Code Ninjas reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,174 total reviews)
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David Graham

80% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Code Ninjas has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,174 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Code Ninjas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Mar 31, 2021
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Pros

- Students were fun to work with - Great coworkers

Cons

- The curriculum is copy and paste activities (copy everything on the instructions and submit) and the kids can't learn from it - The owner was not accommodating and would also release personal medical information without our permission - Many of the students enrolled were on the younger side (6-8 years old) and it became almost impossible to tend to their needs since they were all self-paced and all needed attention

3.0
Feb 18, 2021

Closer to baby-sitting than teaching

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Pros

- Kids who do want to learn (although far fewer than those who don't at my location) are extremely motivated and will ask questions that show basic understanding . - Management is nice and understanding of personal events.

Cons

- Most kids are brought because parents don't want to deal with them - As an addition to the previous note, these kids often don't care about learning coding basics. This, more often than not, results in them browsing the web and being incredibly unresponsive to any sensei trying to get them engaged. (In some cases, they throw a fit. They are kids and that's alright, but if they don't have an interest in coding, then their parents really shouldn't force them into it. My two-sense, at least.) - Others who have some interest become accustomed to following lego-like curriculum guides and never have the chance to experiment for themselves. The "prove yourself" challenges end up confusing most kids because they have been following step-by-step guides up until that point. - The Jr. course is a joke and it isn't worth anyone's time. (Mobile game) - Management wants everyone who comes by to enroll, very often including those so young that they do not know how to read (a particularly vital skill that high-school/college students aren't qualified or paid to teach).

2.0
Feb 13, 2020

Management is a mess

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Pros

Fun environment Work with javascript Working with kids Laid back

Cons

Underpaid Bad ownership Terrible communication Managers don't do any of the work

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