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Byte Academy

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Byte Academy is an industry-focused coding school with remote and onsite courses in New York City and Bangalore, India. Its offerings include Full Stack Python development, FinTech (financial technology), Data Science, Blockchain and Quant-Algos. Full-time onsite programs consist of 14 weeks; part-time programs are 24 weeks, 2 evenings per week and remote courses have flexible scheduling options. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Byte Academy is one of ...
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  • B. S.
    Anonymous
    Unemployed • Graduate • Python Fullstack Development (Full, Part-Time) • New York City
    May 11, 2017
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    Turn Around Now, do not give your money to these liars

    Just read through the anonymous reviews here- it's loud and clear.

    Skip past the 5 star reviews, they're by instructors and TAs who were once students here, but never held a job where production level code was necessary. They failed to get a job beause this place fails at preparing you for any technical role, so they come back to teach...

    Every single event and meetup is a dud and a marketing ploy. Their ciriculum for fintech and medtech is a scam and is not followed at...

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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Dec 26, 2015
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    Waste of your money

    I chose Byte academy because it was the only bootcamp in NYC teaching Python. I quickly realized none of their instructors are competent in teaching it; all their teachers are hired straight from either their own bootcamp or Ruby bootcamps and they have zero real life work experience in what they teach. Typical day at Byte consists of a 15 to 30 min lecture in the morning and after that you are on your own. That was okay though, since especially in the Django part our instructor was so bad...

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    Richard of Byte Academy

    Campus Director

    Feb 29, 2016

    Byte Academy is dedicated to the success of its students. We have many
    full time instructors and most of them work with students until well past
    normal business hours and view the success of their students with pride.
    Assuming this anonymous poster is who we think it is, the instructor who taught
    the specific cohort has since left the school.

     We frequently poll our students to ensure that the quality of our
    education is very good, and that we keep improving it from month to month. So
    do expect changes for the better every month.

     We have excellent job placement rates for active job seekers. The
    time it takes for most students to find a job varies from 1-3 months after
    graduation while some exceptional students have job offers (or at least
    employers have already given indication of interest to hire) before their
    official graduation date. We advise students on their resume, social media
    presence, LinkedIn, job resources, and absolutely offer career counseling. In
    the past we did not chase down our students to work on the aforementioned items
    with us. If we felt they were well positioned to find a job without any
    career counseling, we let them help themselves. We are now doing a better job
    of chasing our students. However, we can only help if students avail of our
    services. Some students have taken the option of working on their job search
    without our help.

     The Fintech curriculum is tailored to the interests and strengths
    of each cohort. Fintech is an incredibly broad subject. The “second four week
    period” (Phase 2) is when you learn about financial concepts so that students
    can decide if they want to pursue a Fintech project. After learning the
    concepts, if anyone is interested in building a Fintech project, which this
    anonymous poster elected not to, our finance instructors (not consultant) would
    work with the student in helping build a fantastic fintech related final
    project in Phase 3. 
  • Anonymous
    Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Apr 17, 2016
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    Greedy, incompetent, messy

    Unlike most of the students, I actually graduated from here. They let people in without any coding experience whatsoever so that they can charge these unprepared students thousands of dollars even if they have to drop out on their first week. That's how this place makes a lot of money. The other way is to hire "instructors" straight from Ruby bootcamps and use previous students as TA's. No one here has real world experience as a professional Python/Django engineer. This is a big red flag t...

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  • Anonymous
    Student • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Jan 29, 2016
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    You can do better

    This may be good given some time to grow.  In the meantime, this is a waste of money and time.  The good reviews are from staff, or have been requested by their marketing person.  They send out emails with incentives asking people to leave 5 star reviews on different sites.

    You will get a brief "lesson" each day that does not actually teach you anything.  The projects are the same you would find if you did your own online search or used books.  The resources are much the same.  T...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous
    Graduate • Python Fullstack Development (Full, Part-Time) • New York City
    Jan 12, 2017
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    Worst Decision I've Ever Made

    Okay, first off don't believe anything they tell you! I fell for their scams and lies. They lied about everything! They have no connections and cannot get you a job. The stats they have on their pamphlets are complete lies. I was told 98% of their graduates have landed a job with 78k+ salaries. THAT WAS A LIE KAI !  While I attended, ever so often they printed new pamphlets that showed their stats decreasing: salaries decreasing, fewer students landing a job, new courses they've supposedly...

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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Apr 17, 2016
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    This place is a scam

    There is no fintech content at all in the fintech course. The Python/Django content is outdated, bad explained and won't help you to get a job. There is no job assistance, they will give you a list of web sites with job lists and good luck. There is so much waste of time with pointless meetings, etc. The place is a mess.
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  • Anonymous
    associate software engineer • Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Apr 17, 2016
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    not recommended

    The FinTech part is just few hours on the second month where they will explain a bit of financial terminology and that's is all! There is nothing of FinTech at all.

    The Python/Django program was created by an recent graduate from a Ruby/Rails bootcamp, not anyone with real knowledge or experience in Python nor Django. The is so many things missing or wrong in that curriculum that you are better doing some Python online classes for free on Edx or Udacity.

    The job assista...

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  • Anonymous
    software engineer • Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
    Apr 07, 2016
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    Worse bootcamp

    Lets start with the curriculum that was made by recent Ruby graduate students that got hired to develop a Python/Django curriculum. It is not just outdated but a lot of times show techniques that is plain wrong. NO ONE USES/KNOW DJANGO IN THERE. The place is a lie! None of the instructors has professional experience with Django so don't expect to learn market standard techniques.

    The office is dirty, messy and loud and the place where the "classes" should happen is all the time h...

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  • Anon
    Anonymous
    Developer • Graduate • Python Fullstack Development (Full, Part-Time) • New York City
    May 04, 2017
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    DO NOT ATTEND

     

    I graduated here about a year ago and am still in touch with a number of the TAs. Of all the bootcamps out there, do not go here, it is the worst one and getting even worse.   You are better off studying from a book and asking your good friend google for help.   No one here knows best practices for production code, they were all noob students at this bootcamp at one point if that counts for anything. It's the blind leadi...
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  • Jesse
    Jesse
    Jul 01, 2015
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    Do not be fooled

    Byte academy does a great job at pretending they are a full service academy and having amazing job placement after. The truth is, they hardly have any graduates and have had more people drop out than graduate with jobs. All of the reviews on this site are written by the people who work there or by current teachers. The teachers care more about their side projects than they do their students. They force multiple people to repeat so most cohorts are made up of 3-4 students. When I first star...

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  • Kenso
    Kenso
    Graduate • Fintech Immersive • New York City
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    Jan 19, 2017
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    On Byte

    A childhood friend of mine told me that he was planning on attending Byte, in July (2016), and I decided to check the place out. I'll never forget how much Tom, an instructor at the time, and Kai, the head of admissions, didn't try to sell me on enrollment. It's kind of hard to explain, but it was like they were indifferent as to whether or not I ended up going, and that's -- perhaps counterintuitively-- what sold me.

    I can't remember exactly when this was (it's mid-January, now)...

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    Anonymous
    Graduate • Python Fullstack Development (Full, Part-Time) • New York City
    Feb 20, 2017
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    Unorganized, FinTech/MedTech tracks DO NOT EXIST

    pros: 

    • some good teachers here, really know their stuff
    • convenient location in midtown
    • one of the only places that teaches python
    • small cohorts of ~5 students
    • somewhat cheaper than other bootcamps

    cons: 

    • bu...
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How much does Byte Academy cost?

Byte Academy costs around $14,950. On the lower end, some Byte Academy courses like Python Foundation cost $100.

What courses does Byte Academy teach?

Byte Academy offers courses like Blockchain (Part-Time), Data Science (Full-Time), FinTech (Part-Time), Full Stack Python Bootcamp (Full-Time) and 2 more.

Where does Byte Academy have campuses?

Byte Academy has in-person campuses in Bangalore and New York City. Byte Academy also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.

Is Byte Academy worth it?

Byte Academy hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 72 Byte Academy alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Byte Academy on Course Report - you should start there!

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