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I've been reading and calling eight hours per day for two weeks straight in an effort to choose the correct camp. I sincerely looked at MiT xPro, and have ruled it out of my choices. Previous attendees of MiT xPro have detailed their experiences in the program on Reddit and report to be unhappy with their experience. It appears many universities "sell" their name to boot camp providers and operate as an extension program. The accounts and reviews have not been great, even when operating as an extension of the most respected colleges. I'm not going to join any program involving a university, because the handful of companies that actually run these programs do not provide the education and service attendees expected. After all my searching, I feel there is a lot of shadiness in the boot camp world. This isn't to say there aren't fantastic camps that alumni are more than happy with. CIRR.ORG is really great resource, although reporting seems to have stopped since 2020. Reading their data will indirectly tip you off to some of the dishonesty in the industry. One example of dishonesty by schools is the practice of hiring last cohort grads to teach the next cohort in order to inflate the post-graduation job placement numbers. This is my first Reddit post after lurking for years. I hope to contribute meaningfully to the coding community at large. Answer from CapybaraTruffles on reddit.com

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r/codingbootcamp on Reddit: Is MIT XPRo worth it?

February 10, 2022 -

Is MIT XPro worth it?

I’m dropping a note to say I’m dropping a lot of money and time into this coding program. I opened the ‘0-1 week’ and I’m seeing nothing but free online resources jammed into one section with no instruction or structure. Basically screams, “teach yourself”. I’m nervous to continue on because I need the structure and practice as I’m completely new to tech. I have decided to leave healthcare (after this pandemic) and this is completely new to me. I’d love to choose a boot camp where I’ll learn the best so I’m better prepared for real world hands on experience. Any insight from others would be greatly appreciated!

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My husband is about 3/4th of of the way through this course and he hates it and regrets spending the money. He says the material is outdated, poorly explained, and riddled with errors. Look into freeCodeCamp and Full Stack Open through the University of Helsinki- they are free and have almost exact same content with higher quality tutorials. Other members of his cohort have expressed similar feelings about the bootcamp- that this program is borderline scammy because of how mediocre the material is for the price, especially when there are so many free resources available. It's disappointing that such a prestigious school is allowing their name to be used in a cash grab.

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r/codingbootcamp on Reddit: Just Got Approved For MIT xPRO Coding Bootcamp, Full Stack MERN

May 29, 2025 -

I figured this is the best reputable coding bootcamp where I can get my foot in the door just by having their name on my certificate of completion. Anything negative you heard about this? I have a little bit of experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python when I worked in advertising/marketing when I had to create/edit websites. On top of that, its only $7750 or so compared to the other non reputable coding bootcamps who charge up to $30k.

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Any top tier university that has a coding bootcamp is actually just some outsourced bootcamp with the university’s name slapped on it. It doesn’t help you one bit.

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Sorry, but the "MIT" name slapped on a bootcamp certificate doesn't help you as much as you think. Bootcamps are bootcamps, reputation of a bootcamp means nothing. Bootcamps are all almost universally viewed negatively by employers.

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r/learnprogramming on Reddit: WANTED: Advice/ Reviews on MIT Professional Certificate for Full Stack Development with MERN

November 13, 2020 -

Hi, I found this MIT Professional Certificate for Full Stack Development with MERN program (link below), but I can't seem to find reviews for this specific program. I looked at the curriculum and it seems similar to other bootcamps out there. Has anyone here completed this program, if so, how was your experience with it? Are there any other programs or resources that any of you recommend? I have no experience other than online tutorials but I am looking to make a career change to front end development in the next year. (Currently run a math boot camp at a community college.) I am very committed and eager to learn. I would appreciate any advice and thank you all ahead of time.

Program link: MIT Professional Certificate for Fullstack Web Development with MERN

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MIT jumped the bandwagon of making $$ off of the bootcamp trend (CalTech does that with Simplilearn).

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Hi there, My name is Erin Rosenblatt and I’m from the team at Emeritus, the organization that runs this program in collaboration with MIT xPRO. I wanted to hop in here to add some more detail about the course, how it’s structured and why, and the types of support we provide. We are always eager to hear from our learners as that helps us to continuously improve. If you haven’t already, u/Square_Rabbit65 , I invite you to share this feedback and anything else about your experience with our Program Support team. This 32-week program is designed for beginners to go from little-to-no coding experience to being prepared for an entry-level full stack coding job. Learners are meant to devote 15-20 hours a week to completing assignments and it’s a flexible course so we don’t have any fixed times of the day or week in which this work must be done. Here’s a quick overview of the course content: Part 1 - Web Development with JavaScript: The first three weeks of the course are foundational weeks, designed for absolute beginners to set up their systems and to learn about foundational computer and programming concepts as they begin to learn JavaScript. Weeks, 4-7 revisit these foundational concepts in greater depth and give learners the opportunity for additional practice. In Weeks 8-10, learners focus on styling, asynchronous programming and recursion. They build sites with more complex animations, such as a map displaying live bus location data or an animation that follows a user’s mouse movements. Part 2 - Front-End Development: In Weeks 11 – 20, learners develop skills in React starting with simple projects in React standalone, working with hooks, state, and parent/child components. By Week 13, they create their first app with the create-react-app toolchain and by the end of Week 20 they’ve created a front-end application and deployed it to the cloud. Part 3 - Back-End Development: In Weeks 20-30, learners incorporate the server and data store to build a complete application. They use common libraries and tools to improve their projects and testing. They will also work with testing and DevOps. Learners wrap up the course with a portfolio of their projects to demonstrate their skills to employers. And here’s some information about how we expect learners to spend the 15-20 hours per week of course time: Faculty videos: The videos from MIT faculty are designed for learners to code along. While there is between 45-120 minutes of video content per week (later weeks get longer), we expect learners to follow along, pause, re-watch the videos as they code. If a learner is actively coding along with the videos, we anticipate they would take between 3-5 hours to watch and experiment with code. Coding activities and assignments: Between graded exercises and coding challenges posed in the videos, we expect learners to spend between 7-10 hours completing coding exercises each week. Additional activities: We expect learners to spend up to 3 hours per week completing knowledge checks and contributing to discussions with their classmates. These activities are designed for learners to quickly test their understanding and to extend their knowledge and use what they’ve learned creatively. Additional resources: We provide a summary guide for each week along with curated supplementary resources. We encourage learners to explore these resources to both learn more about the topics covered and to get plugged into industry-standard resources and communities. As with most things, the more you put in, the more you get out. Projects & Capstone: Each of the 3 sections of the course has a final project to bring together the concepts and provide an opportunity for real-world application. These projects are graded by our Course Leaders and learners receive feedback on their work and how to improve. Part 1: Learners will develop a personal website to highlight the 3 coding projects they will completed in the course. We expect learners to work on this project over 5 weeks and to make continuous improvements over the duration of the course. Part 2: Learners build out the front end of a banking application with React. They’ll focus on synchronizing parent/child components to ensure the data captured locally is updated based on user input. We expect learners to work on this project for 4 weeks. Part 3: For their final capstone project, learners have 2 choices. They may build out the back end of the front-end banking application they developed in Part 2 or they can work on a new project to build out a full stack restaurant ordering application from scratch. We expect learners to work on this for 5-6 weeks. Finally, I’ll include some of the support that we provide in the program: Learning Facilitators: Along with discussion boards where learners can post questions to receive responses from their learning facilitators and peers, this course offers multiple office hours each week. The office hours are live sessions with learning facilitators where learners can ask questions directly. Learners also have access to a support ticket system that allows them to send questions directly to the learning facilitators. Industry Mentors: Learners work with mentors who have years of industry experience and have built teams of developers at their companies. Mentors meet with learners in groups and 1:1 to explore possible career paths in the web development industry, and the steps to get there They also provide guidance and feedback on capstone projects at the end of this course. Career Coaches: Career coaches work with learners throughout the program in group and 1:1 sessions to cover topics such as: resumes, how to begin a job search, LinkedIn networking, interviewing, and salary negotiation. As has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, this is a new course, just launched in December of 2020. So far, our learner feedback has been positive overall, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas that we could improve the curriculum and experience. We’ve rolled out a few improvements already and have more in the works. For anyone who has any questions about this program, you can DM me or email mit@emeritus.org .

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But it's from MIT !? ;) Yeah. I've seen it - and I know many people who dropped out because it was just really terribly done. : /

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It's crazy because I realized pretty much every bootcamp jam packs way too much in usually a 3-4month period with a ton of code alongs and rarely does the person have enough time to stop and think about what they're doing during the course work. Most people would literally be better off doing something online before entering one for the certificate. -freecodecamp -projectodin -sololearn -codeacademy -youtube have all been exponentially more helpful. This industry even with credentials is largely self taught.

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September 23, 2021 -

Does anyone have experience with the MIT xPRO bootcamp? I’ve heard this is fairly new. I’m currently in the September cohort in week 1 and am finding that it is not remotely beginner friendly. They advertised this as something someone with no coding experience could do but I’m not finding that to be the case. The videos speak as if you already know how to do half the commands, and don’t actually give directions on basic commands that you will rely on for the rest of the course.

If it doesn’t improve, I’m afraid I will need to drop the course as it was a massive investment and I can’t afford to miss the drop period.

Has anyone done this program and can shed some light on how someone with very little/outdated coding experience could possibly get past even week 1?

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I’m currently enrolled in week 2 and really struggling does it get easier or should I consider dropping it and trying to learn it on my own

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Hi. Just looked at the website for this program. Provided by Emeritus, right? Not sure of more info out there about them.

Is the JavaScript portion the first of 3 courses? If so, which concepts have been covered so far?
(If Statements, Loops, Functions)

Those would be typical to start diving into the first week. And some other light CS concepts as well.

reddit.com › r/codingbootcamp › i’m a beginner and have been looking into mit xpro's certification course but have come across freecodecamp and it seems like a decent program. i have time to study and educate myself but i’m not rich and would also like to try to get my foot in the door as fast as i can. any advice?

r/codingbootcamp on Reddit: I’m a beginner and have been looking into MIT xPRO's certification course but have come across freecodecamp and it seems like a decent program. I have time to study and educate myself but I’m not rich and would also like to try to get my foot in the door as fast as I can. Any advice?

April 2, 2022 - The most succesful bootcamp grads almost always teach themselves to code on their own first. Paid bootcamps are best at helping you get over the finish line when you're already halfway there. ... I’ve heard really bad comments made about MIT xPRO certification.

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July 21, 2021 - I am currently in the MIT xPro Professional Coding Bootcamp for Women...run as far as you can from it! I just started week 3 and the majority of students in this course are heavily overwhelmed and complaining like I have never seen before. For the most part, we are all beginners (me included).

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r/codingbootcamp on Reddit: Is MIT xPRO: Prof-Cert in Coding a good boot camp to attend?

August 28, 2022 - I think it's fairly new. Maybe that's why? I picked a bootcamp not only because of the tech stalk but also because of the help I'll get with redoing my resume, practicing white boarding and getting an extensive network at the end.

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r/learnprogramming on Reddit: Should I find a coding crash course/bootcamp or just self teach and build my own portfolio?

November 16, 2021 -

So I'm looking to start learning how to code and I was looking into the MIT xPro bootcamp for women but it costs $6,950. I was reading a different thread here and there are some mixed reviews/opinions about the value of the program. I realize I could learn a lot of required coding skills through Udemy or others, but I'm wondering if people know how valuable the certificate provided by MIT might be in a career search. I'm also wondering if people know of similarly directed and thorough programs that give certificates but cost less.

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I am a mostly self taught dev, my current position title is senior software engineer. So my advice might be biased to the path I took... I'd skip the certificate especially at that price tag, as others pointed out it's MIT in name only. how valuable a certificate is It might get you past an HR screen, but that is really about it, most of the job hunt benefit from a bootcamp comes from connections the bootcamp has, or their job placement programs etc. I've been involved in the hiring of a number of devs over my career, speaking from that experience I can tell you when I get a resume for a jr dev, first thing I look for is a github link, and if not then a personal website portfolio link. After I've looked at there code I go back and see what they list as proficiency, degrees, and programs. For more mid level jobs, it's all about that portfolio and code sample/challenges. So basically build up a good portfolio, include all the silly and basic examples you do as you lean, it helps really show how you learn and grow. A repo with one project that is super polished but only one commit is far less interesting to me in terms of hiring, than a repo with dozens or more commits and a kinda polished project. similarly directed and thorough programs You can take most of the MIT CS program online for free via MIT OpenCourseWare there is also this great guide . In terms of where to start, Python is a great first language, and it's what the MIT program uses IIRC.as you go along and need to learn a specific skill, Udemy can be useful but the courses tend to be very hit or miss. If you need the defined course structure to learn they can be a great tool but if you can learn on your own there are plenty of free quality resources out there. TL:DR Start learning now, don't pay someone for a certificate. Build a portfolio of all your work in github, iterate over the same project as you learn new things. I hope that helps!

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Same boat. If you dig further you'll see it's MIT is name only, the certificate is by xPro. I'm also finding wildly mixed reviews on boot camp vs self taught. Going down the freecodecamp and codecademy paths (with Udemy to fill in the gaps) currently unless I can find a <$10k school that seems worth while. Hell, my local community college, which I'd go with in a heart beat, is charging $13,000 for their nine month program. Even with text books and lab fees factored in, that's more money than their two year associates degrees.

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r/learnprogramming on Reddit: Does anyone have experience with MIT xPRO Professional Certificates for Software Engineering

November 17, 2022 -

Hey all, so I am a developer in the database sector of computer science. I work mainly with SQL and Python and have been for a few years but not doing anything super complicated with the Python mainly to automate some ETL processes. The bulk of my work I do in T-SQL specifically because I've always worked in Microsoft shops. As far as that goes I would say I'm already at the very advanced level and can write a query for just about anything excluding the ones used for DBA functions because I have always been working as a Data Analyst and now as a Data Engineer.

The reason I'm interested in this course I found from MIT xPRO online is Data Engineering seems to be one of the hottest realms in the programming world right now just like Data Science was a few years ago (and still is of course) but many companies failed in their data science implementations because they didn't have the proper Data Engineering architecture. Also with everything migrating to the cloud and platforms like Azure AWS and GCP are being used more now than ever.

My Data Engineering skills would be considered somewhat dated because the only tools I use are in the Microsoft suite of applications. For example the majority of my ETLs are built in SSIS, our reporting laying is using SQL Server Analysis Services connected to a BI Tool or just reports themselves in SQL Server Reporting Services.

The program I looked at for MIT xPRO offers courses in all the newest Big Data and Cloud platforms like Hadoop , Spark, Kafka, No-SQL databases and advanced Python programming for data pipelines. And of course MIT is a world renowned academic center. The course is expected to take 6 months and only cost $7,500 or so which for me makes it much more realistic and affordable than going back to school for a master's degree related to programming.

Anyway the link the program is here :

https://executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu/professional-certificate-data-engineering

But what I wanted to know was has anyone else used their MIT xPRO platform to earn one of these certificates? It obviously doesn't have to be the Data Engineering one they offer programs in many different areas of software engineering. And if so how did you like the program and more importantly do you feel you got a significant value from it.

There are so many online bootcamps and certificate programs out there now to choose from but you never really know if they are good or not, many of them seem like they were just thrown together really quickly for the school or organization to make a quick buck. This program also differs from others that in their official brochure it really breaks down how each module is structured, how your time would be allocated (they are saying 15-20 hours a week to finish the program in 6 months), basically saying 1-2 hours a week are watching pre recorded lectures , 6 hours doing independent exercises and readings, 4 hours of grades test etc etc etc

I would love to get some feedback from others on if enrolling in this type of program is really worth it and if the return in investment of not just money but the time makes sense to do.

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if the return in investment of not just money Self-pay? Hell no. Companies' dimes / getting this comped under a "continuing education" budget? That's a maybe. I mean for one thing, there are cheaper courses, and even fantastic free resources everywhere (search awesome- on github for example). And I think after a certain point, you're really not going to learn a whole lot from a course. You're not a noob, so you're probably going to get a lot less out of most of these structured learning paths anyway. Why not just setup and teardown some cloud labs and shuffle some data around them? Anyway, there's the community-based https://dataengineering.wiki/Index which has a coupla Airflow tables with a bunch more courses linked. I'm not a DE so I can't speak to any of them but even within my niche of devopsy-ish things there's only maybe a handful of courses that are any good. The rest? Probably not even worth the time investment if they were free. You read Designing Data Intensive Applications yet? Seems to be one of the longer-term reading materials for data eng.

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I took a 9 month xpro web dev bootcamp. It wasn’t worth the money. I was very lucky in finding a unicorn programming job locally afterward that probably would’ve hired me anyway. Most people in my cohort still don’t have jobs in the field, plus it was meant to “get a foot in the door” - the last week that our first job will teach us everything we need to know. It was pre-recorded mit professors (not updated since 2019). (Idk why bc they’re addressing docker so why not fn use the tools youre teaching to create an environment where you don’t have to worry about finding the outdated extensions to match the lecture) Anyway, I generally do not recommend it.

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r/ITCareerQuestions on Reddit: Is the MIT xPro certification worth the price of almost $7,000.

August 13, 2021 -

How is this MIT xPro certificate?

https://mit-xpro-online-education.emeritus.org/professional-certificate-cybersecurity?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Job_Title_US_28to50&utm_campaign=B-14368_US_FB_INT_PCCY_Sep_21_Job_Title&utm_content=PCCY-Dynamic+Ad&utm_term=PCCY-Dynamic+Ad&utm_campaign_id=23847753038680018&utm_adset_id=23847753038780018&utm_placement=Instagram_Feed&utm_ad_id=23847753038760018&fbclid=PAAaZTklISCmXmR92zPTIy2aDl9X4WUSh9Tc4C-Y6SpoMAyJ2JksgPbbvk404

Worth the price??

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You’re not an MIT grad, you’re in a program by a company called Emeritus who is paying MIT to use its name. IT bootcamps are dumb. Stop trying to find a shortcut. Either go to a university correctly or learn how to study for a basic cert to get a helpdesk job.

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It's a very broad curriculum with only a week, or occasionally two, spent on each topic. You are not going to get into any meaningful depth. Regardless of the MIT brand on the piece of paper you are going to come out the end of it with roughly the same amount of knowledge and skill as if you'd studied well for the CompTIA Security+ and possibly another similar level cert. You could spend $7000 far more effectively.

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“With the rise of complex digital projects in every industry, it is hard to overstate the demand for highly skilled project managers who can speak the language of engineers and developers and drive process change to deliver high-quality technical projects and products for their organizations,” said Erin Rosenblatt, Vice President of Online Certificates and Bootcamps, Emeritus. “We are so excited to collaborate with MIT xPRO to offer this affordable and impactful program taught by pioneers in the project management field.”