Tech Elevator Cleveland - HQ

I've been working full time in sales and decided to learn a new skill that could open up other career opportunities. I picked Tech Elevator because their alumni have been hired by companies in my city and they have a physical presence and employees here as well. Their career support is very beneficial! The program helps you learn multiple languages both in front end and back end development so you are well rounded and gain skills that will help you land a job. They provide many good resources for learning (reading, quizzes, videos, exercises, and projects). The ability to do everything remote was perfect for me. Overall I had a great experience and would definitely recommend the program to others!

Joining this bootcamp was one of the best decisions I've made for my career. The curriculum was well-structured, covering everything from foundational programming concepts to real-world project development, databases, API and even front-end frameworks. From group projects to peer support on Slack, it never felt like I was going through it alone. I came in with little tech experience and left feeling confident in my ability to work in a real development environment. Highly recommend this program to anyone serious about transition into tech.

Tech Elevator was the perfect choice for me and I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn coding in order to make a career change. Before the bootcamp, I had no technical knowledge, coming from a background in the arts and human services. The structure of the program–daily, live remote, module based–made it easy to stay engaged and learn efficiently. It was hard–very hard–but I felt supported by the structure of the day, coupled with the ability to get help from instructors and peers who were available daily after classroom hours. My instructor was Rich Seeds, an expert in his field, knowledgeable, and with a great sense of humor. Together with my cohort, we created a learning environment that fostered open curiosity, encouraging active questioning and problem solving in order to master challenging concepts. I also appreciated the Pathway Program, which prepared me for the job search with resume reviews, mock interviews, and networking opportunities. I’m so grateful for the guidance that Claribel Quintana–my one-on-one Pathway Director for my post-graduation job search–has already given me, and I look forward to continuing our work together in the coming weeks. Because of Tech Elevator, I feel confident in my skills and in my ability to continue to learn other coding languages (Python is my next venture!) on my own. I am excited about the opportunities ahead as I begin my job search as a junior developer.

My experience at Tech-Elevator as a student was wonderful- the teachers offered a lot of support throughout the cohort to us students, especially out of the class time periods. It felt like I always had someone to message and ask for help if needed. Not only was the technical learning great but they also help you build new skills in the tech industry for finding a job; coming from manufacturing it was tricky for me to adjust but my teachers helped me to approach the job market with the right mind-set and showed me what I need to do for networking. Very good bootcamp and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to transition into the tech industry!

At the time of this writing, I graduated 3 days ago. I was a C#/.NET Student at the Cleveland campus. I loved my time at Tech Elevator. My classmates were great, the instructors were knowledgable, and the Pathway Director has guided me into 4 interviews and 1 offer. The cirriculum moves extremely fast, which is a good thing. It only took 14 weeks, but I feel confident going into Junior Developer interviews. I've done technical mock interviews with friends in the tech industry, and they were surprised at how well-prepared Tech Elevator has made me for a Junior Developer role. The cirriculum is hard, and you only get three hours of lecture a day on each subject. After lecture, you are assigned an exercise to hone your skills on what you just learned. LEAN ON YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND YOUR CLASSMATES! Everyone at Tech Elevator wants you to succeed and they show it. There will be times when this program is really stressful, but the payoff is worth it. The biggest draw to Tech Elevator for me was the Pathway Program. The program teaches you skills on how to prepare and interview in the technology space, from resume workshops to setting up a LinkedIn profile (my resume looks AMAZING now). In addition to teaching you how to navigate the tech job market, the Pathway team regularly brings in (virtually) local companies who are interested in hiring bootcamp grads. These employer showcases give students a chance to see what kind of work is available in the area and make connections with local technical recruiters. As a graduate, Tech Elevator offers 6 months of post-graduation job assistance. There are bi-weekly meetings with your Pathway Director to check in with you and help you on your job search. Once you get to the last few weeks of the bootcamp, you have two days of company matchmaking, which was easily the most valuable part of Tech Elevator to me. You are given the opportunity to interview with 4 companies for 30 minutes each, asking and answering each others questions. I landed 3 interviews from matchmaking! The only complaints I have about Tech Elevator are that some subjects could use an extra day and/or improved lecture materials. To no fault of the instructors, some of the lecture code they used in lectures was not applicable to what we were learning. Our instructor did their best to make a lesson that worked, and for what it's worth, they did a great job. On the pathway side, I think Tech Elevator could do a better job of verifying whether or not the showcased companies are hiring and what their tech stack is. Most of the companies that were showcased used C#/.NET, which was good for me, but the Java students felt underrepresented. I interviewed with a company that was showcased at matchmaking and completed a coding assignment for them only to find out that they were not hiring for a few months after the end of the bootcamp. Overall, Tech Elevator was an experience that I will remember fondly forever. I made good friends, learned valuable skills, and pushed myself farther than I thought I could go. Take the leap and go all in!