilled an extremely high level of confidence in my job search process and helped me interview. I would also like to state that not all of the technologies and format may be correct if you were to attend now. Hack Reactor rapidly iterates their curriculum to keep up with the changing demand of skills in the web development field. One such change is the implementation of Docker. When we had an alumni panel, one of the alumni had stated that Docker was not incorporated into the curriculum when he attended the program a year before I had attended. With this, you can confidently be reassured that Hack Reactor are constantly on the lookout to make you the most desirable software engineer possible. OVERALL Why did I remove a star? Unfortunately, not many of my cohort mates were as lucky as me - someone else mentioned it already, but Los Angeles is not a great market for junior devs. If you are considering HR, I highly recommend you expand your job search to be outside of LA. I found a job because I moved to Seattle which had more junior dev openings than LA. Another cohort mate was able to find one in Boston. The 2nd half of the program, since it was largely self driven, felt like we were all headless chickens trying to program. I sincerely wish they could have taught us more in the time since a lot of time was wasted. Upper management for the LA HR group was also lackluster and felt disconnected from the group as a result. Overall, I would highly recommend Hack Reactor as a coding bootcamp. I gained so much confidence in myself both technically and socially because of this software engineering immersive, and have even obtained a job as a software engineer within the average time expected of a Hack Reactor grad (3 months). WHO IS HR FOR? Attend HR if you are able to be self-driven, motivated, and have a strong work ethic and passion for coding. I do not recommend this course if you are coming in half-assed and are expecting a fat paycheck to be handed to you at the end of the course. Many of my cohort mates and I have had to slave away for months applying, interviewing, and coding to be successful. Although HR does try its best to help you get a job, at the end of the day, that will be up to you on how much you want to apply yourself and how much you're willing to sacrifice sleep to succeed. There is only so much HR can do for you. They can teach you the skills, but the rest is up to you.

Signed up for the six week course and it has been the most life changing experience! I didn't think…read morethey would be teaching in person after finding them in Yelp, but taking the online classes has helped me learn the skills I need to find a job during the pandemic! Thanks Carla and Mrs. Rivera!

I was apart of the 2020 class when Covid first started and I got an externship through this company…read moreand finished my hours there and have not received my certificate! Have not got a call back from these people , no text back , last conversation told was that they will send my Certificate and have not got it ! Do not use this company at all they are a joke. It has been over year and are still hiding from me ! Horrible company , Legal matters will be taken soon! Paid tuition for nothing

Love the materials that are presented. Also Fernando was a magnificent teacher. If you are looking…read morefor a phlebotomy class this is the place.

I loved working for them. I had to leave for health reasons, one of the downsides is they don't…read moresend you to a lab to do your externship. You basically go to a doctors office where you don't get to draw patients so for 8 hours you answer phones or just sit there i have been told by many students returning from externship just to get more sticks because they didn't get them at externship. Other then that it is a good school.

I found the content to be very valuable in preparing to sit for the exam. It is intense, but it…read morehelps you focus in on the knowledge required to pass the exam. I passed on the first try.

This was a very effective program. I attended the boot camp, and after five days of instruction I…read morewas able to score very highly on the exam, with plenty of time on the clock. The team was easy to work with, and our instructor was both personable and knowledgable.

Their system was downed during my Pearson Vue exam (L & E). As a result, I failed and had to wait…read moremore than a month till they established another term. I was shocked Pearson Vue let this happens and to reinstate the exam back was very painful mischievous process.. The personnel was kind but didn't seem to know what she was doing as she failed to log in from my brief break.

Hector in admissions is great! He's thoughtful, diligent and follows up. Even when I wasn't able to…read moreget into the scheduled classes he and I wanted he was caring.