Sabio

I know what you are thinking. "can I really be a full stack developer in 3 months?". Well the answer is yes you can! I was very skepticle at first but It honestly works. 4 people out of the 8 (including myself) already have jobs! and good paying ones as well! Sabio hiring is in the high 90% range. 

The Course it self is a great way to learn how to code. Form day 1 you start to code! there is very lillte lecture and a whole lot of coding.

If you are really interested go on the website and Contact Liliana! shes awesome and will answer any questions you have.

you wont regret it!

 

 

With no prior computer programming experience, I was able to change my career path with the 12-week weeday program that Sabio offers. I was initially on track to become a scientific researcher with a background in biochemistry, however, choosing to apply problem solving skills to the booming tech industry was been the best decision I've made for my future thus far. The Sabio founders are completely committed to the programmers that pass through their program and they have created an explorative atmosphere of pushing boundaries when it comes to the development of their students. Their mentorship extends far beyond the duration of the "in-class" training and I consider myself lucky to be part of the Sabio family. With smaller class sizes (7 in my cohort), there is unlimited access to a senior developer and that attention went a long way in ingraining .Net development skills into my daily routine. I worked on this cohort team to create a functioning web app, similar to the workplace environment. I learned technologies/policies that companies are eager to develop in and was an immediate target for employers right out of my 12 weeks. I would highly recommend Sabio for anyone attempting to shift their career path into the tech industry. It is a difficult transition to make, and there will always be an excuse to remain stagnant. However, my days are fulfilling in the workplace and I have a sense of satisfaction through completing the program and coming into the office facing new challenges that I know I can overcome through the fundamentals learned at Sabio.

Having had no former training in computer science or coding, within just three months at Sabio I learned enough about the languages, theories, and culture of web programming to get hired in a mid-level role, making $20K more per year than I ever had in any previous job. Students will definitely get out of it what they put into it, so be prepared to commit 12 hours/day to the bootcamp to maximize your experience and realize the best financial gains after graduation. Some instructors are better than others, so I would recommend going to a couple info sessions, meeting the instructors and some former/current students, figuring out whom you might learn the most from, and register accordingly. The curriculum was still being refined when I went through but I hear it's getting stronger. "Job Assistance" comes in the form of one (two if you're lucky) mock interview, a study guide with potential interview questions, a resume writing seminar, and the occassional referral to recruiters or hiring managers. Sabio does what they can, but with limited staff focused on other priorities, they can't offer much and you shouldn't expect them to place you. In order to get hired you're going to have to put in a ton of your own effort, perhaps over the course of months. Nevertheless, despite the room for improvement that exists, the Sabio experience is incredibly rewarding. The co-founders are super-genuine and passionate about what they do, and the #sabionation provides all graduates with an amazing network of colleagues and industry insiders for life. Investing in Sabio was probably the smartest decision I've made in my entire professional life. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about learning and seriously willing to make a full commitment to a 12-week bootcamp.

Less than a year ago I had zero programming experience, and now I've been employed full time as a software developer for 7 months. I was hired 3 weeks before the program even ended. Sabio throws you into the full development experience right from the beginning. I quickly gained the skills that make me a highly desirable asset to companies looking for tech talent, and I was given all the core knowledge and resources to be able to learn and grow independently. It's unbelievable where I am with my skill level and confidence in coding in such a short amount of time, and this is just the beginning. This career is exciting, fun, and best of all, it's challenging and engaging every day. A complete life changer all thanks to Sabio.

The bootcamp program drops you into the trenches of learning how to code as a full-stack developer. From application life cycle to third party api's the course allows you become a confident entry-level developer. Not only in theory but in actual pratice. The process, the srcum methodologies, moving from front-end on one task to back-end on the next.  The instructor is great providing the tools for you to succeed, in addition the right amount of handholding for you to be able to start picking up habits that transfer into the workplace. 

I did the 20-week weekend Sabio course; it was grueling, but it paid off for sure.  I knew nothing about coding before joining Sabio, and now I'm enjoying a great full-time job as a web developer, making $10,000 more/year than I was at my last non-tech job -- plus better benefits.  I still get calls from recruiters every day offering me jobs, and those recruiters who know Sabio state unequivocally that its graduates are hands-down better prepared and demonstrably more knowledgeable than graduates of any of the other bootcamps in town.  Our class competed in and won $2500 in a hackathon four months into the program (two months before we graduated), and I've since won first place at another hackathon since graduating.  The instruction at Sabio is amazing, and the support outside of class remains incredible.  Especially if you are female, you will not be able to find a more supportive learning environment, guaranteed.  Forget the other bootcamps in town that teach you next-to-nothing and cost just as much if not more; what you want is Sabio.

My experience with Sabio thus far has been stellar. The co-founders are really personable, and seem genuinely concerned about all of their graduates -- even after they leave the program. They are building a community around the program, which is great for networking and mentorship. The amount of pre-work assigned was manageable, and the instructor made himself available to go over questions in the pre-work too. Once the course started there has been a lot of support -- not just from the instructor, but also for the space, where we can stay into the wee hours of the night to work together. Especially as a woman and a Latina, I find Sabio's mission to diversify tech to be really comforting and a great way to enter the tech scene. And perhaps the biggest plus: the class is only 8 people, so there's a lot of one-on-one attention for each student — I can't imagine trying to do this work and also trying to compete for an instructor's time. I love how this program is geared toward getting Fellows professional gigs as soon as possible, too. I would enthusiastically recommend this program to anyone who is interested in working in tech.

A truly full stack web development program.  Very intense.   Good amount of prework although I could have used prework for the C# parts intead of just front end(HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery).

The program structure was clearly outlined at the beginning which I liked.   The instructor was exceptionally good and fielding questions and guiding you to the answer without giving it away.   We had great comradery among fellows which helped bearing the significant amount of pressure from the intense pace.

I missed a little bit of general theory of the programming concepts we were applying.

Attended Sabio.LA for the weekend training and absolutely loved it! Had just the best time with my fellow students and loved the instructor! Gregorio is a brilliant and talented programmer with 15 years of experience and the class is a very hands-on and catered to your individual learning.  We also built a start up's website from the ground up which was super cool cuz it will live on!  I highly recommend the program to anyone looking to get into programming.  I am now a Junior Developer at a company in Los Angeles and loving it.

Liliana and Gregorio took advantage of me in my time of need. I needed time off to attend to an emergency which they granted. Gregorio then had me choose what date I would return. When the time came for me to return though he ignored my emails and slack messages, and Liliana said I was no longer a student and she started ignoring me too! I have the emails as proof still but can't get any of my money back because of how far I had gotten in the program. They robbed this opportunity from me so I posted all over my tiktok, YouTube, and Instagram about this experience.

Like other bad reviews have said. Sabio is a cash grab. What's worse is they vets doing shady stuff to vets. And they have bought moderator in the veterans group on reddit. 

The scam is to stack up on vets and others in cohorts. Get the percentage of money from the VA before booting them. 

Red flags for me were:

- Me and others got reprimanded an 1hr in. By the cofounder. For following the instructors directions.

- They say you can go in with no knowledge but 2 days in you have to be done with their java script, etc etc courses. And it's a running theme. Btw I passed it, I actually was early.

- Their instructor flipped out when someone asked if they could record lectures. A total time with the instructor is about 2 hrs a day. And that's because he's giving lectures to multiple cohorts. Oh and can't ask questions during the lecture. He will shut you down and tell you to put it in the Q. It's really bad asking a person who wasn't in the lecture about something in the lecture. And that's if the Q is open.

- They have a software program that takes over your linkedin. And you can't get it back. They have access to it forever. And they have modified profiles a long with instruct to not put the school in. A lot of these reviews are probably rigged since it says "LinkedIn verified".

- The Q system is horrible. Further more along with the lengthy wait (If you're lucky or not) sometimes the person helping you has no clue. And they will literally try to authoritatively talk it into non existence.

- This schools pretends corporate. Me and others have corporate experience and it's so bad.  Especially since they RARELY have their ducks in a row. No one here actually has corporate experience. They tried to keep you busy so you can't observe things. Like you're being hustled. This place is unprofessional on a high level. But they swear they're elite.

- We had to pay $20 a day to be on campus. 2 days a week or something like that is mandatory. They don't have anything setup. There's some desks and ports. There's no monitors or cables. You have to haul your own setup. We also had to pay for other things, like parallels. Keep in mind VET TEC is paying 15k.

- The 3 certs that are highly sought after... Aren't sought after. They're not legit certs. You don't need certs in software

- The content is dated and un organized. The video format is bad as well and you will kill so much time dealing with it. They also have other sources that aren't good and you don't get correspondence.

- They forbid from learning code anywhere else. I'm going to be real when I say the following. I LEARNED MORE IN A DAY ON A META developer course on coursera than I did at the weeks I was at this bootcamp. I'm not joking and that's probably the real reason why they don't want you to take other courses.

- There was other programs collecting data. Thankfully I used a VM.

I took a step back from the fake chaos, reviewed my contract, talked to a software developer mentor and got out.

Added things:

- They LIE A LOT. And have been caught multiple times. They have profiles on reddit claiming to be students because the cofounder got caught trolling comments. They'll claim their students got positions but they'll hide info on the student (because they've been busted lying). They'll also delete their school from linkedin profiles and insert a position from a small company that they have deals with small companies (Basically students are paying to do  work work for other companies as "apprenticeships" and the company has a deal with sabio). Which is crazy cause companies are giving falsified references. 

Their staff is probably reading this and figuring out a way to cover this up. I'm actually not joking about this part.

They've done articles falsely claiming things. Like one they claimed a person scored an SWE position at AWS. And upon further research the person actually got an apprenticeship... Which people WITHOUT bootcamp experience have gotten. They also made a falsified claim about rankings on here.

They don't get called out on linkedin because they control all the student profiles.