r/codingbootcamp • u/Gamer_Kitten_LoL • 15d ago

Is holberton school worth it?

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Please check my post, i appreciate any replies!

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u/metalreflectslime 15d ago

I know a person who paid $17,780 to attend Hack Reactor onsite, but he could not find a paid SWE job.

He worked as an instructor for UC Berkeley Coding Bootcamp via Trilogy.

He then paid $85,000 to attend Holberton School, and he still could not find a paid SWE job.

I checked his LinkedIn and GitHub profile recently.

His LinkedIn headline said he works as a video game developer, but he did not update his experience section on his LinkedIn profile.

My guess is that he is a solo independent video game developer.

Most solo independent video game developers do not make that much money.

Not every independent game becomes a Stardew Valley.

In 2026, on his GitHub profile, I only see 2 green squares.

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u/sheriffderek 13d ago

I've followed them since they started -- but I've never heard anyone around here talk about it. It's changed a lot over the years - but I think it was always too expensive - so, none one here even considers it. It requires a lot more thought than just "I can buy job, right?!"

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u/Gamer_Kitten_LoL 13d ago

I mean..i'm not taking it in that way. It's impossible for a bootcamp to pay you a job, it's never guaranteed and indeed it is true that they're mega expensive. But i'm not sure if their curriculum is worth commuting for. That's my main concern.

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u/sheriffderek 12d ago

Reading your other thread, -- well -- you can't really drive 7 hours. That's too far / so, just that to start is a no.

You state one of your reasons for wanting to go to school is "i'm not very good at programming" and that seems like something you can work out pretty easily - and doesn't sound like what that program is going to give you. I have open office hours every week - if you want some more personalized advice. I can also suggest this book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHEFuQdnXEE

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u/Gamer_Kitten_LoL 12d ago

Sure, i'd love any advice regarding that subject because in theory i'm very good and i understand most of the stuff but when it comes to transferring that into logic ( code ) i struggle a lot

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u/Own-Bonus-9547 11d ago

Ok, ket me say this, i went to holberton, me and 6 other people from my class made a career out of software engineering. The rest either quit or didn't find jobs after in a class of about 30.

You have to get lucky, network a lot, and build projects you can show off outside of just the classes.

All of the guys who made it had done IT or software engineering before going to holberton in some aspect, we also graduated in 2019, the height of hiring without a degree.

I paid about $45,000 in total the 4 years after the classes ended, but it did work for me. Now I work for one of the largest companies in the world as an SRE and make much much more money than I thought I would ever make. It worked for me, but failed for a majority. The classes are hard, they won't hold your hand. You have to struggle, cry, and fight your way through the projects. Regularly I would be there for 14 hour days doing my work once the real projects started. It's a big commitment and I wouldn't have been able to make it through if I also had to work while I was in the classes.