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Author	SarahInLaLaLand
Comment	I did code clan last year when I was 39 and got my first job when I turned 40. You are not too old. I also don’t have a ‘tech’ background or even a prior interest in it. My background was mostly in retail & design. My best advice is to completely clear your schedule for the 16weeks as it’s intensive and requires working in the evening and weekends. Do a few free online courses before you start, as well as the pre-coursework they give you. The more you know before, the better you’ll get on. One of the best things about CC is their employer partnerships. You are guaranteed interviews for jobs at the end of your course with these partners who are mostly large companies. I would say 90% of my class ended up being employed by these partners. Starting wage is around £25k for a junior role with these companies. I chose not to take one of these jobs and for 4 months after I finished, I worked on personal projects for my portfolio and learned 2 more languages. I then got a role paying £10k more than the roles I was offered via CC partners. I can’t stress how important the employee partnerships are. It gets you a foot in the door that you otherwise wouldn’t have doing other boot camps or learning yourself. For most people, it’s worth the fee alone. I had my own business so wasn’t in a rush to get a job. If I didn’t have other income, I would 100% have taken one of the partner roles. My only criticism is that they advertise the course as doable for people starting completely from scratch with zero prior knowledge or experience. Unfortunately I found that to be untrue. I had to work so hard to keep up with the class as many people on the course had prior experience of coding whereas I had none. I felt the class went at the pace of the majority and not the minority. And that is no reflection on the instructors as they were all fantastic and were available for extra tuition with you. It’s more down to the time factor. Honestly, it was the best thing I’ve ever done. It completely changed my life and earning potential. If you want to talk more, just DM me
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/z9ils3/codeclan_thinking_of_doing_it_but_have_a_few/iz08di2/
Created	Mon 5th Dec 2022 2:48pm
Status	normal ()

I did code clan last year when I was 39 and got my first job when I turned 40. You are not too old. I also don’t have a ‘tech’ background or even a prior interest in it. My background was mostly in retail & design.

My best advice is to completely clear your schedule for the 16weeks as it’s intensive and requires working in the evening and weekends. Do a few free online courses before you start, as well as the pre-coursework they give you. The more you know before, the better you’ll get on.

One of the best things about CC is their employer partnerships. You are guaranteed interviews for jobs at the end of your course with these partners who are mostly large companies. I would say 90% of my class ended up being employed by these partners. Starting wage is around £25k for a junior role with these companies. I chose not to take one of these jobs and for 4 months after I finished, I worked on personal projects for my portfolio and learned 2 more languages. I then got a role paying £10k more than the roles I was offered via CC partners.

I can’t stress how important the employee partnerships are. It gets you a foot in the door that you otherwise wouldn’t have doing other boot camps or learning yourself. For most people, it’s worth the fee alone. I had my own business so wasn’t in a rush to get a job. If I didn’t have other income, I would 100% have taken one of the partner roles.

My only criticism is that they advertise the course as doable for people starting completely from scratch with zero prior knowledge or experience. Unfortunately I found that to be untrue. I had to work so hard to keep up with the class as many people on the course had prior experience of coding whereas I had none. I felt the class went at the pace of the majority and not the minority. And that is no reflection on the instructors as they were all fantastic and were available for extra tuition with you. It’s more down to the time factor.

Honestly, it was the best thing I’ve ever done. It completely changed my life and earning potential. If you want to talk more, just DM me