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Lots of questions if you care to answer: What does the curriculum look like? I’m on a phone and it wasn’t obvious What percentage take the course and don’t su

Lots of questions if you care to answer: What does the curriculum look like? I’m on a phone and it wasn’t obvious What percentage take the course and don’t succeed at getting a job offer? What percentage get a FAANG level offer? What does the typical successful “candidate” look like that takes the course? How is this better than just doing leetcode/CTCI/CIU[0]? How does this differ from /better than similar programs like techlead’s one[1] What happens if you pay the $8k upfront and fail to get an offer? [0] https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university [1] https://www.techseries.dev/ https://www.techseries.dev/ Edit: FYI your domain is 1 letter away from https://www.codebreakeracademy.com https://www.codebreakeracademy.com (which is a very different thing)

coachdarek 7y ago
The curriculum has 3 main parts: data structures/algorithms which include a review of the frequently asked topics such as binary trees, linked lists, heaps, etc. This covers the theory behind them, but also how to use them in the context of interviews. As our students work through these topics, they work with a coach who acts as a private coach. Then it's mock interviews where experienced engineers give feedback and tips on how to improve. Lastly, we help with the recruiting process which can involve connecting students with engineers at other companies for referrals. So far over 90% of our students succeed at getting a job offer. We rarely give up on students seeking jobs and we work with them until the are hired. ~70% end up getting a job paying >125k. Sometimes it's not FAANG, but still a really good tech company. Our candidates come from very diverse backgrounds. Most have some CS or a STEM background, but the best predictor we've found is consistency; will you sit down and work through our curriculum consistently. The difference is that you get a community/network of coaches and other students preparing for interviews as well as the structure. I didn't buy techleads' but I've noticed it's been on a "limited time" sale since August. Looks like they just charge 1k for an online course with fairly little guarantee of results. Thankfully it hasn't come up yet, but we're not in this to take $8k from someone and not help them. If there's a good reason why CodeBreakers wasn't a good fit and you paid upfront, we're open to discuss refunds.
- _q1cj 7y ago
  Tech Leads course is low quality and basically a cash grab. Very similar to DailyCodingChallenge (see the 26% one star rating of their book on Amazon), who also cashed out and actually advertise through Tech Lead.
  - dokiace 7y ago
    I knew it. Seems fishy
    - algaeontoast 7y ago
      I think Tech Lead has good advice, but the closest you get to any substance in their course outside of some well summarized algo primers is a recorded mock interview of Joma basically failing a NCG interview topic (results that anyone would agree would result in a pass and zero offer even if it was a preliminary phone screen). Although, I do like Joma’s content when he’s not just interviewing smug Bay Area posers ;)
coachdarek 7y ago
Re: Domain I know, I already got the domain so I didn't think of changing it -_- maybe down the road I will haha.

coachdarek 7y ago

The curriculum has 3 main parts: data structures/algorithms which include a review of the frequently asked topics such as binary trees, linked lists, heaps, etc. This covers the theory behind them, but also how to use them in the context of interviews. As our students work through these topics, they work with a coach who acts as a private coach. Then it's mock interviews where experienced engineers give feedback and tips on how to improve. Lastly, we help with the recruiting process which can involve connecting students with engineers at other companies for referrals. So far over 90% of our students succeed at getting a job offer. We rarely give up on students seeking jobs and we work with them until the are hired. ~70% end up getting a job paying >125k. Sometimes it's not FAANG, but still a really good tech company. Our candidates come from very diverse backgrounds. Most have some CS or a STEM background, but the best predictor we've found is consistency; will you sit down and work through our curriculum consistently. The difference is that you get a community/network of coaches and other students preparing for interviews as well as the structure. I didn't buy techleads' but I've noticed it's been on a "limited time" sale since August. Looks like they just charge 1k for an online course with fairly little guarantee of results. Thankfully it hasn't come up yet, but we're not in this to take $8k from someone and not help them. If there's a good reason why CodeBreakers wasn't a good fit and you paid upfront, we're open to discuss refunds.

_q1cj 7y ago
Tech Leads course is low quality and basically a cash grab. Very similar to DailyCodingChallenge (see the 26% one star rating of their book on Amazon), who also cashed out and actually advertise through Tech Lead.
- dokiace 7y ago
  I knew it. Seems fishy
  - algaeontoast 7y ago
    I think Tech Lead has good advice, but the closest you get to any substance in their course outside of some well summarized algo primers is a recorded mock interview of Joma basically failing a NCG interview topic (results that anyone would agree would result in a pass and zero offer even if it was a preliminary phone screen). Although, I do like Joma’s content when he’s not just interviewing smug Bay Area posers ;)

coachdarek 7y ago

Re: Domain I know, I already got the domain so I didn't think of changing it -_- maybe down the road I will haha.