Independent guides to breaking into tech
Find the right way into a tech career
Honest, up-to-date reviews of coding bootcamps, professional certificates, and certifications, plus the free programs and apprenticeships most review sites skip. Every program is checked against its own website and dated, and we cover schools whether or not they pay us.
✓ Verified at the source✓ Updated November 2026✓ Written by a Hack Reactor grad
Four ways into tech
Pick the path that fits your budget and schedule
Each section is a directory of every major program, with prices, length, and whether it is still enrolling, plus in-depth reviews.
Coding bootcamps
Structured, instructor-led programs with career support, from full-time immersives to part-time online tracks.
Professional certificates
Self-paced online programs built by Google, Meta, IBM, and Microsoft for specific entry-level jobs.
Certifications
Industry exams that employers screen for, from CompTIA A+ and Security+ to AWS, Azure, and Cisco.
Other paths
Free curricula, tuition-free job training, apprenticeships, university programs, and online degrees.
Not sure where to start?
Start with what matters most to you
“I’m on a tight budget.”
Start with a free program like freeCodeCamp, or a professional certificate that costs a few hundred dollars.
“I want structure and accountability.”
Compare bootcamps on price, schedule, and status, and check tuition-free job-training programs first.
“I need to get past résumé filters.”
For IT and security jobs, certifications like CompTIA A+ and Security+ are what postings ask for.
Latest reviews and guides
Researched, verified, and dated
Google Cybersecurity Certificate Review
The 9 courses, the real cost, and what it takes to turn it into a security job.
Hack Reactor Review
What one of the original immersive bootcamps costs today and whether it is still worth it.
How to Pay for a Coding Bootcamp
Every option, cheapest money first: employer aid, grants, scholarships, and loans.
Git and GitHub for Absolute Beginners
Install Git, make your first commit, and push your code to GitHub.
We track bootcamp closures, too
General Assembly, BloomTech, CareerFoundry, and Turing School have all closed or stopped enrolling individual students since 2025. Check a school’s status before you pay a deposit.
Why trust us
How we review
Verified at the source
Prices, schedules, and status come from each program’s own website, and every page shows the date we last checked.
Independent
We cover programs whether or not they pay us, and commissions never change a verdict. Read our disclosure.
Written by a graduate
Michael Stromberg finished Hack Reactor in 2016 and still works in software. About us.
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