So for a baseline here, I have not attended this school, nor have I spoken to anyone from it. Which is exactly why I am leaving this review. I had some questions about their programs, the main one being despite their large advertisements for job placement or your money back, and the high starting salaries and all those great selling points, what they don't mention is that these are for the Development accelerator classes, not for the boot camps. From what I've found the bootcamps offer no guarantees for employment, increases in salary, or any other benefits. Now what makes this difficult, and the reason at this point I'm rating them 3 stars, is because its impossible to find google search results for what you get out of their BOOT CAMP program, because every other agency in the nation refers to their main training program as a boot camp. so if you google "code fellows boot camp employment opportunities" or something similar, it'll bring up their main stats, cleverly, but thats not the stats for the actual boot camp. They've done something no other group has done, and changed the common-name of their main program. So when you attend a Code Fellows boot camp, you are not attending the same boot camp as any other school in the country, nor are you receiving the same level of training, and that makes it nearly impossible to research. Now why would a business want to cover up the information so cleverly if they are legitimate? So I called them. 2pm on 5/4/2015 I called them, no answer despite it being a business day during business hours. Maybe they were busy? So I called the Portland office. It's a cell phone number I believe, judging by the area code, which is also a bit suspicious, but did not recieve an answer there either. And as a prior note, I had sent an inquiry via their email on 5/1/2015 with these questions that as of today, 5/10/2015 has still not been replied to. After not receiving a response on the first two calls/voicemails and the email, I attempted to contact them again, this time a bit more warily, because what kind of legitimate business, that expects you to pay upwards of 10,000, doesnt answer their phone during business hours? On 5/8/2015, one week after my initial contact, I called again and again both phones just went to voicemail. I left messages again, and we will see if they bother responding. But this does not speak well for a company. If you want people to invest in you, you have to show some level of reliability. you would expect the same from us as students, but if you cannot be depended on to even answer your phone, it doesn't matter how 'great' your program reviews are, no one except for those who don't care to do their homework will attend your school. In my experience, a business that does not value its customers, is not someone I want to do business with or trust my future in. You can all make your own opinions, as obviously mine has nothing to do with the quality of the education provided but rather entirely to do with the quality of the institution, but I would definitely be careful with this one until you/I know more. I think I can update this review later, or perhaps write another one after I have reached the school and feel more confidence in them, but at this point, this is my review. Edit: 5/11/2015 The school did contact me today, and made it very clear that while the job placement guarantees and salaries and all that were related to the development accelerators, it is not impossible with a few months practice inbetween a bootcamp and the next Dev Accelerator, and if you are a sharp person who either has prior experience or the drive to REALLY learn, you can get into the next class. They typically appear to know who will be cut out for it by the end of the bootcamp, so you'd better shine during that time. They also made it seem somewhat less risky just taking a bootcamp, that while it does not make you software developer ready, it does make you intern ready, and interns get paid. if you want a foot in the door people, the question has been answered, the bootcamp will do it
