LEARN TO CODE:
The Right Way
THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL
Meet Eric Wise
Our founder is a software architect with over 20 years of professional experience, a teacher, entrepreneur, father, husband, and gamer.
Eric brings his expertise to Skill Foundry in authoring our best curriculums, finding the best subject matter experts, and creating a space where anyone can learn to code.
Eric brings his expertise to Skill Foundry in authoring our best curriculums, finding the best subject matter experts, and creating a space where anyone can learn to code.
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ENGAGING CONTENT FOR DEEP LEARNING
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Asynchronous Online Experience
Hand-Crafted Curriculum
We have created and delivered transformational learning for over a decade. Our courses have the right mix of written lessons, video walkthroughs, quizzes, exercises, and capstone projects to build your confidence and competence.
Projects and Solutions
Each course provides lots of hands on practice. Every exercise comes with solutions and commentary to see how the professionals did it.
Each course culminates in larger capstone projects where you start from scratch to design and build solutions.
Each course culminates in larger capstone projects where you start from scratch to design and build solutions.
Mentorship and Community
Our learners hangout together in our private Discord Channels. Interact with your peers, form study groups, and get help from the Skill Foundry Mentorship Team.
WHAT OUR LEARNERS HAVE TO SAY:
#reached my goal | #well explained | #better than a bootcamp | #best course i've taken| #started interviewing
"As a beginner, this course has the right level of information and emphasis. Well structured and well explained!"
Priya Selvavel
"The course structure is great, no frills, no marketing, straight to the point, you can tell Eric has actually been in the industry and done the things he’s teaching… Hands down, one of the best programming courses I’ve taken."
Austin Bachurski
I used the first course to start to build my own text based adventure. Thanks for finally getting me started on the dream of making my own video game!
Morgan Jolly
Wherever you are on your pathway, we've got you covered!
Frequently Asked Questions
Can’t I just learn this all for free on my own?
Many beginners overlook the time and effort required to piece together a free learning pathway. Some resources are out-of-date, others provide information but lack projects to use for practice, some communities aren’t welcoming to beginners, others simply aren’t of good quality.
In fact, researchers at MIT have found that free resources like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are generally ineffective, with completion rates below 6% for free learners.
Bottom line, finding the right resources in the right order at the right time is frustrating and time consuming. All information can be had for free, go to a local library! Curation of quality content, crafted by professionals, and backed by a supportive community is valuable! We encourage you to compare our free sample to the free providers. Our content and teaching style has been evolving for over a decade and has successfully trained thousands of learners to write professional code. There’s a reason why Fortune 500 companies have hired Eric and team to design and run their training programs.
In fact, researchers at MIT have found that free resources like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are generally ineffective, with completion rates below 6% for free learners.
Bottom line, finding the right resources in the right order at the right time is frustrating and time consuming. All information can be had for free, go to a local library! Curation of quality content, crafted by professionals, and backed by a supportive community is valuable! We encourage you to compare our free sample to the free providers. Our content and teaching style has been evolving for over a decade and has successfully trained thousands of learners to write professional code. There’s a reason why Fortune 500 companies have hired Eric and team to design and run their training programs.
Is C# hard to learn?
Learning to code is challenging regardless of which language you start with. However, C# is one of the best starting points for new learners:
- Tooling and Support: The Visual Studio IDEs are packed with features and workflows that make writing and debugging code easier.
- C-Based Language: Learning an Object-Oriented Programming language that is from the C family allows you to take advantage of common code syntax and structure that makes learning other C-Based languages (Java, C++, etc.) much easier.
- Unparalleled Versatility: C# is a top tier language in many software development domains including web applications (ASP.NET Core), desktop and mobile applications (MAUI), game design (Unity, GoDot, etc.), machine learning (ML.NET), and embedded software (.NET NanoFramwork). You will be hard-pressed to find a language that allows to explore as many career pathways as C# does.
We have over a decade of experience taking beginners from zero to professional grade coding skills in C#. You're in good hands on this pathway!
How is this different from a bootcamp?
Our founder used to own and operate a bootcamp and we've deliberately structured Skill Foundry to be different in some critical ways:
- Our subscription is month-to-month: This gives our learners the flexibility to fit our programs around their life.
- More Affordable Support: At many bootcamps, you are paying for an instructor (often a graduate, not an experienced professional) to be available 20-40 hours per week regardless of whether you need them. Our Discord community allows you to ask questions and get answers from experienced professionals and your peers on-demand, eliminating that cost. If you need 1:1 time, you can book that directly with one of our mentors for an additional fee that is substantially lower than bootcamp rates.
- Increased Rigor: A big issue with bootcamp programs is that they are time-boxed and so are limited in the amount of content and the depth that they can go into certain topics. Our model allows us to go deeper and build in more activities and challenging projects because we aren't constrained like bootcamps are.
Do you have a refund policy?
Yes we do! If you are not happy with your experience, you may get a refund up to 7 days after your course purchase. Email us at support@skillfoundry.io with your information, and we'll be happy to work with you.
Our subscription has a built-in 7 day free trial. If you aren't satisfied simply cancel before you are billed.
Our subscription has a built-in 7 day free trial. If you aren't satisfied simply cancel before you are billed.
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