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== Product ==

== Product ==

As of October 2020, the site had over 20,000 reviews of 1000 different programming bootcamps and courses across 30 different countries.<ref>https://www.switchup.org name=”SwitchUp”</ref><ref name=”wired” /> <ref name=”venturebeat”>{{cite web|title=Take this quiz to find out which coding bootcamp to attend — if any at all |date=19 August 2014 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/18/take-this-quiz-to-find-out-which-coding-bootcamp-to-attend-if-any-at-all/ |publisher=VentureBeat|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> Switch guides students on a career path, recommends bootcamps, and aggregates alumni reviews.<ref name=”venturebeat”/>

As of October 2020, the site had over 20,000 reviews of 1000 different programming bootcamps and courses across 30 different countries.<ref>https://www.switchup.org name=”SwitchUp”</ref><ref name=”wired” /><ref name=”venturebeat”>{{cite web|title=Take this quiz to find out which coding bootcamp to attend — if any at all |date=19 August 2014 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/18/take-this-quiz-to-find-out-which-coding-bootcamp-to-attend-if-any-at-all/ |publisher=VentureBeat|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> Switch guides students on a career path, recommends bootcamps, and aggregates alumni reviews.<ref name=”venturebeat”/>

== Research Publications and Rankings ==

== Research Publications and Rankings ==


Latest revision as of 09:35, 9 November 2025

SwitchUp is an online coding and computing programing platform.[1] Students use the website to research online and offline programming courses by reading alumni reviews, connecting with mentors in the forum, taking an online quiz, and reading industry studies.[2] SwitchUp only accepts reviews from verified alumni and has a verification process.

SwitchUp was started by Jonathan Lau after attending a coding bootcamp in Boston. He launched SwitchUp with a small team, and left the first review on the website.

SwitchUp aims to add transparency to the technology education industry.[3] The website was launched in August 2014.[4]

As of October 2020, the site had over 20,000 reviews of 1000 different programming bootcamps and courses across 30 different countries.[5][2][6] Switch guides students on a career path, recommends bootcamps, and aggregates alumni reviews.[6]

Research Publications and Rankings

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SwitchUp regularly publishes industry research[7] and bootcamp rankings.[8] They also put out data science,[9] cyber security,[10] and web design[11] rankings.

They also offer scholarship information[12] and listings for bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.[13]

In a job outcomes study conducted by researchers published on Dec 1, 2016, the following trends were found:[7]

  • 63% of graduates reported increase in salary
  • 80% of graduates reported they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’
  • Average class size is 30 students with a 1-to-3.8 student instructor ratio
  • A one-tailed paired-difference test showed that the increase in salary was statistically significant at the 95% level

SwitchUp also published the 2018 best coding bootcamp rankings on December 31, 2018.[8]

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