I know someone who went who I also helped through the process. My opinions based on observations of her experience: 1) She didn't learn anything she couldn't h

I know someone who went who I also helped through the process. My opinions based on observations of her experience: 1) She didn't learn anything she couldn't have learned on code academy or learn python the hard way. 2) She didn't like the social environment. Quote: "I thought it would be frat boys calling me sexy mexy, not passive aggressive hipsters basking in the glow of steve jobs style superiority. At least some brogrammers are hot." 2b) GA is all about group projects and public demos. She wanted to do coding because she'd rather sit with her computer alone than deal with hipsters. 3) She said many interviewers looked down on the GA name after experience with underskilled GA leavers. 4) She got a coding job and the pay hike has probably paid for the cost of GA by now. tl;dr; If you can just learn the new skills and post code to github, you probably just saved $12k over what GA offers.