Pros
I was hired with Revature early 2012 (prior to changing their name to Revature). The training was great, they found me on a job board (I believe it was Monster.com) when I was having a tough time trying to find a job myself. One thing that helped me the most was not the technical training, but the soft skills training. They help you with resume building and interview preparation. I know many people talk about the marketing process however I can't say for myself that I had a bad experience. I got placed on a project within a week in Columbia, SC with the Department of Education. It was a great learning experience as my first job. I moved up pretty quickly within the development team and started code sharing ideas and presentations throughout the CIO department of DOE. The training definitely helped with my success in Columbia. I now work internally with Revature on the content platform team. I work on the training content for our online training platform (www.revature.com). Another big pro with Revature is the fact that we hire internally. Most of the trainers/content team (if not all) are former Revature graduates that went through the program.
Cons
The pay is not so great when you start out, however I do understand since I received free training. The benefits are okay, I wish I had more paid vacation days & also matching with 401(k). I only had 3 days to move all of my stuff to Columbia but luckily I didn't have any furniture or anything to move down, had to sleep on the ground for the first week before I had the opportunity to buy furniture. After the first couple of weeks of training I wish the pace stayed the same. I really wanted to learn as much as possible throughout the training but the last couple of weeks of training were a lot less rigorous.
