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Chegg Skills
Chegg Skills (formerly Thinkful) provides every adult learner with a pathway to a rewarding career. This online bootcamp offers fast-paced, career-focused programs in Software Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, UX/UI Design, Digital Marketing, and Technical Project Management. These programs are offered in part-time and full-time formats. Students commit 20-25 hours per week in the part-time format, and up to 60 hours in the full-time option. All programs include personal mentor meetings, a custom-built curriculum, and Q&A sessions with industry professionals.
On top of learning the most up-to-date industry skills, students benefit from 1-on-1 mentorship, and receive career support from the day they enroll. Students continue to get personalized support from a dedicated career coach for six months after graduation, or until they’re hired. Each student graduates with a professional portfolio, interview experience, and the tools they need to navigate the job market. Students join a community of 3,000+ learners and mentors to get on-demand help and build a professional network.
Chegg Skills also offers an expanding list of flexible payment options. Students are empowered to balance life and learning, and can complete any of the part-time programs even if they plan to keep working in an existing job. They can access course materials from anywhere in the world.
918 Chegg Skills Reviews
Courtney WallerStudent • Full Stack Flex • OnlineMar 07, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AWeb Development Career Path
I've been super pleased with everything. The curriculum scales in a way that is always challenging but never impossible. My mentor Marius is awesome!
- Tucker BeauchampStudent • Frontend Web Development • OnlineMar 07, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Frontend Web Development
I haven't gotten past the initial stages of the front end developer side, so my opinion may change, but Thinkful has helped me excel in my career path exponentially.
- Luis PGraduate • Frontend Web Development • OnlineMar 07, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Frontend grad
As a new web developer I found the course challenging but not overwhelming. The main reason that I selected Thinkful was because of the mentorship program, which was excellent. I enjoyed having the access to someone who had experience in what I was studying and be available to breakdown problems and provide guidance to find solutions.
- Stella CGraduate • Frontend Web Development • OnlineMar 02, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Frontend course
Studying at Thinkful was an invaluable experience. I am really happy because I have acquired much of new knowledge and I managed to create a small portfolio, demonstrating my new skills. The curriculum is written in a very clean and simple way and you have full guidance on your projects. Of course as the lessons go by you get to work more independently but there is always enough information and online help to walk through the challenge set. People at Thinkful were really helpful and caring...
Studying at Thinkful was an invaluable experience. I am really happy because I have acquired much of new knowledge and I managed to create a small portfolio, demonstrating my new skills. The curriculum is written in a very clean and simple way and you have full guidance on your projects. Of course as the lessons go by you get to work more independently but there is always enough information and online help to walk through the challenge set. People at Thinkful were really helpful and caring, from my mentor to the Slack community! I hope I will come back to a new course soon!
- AnonymousGraduate • Frontend Web Development • OnlineMar 01, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great course
This was a great course for me. I learned a ton and acquired a lot of best practices...plus got a few projects for my portfolio. Nicolas has been a great resource. He gave me a lot of advice and I have a lot of new ideas for my next steps based on our conversations.
- AnonymousGraduate • App Academy Prep course • OnlineFeb 29, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Excellent Mentor
Alvin was a tremendous mentor. He was patient and empathetic, but knowledgeable enough to guide me to exactly where I needed to go.
- AnonymousStudent • OnlineFeb 29, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
great program
I am finishing up the coursework today. Marius has been incredibly helpful and supportive and a great resource throughout the course. I've had a great time working with him and will really miss our regular meetings. The course has helped me really develop my skills and gain a great deal of confidence in myself as a developer, and I look forward to attending the workshops and continuing my growth. - AnonymousFull Stack Flex • OnlineFeb 18, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Waste of Money
Thinkful was a complete waste of money and time. They have little to no curriculum and my mentor was impossible to get a hold of. You might as well just go through free content on your own.
- AnonymousStudent • Web Development in Rails • OnlineFeb 17, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Absolute waste of time and money
I decided to give thinkful a try. I sure do regret it. It's just a total waste of time and money. The cirriculum is non exsistant and instead of teaching you what you need to know they refer to you outside sources and they also want you to ask your mentor for help last. What was I paying them all that money for then?
- Anonymousruby/js developer • Graduate • Web Development in Rails • OnlineFeb 08, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
great!
I did 3 thinkful courses over about 8-10 months from late 2013 - mid 2014...and by the end of the 3rd course I had a fulltime job as a developer! I did the rails, frontend, and angular courses.
They recommend 10 hours per week, but really the amount of effort you put in dictates how successful you will be. Go to office hours, hang out on slack, etc. The mentors are the biggest value and you should really try to use office hours for code reviews of your work and let your mentor te...
I did 3 thinkful courses over about 8-10 months from late 2013 - mid 2014...and by the end of the 3rd course I had a fulltime job as a developer! I did the rails, frontend, and angular courses.
They recommend 10 hours per week, but really the amount of effort you put in dictates how successful you will be. Go to office hours, hang out on slack, etc. The mentors are the biggest value and you should really try to use office hours for code reviews of your work and let your mentor tear your stuff apart. Use office hours/other channels for support and troubleshooting.
Their courses do have things like typos, occassional missing instructions, but they are quick to help out if you get in touch. You really can't expect perfection because once you get into the industry, you'll see plenty of incorrect readmes, bugs, etc and you'll have to figure things out yourself.
There was no job assistance when I did the courses, but I guess they offer that now. I picked thinkful because it was inexpensive, got me developer facetime when I was living in Asia and I could do it remotely. I still jump into office hours / hang around on slack because they are all really nice people and the mentors are brillliant resources who are always up to talk shop.
- M NickeySMB Analyst • GraduateFeb 04, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Thinkful - It's what you make of it
My experience with Thinkful was for the most part positive. The slack community was responsive, fun and helpful. The staff was/is friendly and understanding and the ciriculum was right for me.
The ciriculum started with the basics and then moved to more advanced topics such as frameworks, argparse, object orientated code. Knowing this was in-part why I signed up.
All that said, I signed up was assigned a mentor and left feeling much more confident in my web-dev skills e...
My experience with Thinkful was for the most part positive. The slack community was responsive, fun and helpful. The staff was/is friendly and understanding and the ciriculum was right for me.
The ciriculum started with the basics and then moved to more advanced topics such as frameworks, argparse, object orientated code. Knowing this was in-part why I signed up.
All that said, I signed up was assigned a mentor and left feeling much more confident in my web-dev skills especially in python. This is a great first step for enyone looking into starting web-dev as a career but wants to have a skilllike python that will be able to be used in multiple arenas.
When I say that the coursework is what you make of it, it truly is. If you spend time with the mentors online, ask questions and learn with their program, you'll be OK. If however you're shy or don't ask questions, you might be better off with something that's a bit lower in price. There are times that you have to bark in order to get help. This is rare but it happens.
At the time of my graduation, I didn't receive any job assistance however the skills that I learned were able to help me land a position as a developer. Job assistance just wasn't available when I was a student.
Pros:
Friendly staff
Fun content
Current & topical information for job huntingCons:
A lot of the time, I would be pushed to read the docs, even if I had already done so.
It did not feel the the mentor I was assigned was invested in my growth
Project Feedback was sparse
- BruceSoftware Quality Assurance • Frontend Web Development • OnlineJan 28, 2016Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Disappointing coursework
It is 2016, I just spent a month stepping thru the Thinkful Front-End Development course. While my mentor was helpful and talented, the course-work was disappointing. "Think of reading a book with many pages missing from the story" . You are left with a feeling of confusion as too much essential subject matter is not provided by Thinkful coursework regarding HTML and CSS. While the mentor can fill-in some gaps, you must go to other websites to complete your answers to your many qu...
It is 2016, I just spent a month stepping thru the Thinkful Front-End Development course. While my mentor was helpful and talented, the course-work was disappointing. "Think of reading a book with many pages missing from the story" . You are left with a feeling of confusion as too much essential subject matter is not provided by Thinkful coursework regarding HTML and CSS. While the mentor can fill-in some gaps, you must go to other websites to complete your answers to your many questions. For a price of $300 to $1500 per month, the student deserves more robust course materials to properly leverage their time spent with their mentor. Unfortunately skilled mentors will not makeup for the flawed course materials.
Chegg Skills Alumni Outcomes
| Employed in-field | 77.8% |
| Full-time employee | 77.8% |
| Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position | 0.0% |
| Short-term contract, part-time, or freelance | 0.0% |
| Started a new company or venture after graduation | 0.0% |
| Not seeking in-field employment | 0.0% |
| Employed out-of-field | 0.0% |
| Continuing to higher education | 0.0% |
| Not seeking a job for health, family, or personal reasons | 0.0% |
| Still seeking job in-field | 22.2% |
| Could not contact | 0.0% |
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How much does Chegg Skills cost?
Chegg Skills costs around $13,475. On the lower end, some Chegg Skills courses like Digital Marketing Flex cost $4,600.
What courses does Chegg Skills teach?
Chegg Skills offers courses like Data Analytics Flex, Data Science Flex, Digital Marketing Flex, Engineering Flex and 2 more.
Where does Chegg Skills have campuses?
Chegg Skills teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Is Chegg Skills worth it?
The data says yes! In 2019, Chegg Skills reported a 0% graduation rate, a median salary of $60,450, and 78% of Chegg Skills alumni are employed. Chegg Skills hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 918 Chegg Skills alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Chegg Skills on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Chegg Skills legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 918 Chegg Skills alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Chegg Skills and rate their overall experience a 4.53 out of 5.
Does Chegg Skills offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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Is Chegg Skills accredited?
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