Dev Academy vs University Part V: It’s about people

*Cost of University is the average cost of 4 year Engineering degrees at Otago, Waikato, Canterbury, Auckland and Massey Universities. **Universities do not track or release rates of graduates landing a job in their field. Data released by MOE in 2013 showed that 53% of Bachelor’s degree holders were in employment one year after study. This did not specify whether they were working in the field they had studied. ***Dev Academy’s hire rate is based on students finding a job as a junior developer within 4 months of graduating.

Enspiral Dev Academy is an 18 week coding bootcamp based in Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand.

Why choose Enspiral Dev Academy?

The table above shows the difference between studying to become a web developer at Dev Academy vs University. This blog series investigates the reasons why you might want to choose Dev Academy, including It’s faster, It’s cheaper, You can get a job out of it, It’s adaptive and continuing with reason 5: It’s about people.

It’s about people

There’s something that the numbers don’t show, and that’s Dev Academy’s culture of inclusion. Dev Academy is about people: you become friends with the people you journey with on your cohort, you are heavily supported by your teachers and staff, and you leave with a whole new community alongside you. The diversity of Dev Academy’s students is renowned and sits at its heart as one of our core values. People from all backgrounds and identities feel comfortable here. As well as teaching you to code, Dev Academy’s curriculum emphasises “soft skills” — that is communication, dispute resolution and emotional intelligence. These skills are shown to make technically capable people far, far more hireable, and we mirror their importance by walking with you the whole way through your web development journey. The experience is far better than being a number in a 500 person lecture theatre, waiting in line for student support services.

To sum

Job are not the be all and end all of our existence on this planet. Universities are excellent places to go to learn the theory and science of web development. But for those wanting to upskill rapidly and change their lives, Dev Academy is the way to go. We give you the tools you need to become a web developer and create the future. Web development is creative, it’s ever-evolving, it’s challenging and it’s about problem solving. If you think Dev Academy might be the place for you, check out our website and apply today for the next Auckland or Wellington cohort.