Top 4 Coding Bootcamps in San Francisco for Career Changers

Coding bootcamp mania is sweeping the nation, and the home of the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary has a robust selection of bootcamps.

Technology and entrepreneurship are a strong part of San Francisco’s culture, and there are many coding bootcamps to choose from. We researched and picked four of the top coding bootcamps in San Francisco for people interested in switching careers.

Note: Full-time bootcamps have some hidden costs; see our True Cost Calculator for details.

General Assembly

Cost: $9,500 — $11,500
Schedule: 8+ hours a day, for 8 to 12 weeks
Setting: In-person classroom

General Assembly’s San Francisco campus holds classes on user experience design and web development. They offer expert-level classroom instruction and help building a professional portfolio.

Dev Bootcamp

Cost: $13,950
Schedule: 9 weeks of part-time work, then 12 hours a day, six days a week for 9 to 15 weeks
Setting: In-person classroom

​Dev Bootcamp trains software development beginners to become full-stack web developers. Their course teaches modern web development technologies in a classroom setting after a 9-week part-time remote course. ​

Hack Reactor

Cost: $17,780
Schedule: 11 hours per day, six days a week for 12 weeks
Setting: In-person classroom, remote classroom

If you already have a bit of coding under your belt, Hack Reactor can take your skills to the next level. Their program teaches the MEAN stack and provides an intense learning environment for their students. Because their program expects some existing knowledge of software development, it is among the most rigorous available.

Bloc

Cost: $12,000
Schedule: Part-time, 25 hours per week for 36 weeks (other options available)
Setting: Online, remote

Located in San Francisco, Bloc allows you to choose a personal one-on-one Mentor who meets with you online. Accompanied by hand-crafted curriculum, Bloc teaches full stack web development, iOS and Android development, and user experience and interface design.

If you need an in-person, full-time bootcamp, Dev Bootcamp is the better value, with much more training and only a 20% price increase. But the added expense of full-time bootcamps’ hidden costs make them unappealing for most who cannot afford to quit their existing job in order to attend a coding bootcamp in San Francisco. Additionally, mentorship is generally more effective than classroom training (see Bloom’s 2-Sigma Problem).

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