WBS CODING SCHOOL is a live online, instructor-led bootcamp based in Germany offering courses in Web & App Development (17 weeks full-time or 26 weeks part-time), Data Science (17 weeks full-time or 26 weeks part-time), Data Analytics (13 weeks full-time), UX/UI Product Design (15 weeks full-time), and AI for Business (8 weeks full-time). Students have the option to access any of their 280 locations across Germany to complete their courses. WBS CODING SCHOOL's supportive instructors and staff provide guidance from teaching to career preparation, ensuring a friendly and inviting atmosphere. Students can also add German or English language classes to their bootcamp with our SpeakTech program.
WBS CODING SCHOOL does not require applicants to have any previous coding experience. Applicants should be 18+ years old and proficient in English.
WBS CODING SCHOOL aims to produce graduates who are job market-ready. Students will go through WBS CODING SCHOOL's structured Career Preparation Program, which is a self-paced online course with interactive soft-skill workshops. Students also receive 1:1 career coaching and networking opportunities. Successful students will receive a Graduation Certificate upon completion of the bootcamp.
WBS CODING SCHOOL offers a variety of payment plans, including installment payment plans and an Income Share Agreement. German residents may be eligible to study for free with a Bildungsgutschein. Austrian residents who are unemployed, soon to be unemployed, or on Kurzarbeit, may be eligible to access government funding from the AMS (Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich) or the WAFF (Wiener Arbeitnehmer*innen Förderungsfonds). Residents of Vienna, regardless of their employment status, may be eligible to receive funding through the Digi-Winner initiative.
I completed a Marketing Analytics course in April, but unfortunately, my experience was far from satisfactory. I really don’t understand the positive reviews I read here.
The course content was extremely superficial, lacking any in-depth exploration of the subject matter. I enrolled with high expectations and a desire to learn extensively, but the actual instruction time was disappointingly brief—often just 45 minutes to an hour. After that, we were left to complete simple t...
I completed a Marketing Analytics course in April, but unfortunately, my experience was far from satisfactory. I really don’t understand the positive reviews I read here.
The course content was extremely superficial, lacking any in-depth exploration of the subject matter. I enrolled with high expectations and a desire to learn extensively, but the actual instruction time was disappointingly brief—often just 45 minutes to an hour. After that, we were left to complete simple tasks or exercises that hardly took any time, leaving us with hours of idle time daily. There were no clear objectives or milestones; everything was very relaxed, and there was minimal review of the exercises. The amount of time we spent on irrelevant topics like Google Tag Manager, rather than focusing on Google Analytics, SQL, Python, or JavaScript, was also absurd. I have yet to encounter a job that requires GTM, yet it was the primary focus of the course.
Much of the course material consisted of external web pages, LinkedIn articles/videos, and YouTube videos. While these can be acceptable as supplementary resources, they should not form the core content of a class. For a program costing 10,000 euros for four months—equivalent to a year of tuition at many private universities—it is unacceptable that WBS did not create its own content.
Previously, I attended Ironhack for a similar-duration program, and the quality, especially in Data Analytics, was significantly superior. Ironhack also offered numerous social activities and gatherings at no extra cost. Additionally, Ironhack provides career services for a year post-graduation, whereas this course offered just a month of generic career advice. The career services were particularly disappointing, offering one-size-fits-all advice rather than tailored guidance. During my one-on-one CV review, the feedback was clearly not personalized; the "advisor" insisted I highlight this bootcamp over my extensive professional experience, despite my degree and career being in marketing. This demonstrated a lack of effort in reviewing my CV, and that was the only one-on-one interaction I had with career services. The person didn't even bother reading my resume to provide me with useful feedback. At Ironhack, you have a year of support from Career Services after your graduation. Here, it was one month and then goodbye (which I never used because you are removed from Discord anyway). Now I am at CareerFoundry (because I needed to take another course due to the lack of quality from this one), and the content is all created by them. You have a mentor, a tutor, and even another tutor specifically for job searching who provides personalized feedback. Everything they offer is so much better and also cheaper.
There was a graduation celebration, but it required an additional fee (considering many of us who attended the course are unemployed), which felt stingy. The course was advertised as a hybrid model with the last two weeks on campus, yet we only had one day on-site.
This bootcamp was a disappointment, and my classmates and I were thoroughly disillusioned. Several peers lodged complaints with Jobcenter due to the poor quality, especially given the high cost. I noticed that this course is no longer offered on the website.
If I had paid for this out of pocket, I would have been extremely upset. Despite providing feedback multiple times, I was met with excuses such as the course being designed for career changers (a detail not mentioned anywhere). This reasoning makes it worse, because if you were, for example, a photographer, I don't understand how you would be prepared to find a job with such deficient preparation. Another excuse was the necessity of using external content due to rapid technological changes, which is their responsibility to update—and it's a terrible excuse. Providers like CareerFoundry, who are 100% online, manage to create their own up-to-date content, using external materials as supplements rather than core components. Why can't WBS do the same? Because they don't want to make the effort—it's that simple.
Interestingly, as mentioned, the course has now been removed—possibly due to the negative feedback? I don't know. I would not recommend this course to anyone, especially if you are paying out of your own pocket. You would be better off watching YouTube videos or enrolling in cheaper online courses for each topic you want to learn, such as SQL or JavaScript, where you would learn more and save money.
Janina Fisser of WBS CODING SCHOOL
Head of Student Experience
Apr 19, 2024
How much does WBS CODING SCHOOL cost?
WBS CODING SCHOOL costs around €10,500. On the lower end, some WBS CODING SCHOOL courses like One Year Software Engineering Program cost €30.
What courses does WBS CODING SCHOOL teach?
WBS CODING SCHOOL offers courses like Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Business Course (full-time), Data Analytics Bootcamp (full-time), Data Science Bootcamp (full-time), Data Science Bootcamp (part-time) and 5 more.
Where does WBS CODING SCHOOL have campuses?
WBS CODING SCHOOL has in-person campuses in Berlin. WBS CODING SCHOOL also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is WBS CODING SCHOOL worth it?
WBS CODING SCHOOL hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 322 WBS CODING SCHOOL alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed WBS CODING SCHOOL on Course Report - you should start there!
Is WBS CODING SCHOOL legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 322 WBS CODING SCHOOL alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed WBS CODING SCHOOL and rate their overall experience a 4.85 out of 5.
Does WBS CODING SCHOOL offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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You can read 322 reviews of WBS CODING SCHOOL on Course Report! WBS CODING SCHOOL alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed WBS CODING SCHOOL and rate their overall experience a 4.85 out of 5.
Is WBS CODING SCHOOL accredited?
While bootcamps must be approved to operate, accreditation is relatively rare. WBS CODING SCHOOL doesn't yet share information about their accreditation status.
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