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Horizons School of Technology

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The Horizons School of Technology is a code school designed for college students, offering full-time summer and semester programs for both undergrads and graduate students.

The Horizons thesis is a simple one: learn essential tech skills during your most formative years - college. During the Horizons program, students will meet and collaborate with other highly motivated students.

Upon successful completion, graduates will have learned how to build web, mobile and desktop applications in an intensive full-stack javascript curriculum. The curriculum has been built and directly influenced by engineers at leading technology companies.

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  • Owen Hines
    Owen Hines
    Graduate • San Francisco
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    Sep 15, 2017
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    Amazing Experience

    I loved my experience at Horizons. It was one of the best things that I've ever done. I learned so many different skills and concepts from the exceptional instructors as well as peers. The learning environment was supportive and friendly, but not too easy; it kept pushing you to do better. The practice projects always made sense. I never went "when will I even use this?" The fast pace kept new content fresh and me always being excited for the next day. Overall, it was a wonderful experienc...

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  • Caroline
    Caroline
    Student • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Sep 22, 2018
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    Would Definitely Recommend

    I did Horizons two summers ago after my Freshman year. I really had no idea what to expect when I started the program but I knew that I was considering computer science as a major and I wanted to solidify that decision before I realized I had gone down the wrong path. Horizons summer program was everything I wanted and more. While the program is definitely one of those experiences where you get out only what you put in, if you work hard it is truly a transformative course. I came into the ...

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  • Evan Peterson
    Evan Peterson
    Software Developer • Graduate • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 31, 2018
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    Unbelievable experience

    If you have the slightest thought of enrolling in a coding bootcamp, do yourself a favor and go for it! The instructors were incredible, the material was engaging, and the oppertunities which opened up to me were invaluable.  I went from having nothing to show employers on my resume, to having three soild programming projects which I was able to talk about when approching employers.  Aside from the technical experience, there is a strong sense of community formed with your fellow classmate...

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  • Corey
    Corey
    Student • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 17, 2018
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    Developed a great, transferrable coding base

    I went to Horizons last summer and had a pretty transformative experience. I had very little prior coding experience so I learned a lot very quickly. The sheer amount of information could be sort of disorienting at times but it's clear to me that it was incredible growth experience both personally (coming from the Midwest and living fulltime in SF was very different and sometimes difficult) and academically (I learned a lot, I know I can learn anything I want in software or data science an...

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  • James
    James
    Junior Software Dev • Graduate • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 17, 2018
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    Horizons was the best decision coming out of college

    Coming into Horizons, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I wasn’t a CS major in college, but I took a couple CS classes and did plenty of coding in some projects on the side and in different research labs, so I had the basic fundamentals down (data structures and databases mainly). Horizons completely surpassed all of my expectations. I learned a completely new stack (NodeJS + React/Redux) that was geared towards industry and completely different than the things I learned in an academic setting...

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  • Brian K.
    Brian K.
    Student • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 16, 2018
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    Great Introduction into the World of Entrepreneurship and Development

    I took the summer course offered in the summer of 2017, in lieu of exploring internship opportunities. It was a risk from my perspective, as I was a rising senior in college - but it was well worth it. Not only did I have an incredible time meeting so many new people, but I got a chance to delve into development, an area that I had no experience in. Taking my background with the more creative, this program gave me the technical skills to bring my designs to reality. 

    Specifically t...

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  • Omid Rooholfada
    Omid Rooholfada
    Student • Full-Time Semester • San Francisco
    Jul 16, 2018
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    Valuable Introduction to Fullstack Development, Entrepreneurship, and Silicon Valley

    I attended Horizons as a 2017 Summer Fellow (tuition and housing covered). I had a very positive experience--here's some things that stood out.

    • Relentless focus on practicality: Horizon's syllabus is packed with topics directly relevant for developing modern mobile and web apps. Little to no time is spent on more theoretical CS concepts. The result is that you can start making tangible projects really quickly. For example, many of our early projects were im...
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  • Otto
    Otto
    Product Operations Manager • Graduate • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 15, 2018
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    Learn how to code alongside brilliant peers

    I did the 12-week summer session at Horizons because I wanted to get a job in tech. In college I studied Economics and Math, so I wanted to get some coding skills to be more competitive in the job search.

    Here's Horizons in a nutshell: 

    smart people + lots of work + great resources = extraordinary amount of learning 

    Smart people: Your classmates will be brilliant students from around the world who are committed to learning how to b...

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  • Audrey
    Audrey
    Student • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 13, 2018
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    Best Learning Experience Yet

    Horizons is 100% worth it. It teaches you the applications of computer science and the reality of the industry in a way that academics can't. With a supportive community, instructors and leads that actually care about you and your growth. I can say with certainty that Horizons made me a better programmer and got me where I am today (a sweet job at a big tech company).

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  • Haitham E.
    Haitham E.
    Student • Full-Time Semester • San Francisco
    Jul 13, 2018
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    The future of education

    Horizons is a coding bootcamp, and it excels at that: a low student/instructor ratio with qualified and experienced instructors, a top of the notch, ridiculously refined curriculum, a very very high potential network, and an ambitious management team. But it is much, much more than just a place to learn code. 

    I took a considerable risk to do the Semester immersive course, left a paid internship at a tech start-up in NYC and flew to SF with practically no safety cushion. I was also...

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  • Mika
    Mika
    Product Manager • Graduate • Full-Time Summer • San Francisco
    Jul 12, 2018
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    Horizons - has it changed your life?

    Many aspiring Horizonites ask me: 
    Has the program changed your life in any way?

    I applied to Horizons around July of 2016, about a year before the actual program. Horizons emailed our school’s email list, and I was deadset on nabbing that fellowship.

    I got it November of that year and committed to starting the program June the following year. I committed to it before committing to any other post-grad plan and banked on the hope that whatever company was going to employ...

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  • Ingrid Zippe
    Ingrid Zippe
    Graduate • San Francisco
    Jul 12, 2018
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    Building Web and Mobile Applications Will Become Second Nature

    Horizons was one of the best educational decisions I ever made. I studied traditional computer science in college. I am an entrepreneurial person motivated by product and people, and I was frustrated that after studying CS in school for 2 years, I still could not easily build my own web and mobile applications. Horizons fixed this in 3 months. I build websites all the time for fun/ projects/ anything now, and I have a mobile application in the iOS App Store. I am also developing a user-fac...

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Horizons School of Technology Alumni Outcomes

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Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated July 23, 2024
Welcome to the September 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. Of course, we cover our 2016 Outcomes and Demographics Report (we spent a ton of time on this one and hope everyone gets a chance to read it)! Other trends includ...

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Horizons School of Technology has an in-person campus in San Francisco.

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