u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hi, I'm the founder of Formation and Coachable is a competitor so I want to disclose that bias but I'm trying to answer without considering that.
So first off, Launch School you have to do Core first - which is meant for people starting out generally - and THEN you do Capstone.
It's more of a bootcamp model + a long rampup period.
If you feel like your FE work is like Web 1.0 web-dev or 'shopify store' dev then I would consider Launch School.
If you feel like your FE work was real work (which it sounds like it is) then I would consider an interview/career-accelerator like Coachable.
If Coachable is an option, Formation is an option too and I can explain more about it. Interview Kickstart is the third option. Pathrise used to be an option but it closed down.
All three are different.
If you want to stick to Frontend then I would consider Formation only if you want to do FAANG-Frontend, where we focus on the generalist aspects and less on the frontend (we have stuff but it's not as strong as our DS&A).
If you want to change specialties, maybe Interview Kickstart. I personally don't love their model (1 4 hour lecture a week (super long, effectively recorded) + office hours VS Formation has an entirely dynamic schedule of small group sessions (\~5 people)) BUT they have more specializations Formation doesn't do.
Coachable is a single person - Darek - so if you feel good about working with him as coach then consider it, but it's basically a coaching service hiring Darek as your coach whereas Formation and IK are more a scaled up tech-empowered multi-prong approach.