Our Onsite Coding Bootcamp will teach you more than coding - you'll learn how to solve problems and be a self-sufficient developer.
When you're fully immersed in our three full stack curriculum, you'll master the fundamental building blocks of web and software development, making you a highly valuable, desirable asset throughout your career.
Your Career Starts From Day 1
Your career as a full-stack software developer starts on your first day. Within 14 weeks we’ll turn you into a self-sufficient, well-rounded software developer who has all the critical skills to have a long, healthy career in tech.
You Get What You Put In
Students are expected to dedicate at least 70 hours/week to the program, with the most successful students dedicating 70-90 hours/week. Our students often say that Coding Dojo is the most rewarding, yet difficult thing they’ve ever done.
Three Full Stacks & Self-Sufficiency
Our goal is to train you into a self-sufficient, versatile developer through our 3 Stack Curriculum. In 14 weeks, you’ll learn 3 in-demand stacks in the industry, have a portfolio to show, and have triple the job prospects, as every company uses a different stack.
Learn By Doing
You’ll start coding from day one on campus. Dive into a fast-paced, innovative learning environment that fosters collaboration, not competition. After graduation, you’ll jump straight into the job-hunt with the support of our career services team.
$4000 Housing Stipend - Dallas Dojo Only
If you live 25 miles away from our Dallas campus, you may be eligible for our new housing stipend. Reach out to us to learn more!
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14 Week Bootcamp, 3 Full Stacks
Curriculum covered will vary by campus
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WEEK 1-2
Web Fundamentals
Start by Learning the basics of front-end development
WEEK 3-6
Full Stack 1
Enter the world of back-end development with Python
WEEK 7-10
Full Stack 2
Choose MEAN, Ruby on Rails, Java or C#.NET as your next stack. Available stacks will vary by campus
WEEK 11-14
Full Stack 3
Choose MEAN, Ruby on Rails, Java or C#.NET as your next stack. Available stacks will vary by campus
WEEK 15-16
Career Services
Prepare for the job-hunt with our career services team
Belt Exams
A timed exam to build a working application within 4 hours, based off the technologies and concepts learned during the coding bootcamp. The goal of the belt exam is to gauge your comprehension of the course material before moving on.
You’ll have a full week to build a large application of your choice based off the course material during that portion of the program. Come to class with ideas! We’re also happy to provide ideas as well.
To keep you on track towards graduation, we have a set of graduation requirements to track your progress! Daily attendance is essential to your experience. And before progressing to the more difficult levels of our curriculum, we require students to pass our belt exams: a 4 hour exam where you must build a working application in the technologies you're currently learning.
• 80% class attendance to class and being present at 8AM Algorithm Sessions
• Acquire 1 Yellow Belt in order to progress to the Python stack
• Acquire 1 Orange Belt or higher in the Python stack in order to progress to Project Month
• Acquire 1 Red Belt or higher in your second or third stack
Life on Campus
In the morning you’ll start with new curriculum that will build on top of what you learned the day before. Depending on the day, your morning may include an algorithm session, lecture, group activity, or a combination of all 3.
Your afternoons and nights will be spent working through course content, assignments, and projects on the new curriculum for the day, with breakout sessions available upon request.
All Times Pacific
8AM
Algorithm Sessions
Algorithm Sessions
We’ll challenge the class to solve an algorithm and have everyone write their solutions on a whiteboard. We’ll then go around the room to discuss. The difficulty of the algorithm will increase as you progress through the program.
Why algorithms? A strong foundation in algorithms is key to being a successful developer. Regardless of which week you’re in, algorithms will always be a core piece of your schedule. Whiteboarding and algorithms are also an essential part of your future job interviews, and we want all our students to be equipped for success.
Lecture
Lecture
We’ll do a walk-through for the topic of the day, showing the new technology or concept in action. The lecture is designed to kick-start your understanding of the new curriculum, giving you the essentials within an hour. Afterwards, you’ll be tasked to dig deeper into the curriculum through our learning platform, which has reading, videos, assignments, and projects on the new topic.
Group Activities
Group Activities
Some days we may start with an assignment for you to work on with your classmates. The assignment will often cover a difficult aspect of the new curriculum, which may be more difficult to tackle on your own. Collaboration is also a key skill for any modern developer.
12PM
Tech Talks
Tech Talks
We’ll occasionally host visitors from the local tech community to share career advice to students during the lunch hour. Visitors may include seasoned developers, hiring managers from tech companies, CTOs, startup founders, and more!
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions
On request, your instructors will hold a breakout session to do a demo to help you get unstuck on a problem or a part of the curriculum.
Crunch Time
Crunch Time
It’s crunch time at the Dojo. This is where most of your learning will take place (and most of your growing pains!). Afternoons are spent working through course content, assignments, and projects on the new curriculum for the day.
5PM
24/7 Access to Course Material
24/7 Access to Course Material
Even with your instructors gone, you’ll still have full access to all the course content on our online learning platform. Without any interruptions you can continue your learning throughout the night and at home.
Extended Campus Access
Extended Campus Access
You’re welcome to stick around campus beyond regular business hours. This is a great time to concentrate without distractions. Night hours at the Dojo are common among students, and hours will vary by campus.
Online Chat Support
Online Chat Support
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night, you’ll be able to online chat with our instruction team between 5:00PM and 9:00PM PST.
Algorithm Sessions
We’ll challenge the class to solve an algorithm and have everyone write their solutions on a whiteboard. We’ll then go around the room to discuss. The difficulty of the algorithm will increase as you progress through the program.
Why algorithms? A strong foundation in algorithms is key to being a successful developer. Regardless of which week you’re in, algorithms will always be a core piece of your schedule. Whiteboarding and algorithms are also an essential part of your future job interviews, and we want all our students to be equipped for success.
Learning Platform
You'll have access to our custom-built online learning platform, which includes volumes of video tutorials, readings and quizzes for independent studying.
Full Access
Your ability to pick up new technologies and frameworks doesn't stop after class. The platform provides 24/7 access to our curriculum and the stacks you're learning.
Fully Loaded Curriculum
Our learning platform houses our full curriculum, which consists of hundreds of hours of content on the industry's most in-demand software stacks.
Three Stack Curriculum
We teach three full stacks in the bootcamp to help ensure that you are prepared to work at every different level of the development process—from front-end to back-end to data storage. Unlike other coding schools that only teach one full stack, our curriculum gives you the versatility you’ll need to land that dream job as a software developer.
Less textbooks and more doing. Here are some of our favorite assigments and projects:
MAKE Gem
Sara Wong & Ulysses Lin
MAKE Gem is a package manager(also known as a Gem) that was built during the Ruby on Rails segment of our programs. Although building Gems is more commonly practiced by experienced developers, MAKE Gem was built by two of our students who entered the coding bootcamp with little to no experience in programming. This Gem is designed to simplify building forms and tables. Each class contains chainable methods for a one-line code to display and create database records.
Technologies
jQuery, Ruby, Rails, Active Record, PostgreSQL, HTML/CSS
FIVE ELEVEN
Five Eleven is a data visualization project built on the Python software stack. The application transforms the developer job-hunt into a more visual, user friendly experience. Based on location, technology popularity, and other vast data sets, users may easily visualize the varying sizes and concentrations of the junior developer job market across the nation.
Family Contacts was built during the MEAN stack course during the bootcamp. It's a free application for managing, sharing, and visualizing your family relationships for both extended and immediate family. As an essential feature of the project, your log-in information determines who you can see and reveals how people are related to you.
We offer career support to all students and alumni to help accomplish their short and long-term career goals. Whether you’re applying for your first job or you’re an industry veteran, we understand that building a career is a life-long process.
Participants of the program will have access to a wide range of services, such as one-on-one sessions with a career advisor, open forums with industry leaders, comprehensive job-hunting workshops, and more!
One-on-One Mentorship
Schedule one-on-one sessions with a career advisor to work on career-related projects or questions of all levels. We’ll provide the candid feedback and support to level-up your job prospects.
Workshops Access
Access our collection of workshops that are available in-person or online. We’ll cover advanced topics such as networking, behavioral interview techniques, and pay negotiation.
Our Process
Fine-tune your skills
Build your portfolio
Complete your resume
Master the interview
Land the job
Where Our Alumni Work
Although over 80% of students have no prior experience in web development. On a national scale, 94%* of our alumni land a job in 180 days after graduating, with an average salary of $76,000 per year.
*Published in February 2018, this is based upon a survey that was sent to alumni who graduated between January 2015 and October 2017. Out of the respondents, 94% are employed full time in field. 75% of alumni find jobs within 3 months.
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“I have been partnering with Coding Dojo for about a year and in this time I have met with 60+ Coding Dojo students…Coding Dojo students are a great asset to any team as their experiences provide distinct perspectives that will benefit any classroom or work space.”
- Amanda Lopez, Engineering Account Manager at Aerotek
“It was very clear to me based on talking with new students and seasoned alumni together that Coding Dojo is a place where you can go to reach the next level whether you are just getting started or already an experienced coder.”
- Travis Hill, Product Manager at Kintone
“I have always found the graduates of the Coding Dojo to be well prepared and knowledgeable about the technologies they have studied. I've worked with them on many projects and they have always delivered.”
- Fred Fowler, Founder & CEO at FMFA, Inc.
“As we grow, we will absolutely be keeping you guys in mind when looking to recruit new coding stars!”
- Brendan Kuhlman, Creative Director at MyHopScot
What Our Alumni Say
The Career Changer
Sara Wong | HR Background
“I wouldn’t have been able to grow as a developer the same way if I had gone to another bootcamp.”
The CS Graduate
Matt Tucker | CS Background
“By the first month, you start to realize I can already build stuff... I didn’t get that in college.“
The Veteran Developer
Justin Fisher | Developer for 20 Years
“You can spend months trying to learn this stuff on your own, or you can come here and get it right away”
The Designer
Tamara Solarzano | Marketing
“I didn’t even know how to write a line of code. I just kept building... until I was doing really complicated things.“
Meet your instructors
Ray Bell
Dan Oostra
Todd Enders
Eduardo Baik
Authman Apatira
Donovan An
Minh Nguyen
Matt Tucker
Ray Bell
Dan Oostra
Todd Enders
Eduardo Baik
Authman Apatira
Donovan An
Minh Nguyen
Matt Tucker
Eli Byers
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Our Admissions Process
The goal of admissions is to make sure you're ready for the challenges of the program, and that Coding Dojo is the right fit for you. We look for motivation, how well you work with others, and perseverance.
It’s worth it. The whole process till today is worth it… I feel I’m part of something that you can actually see, and that’s rewarding. With the help of Coding Dojo, I’m able to do what I do today.
Scholarships can be applied for during your admissions process after submitting an application for your program.
Career Reinvention
Awards up to $1000
The Career Reinvention scholarship is intended for experienced professionals who have “hit a wall” and are eager to reinvent their careers, but are unable to afford the professional assistance required to refine their skill sets. This scholarship may be applied only to the onsite and online programs.
Scholarship awards will be subtracted from your final tuition payment for your chosen program
Onsite Bootcamp
Awards up to $1000
Military Retraining
Awards up to $1000
The Military Retraining Scholarship is intended to assist military veterans and current servicemen/women to transition their careers to web software development. This scholarship may be applied to the onsite and online program of our bootcamp.
Scholarship awards will be subtracted from your final tuition payment for your chosen program
Onsite Bootcamp
Awards up to $1000
Women in Tech Scholarship
Awards up to $1000
The Women in Tech Scholarship is intended for aspiring female computer programmers who require financial assistance to launch their careers. This initiative is offered to support women in the technology industry, who as a demographic are highly underrepresented. This scholarship may be applied to the onsite and online coding bootcamp.
Scholarship awards will be subtracted from your final tuition payment for your chosen program
Onsite Bootcamp
Awards up to $1000
Diversity Scholarship
Awards up to $1000
The Diversity Scholarship is intended to support and encourage underrepresented groups in the technology industry. This scholarship may be applied to the full-time onsite and online training programs.
Scholarship awards will be subtracted from your final tuition payment for your chosen program
Onsite Bootcamp
Awards up to $1000
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