We have used the services in order to build fast a team of developers. I am glad to know these guys - I want to order more of their work. Good job Philip!
I can certainly say x8academy is one very good place for learning new interesting and really usefull things and acquiring programing skills. I've met great mentors and possitive peopple. One of the best things in the academy is that you learn not only dev skills but also you will learn to work with other people in situations resembling the real workflow.
X8 is one of the best academies where people can learn the fundamentals with ease and, of course, with the help of great lecturers. My experience there benefitted me a lot because I met a lot of people who were eager to learn, and even more, lecturers who were quite involved and passionate in their work. That atmosphere is ideal for a person who wants to give his best and break every barrier in front of him, and to become more than a regular developer. At the academy, I had the chance to meet Phillip Yankov, who was always there for me and the whole group. He is a great lecturer, a great friend and a man that I, and the others, admired - a reliable person.
What I really enjoyed about the mentorship at x8academy was the format of our sessions. It was not the traditional lectoral arrangement wherein one person would speak and everyone else would listen and write down notes, but instead we focused more on a seminar-like system. We would have an open discussion, guided by our mentors, which was focused more on learning WHY things are the way they are instead of just hammering them into our heads. I especially enjoyed openly reviewing code that each of us had written, as that allowed us to share our individual experiences and problems.
If you're interested in taking part in a programming academy/course, where you can obtain the necessary knowledge and skills needed for getting a head start in the IT industry and landing that first job - then x8Academy is probably the thing you're looking for. The mentorships are FREE, three to four months in duration and will touch upon various languages and tools. The mentors, whom will teach and guide you through the material during the course, have an immense amount of experience under their belt - from holding top positions in some of the most successful companies such as Microsoft, SAP, VMWare, Toptal, and CSC, to winning numerous prizes at international IT competitions and conferences. Surely they know something about programming ;). I've had the pleasure to personally know and be taught by one of them. I'm sure they can teach you a lot ;)
Before enrolling in this mentorship I had little to no experience related to programming whatsoever. Attending the academy helped my knowledge grow exponentially at a pretty fast pace which ultimately made me feel confident to say that I know how to write good code. What I liked most about Philip’s way of teaching was the fact that not only does he make you think how you can do it yourself, but he also makes you delve deeper into the sense of everything. His goal was not to show you how to do it, but rather to teach you why it works the way it does. In conclusion, I can say that attending this academy was a life-changing decision and I heartily recommend it to anyone who wishes not only to learn how to code but also to develop a specific mindset to want to know more about how the things he does and works on.
The lecturers were open for discussion and the atmosphere encouraged asking questions. We received a very carefully prepared training material. A unique feature of Mr. Yankov and mentors from x8academy is a combination of precise knowledge, practical business experience, and great communication skills. We definitely recommend trainings in Java, Multithreading and MSSQL performance optimizations, Techniques for hunting deadlocks, Continuous Integration and Unit testing offered by x8academy and Mr. Philip Yankov.
Phil is one of the best teachers I‘ve got the chance to meet. He could easily transfer his energy to you and motivate you to learn and develop. People are doing great when they love what they do – in this case, programming and teaching are what Phil is doing great. Last but not least, Phil is a great friend, who will always find the time to give you advice or help.
Don't hesitate to apply for mentorships in x8academy. Having such an experienced mentors who can share their experience lead me to the understanding of how everything works. An example of what I liked about mentors is their participation with you in a team, in a hackathon and help you create something from scratch. The mentorship really helped me to comfortably start my career and develop up to now.
This academy is a fresh breeze in the bored and greedy programming world. I face new software academies every day. Unfortunately,
they only prepare people for current(or old) tasks and technologies. But,
1) they don't provide basic skills for learning new technologies, but IT knowledge has a lifecycle of 3 years,
2) they don't introduce people to the ideology and philosophy of information science,
3) they don't learn people how to play with code and how they can have fun programming,
4) they don't learn technoogies how to create a software product.
If companies are not willing to invest in their employees for learning, training and team spirit, then newcomers have
to work on old, obsolete and dead projects. They will be destined for future failures.
Mentors of this academy are different:
1) they know how important the foundation is for building new knowledge in the future,
2) they know the power of example and the power of giving practical skills,
3) they installing the necessary approach in students so that they can train themselves in the future alone.
Before attending a Core Java course I had only programmed in C++ and thought that I didn't have the required knowledge to build things that are actually applicable in the real world. The course was focused more on the practical side of programming, which taught me how many modern technologies work and how to use them. Phillip Yankov, the teacher of the course, managed to constantly fuel my desire for knowledge. When we encountered problems he would always make us explain our solutions and then encourage us to make them better, rather than giving us the right answer straight away. Thanks to the friendly environment, created by Phillip and the motivated students I was able to learn a lot and make good friends.
In an academy, it is not as important the material or the way of teaching as the teachers themselves. Philip is a true professional with years of experience who knows how to present the information so that it can be understood in detail and he is ready to help with whatever he can (and I am talking from my own experience participating in a course and learning from him). I'd say that I owe to him the comfortable start of my career. After completion of the course, I had the knowledge to get job proposals from several companies and I have chosen to start working in Ontotext. If there are courses that definitely worth it such are the courses taught by Philip.
One of the things I like about one of the lecturers - Philip Yankov, is the passion for teaching. I have participated in a couple of lectures about Java partially lead by him in FMI and I can say that the way he teaches fascinates me. Starting from the basics, he goes into language specific and low-level stuff which help you learn not only how to use something, but also how it works. And that is something which is not taught everywhere.
The mentoring we received from x8academy was extremely beneficial for the team. It all started by specifying the topics to be affected. We, with our colleagues, were very pleased to have had a dialogue on how to set the program to our needs and priorities in order to resolve our problems. During the mentoring sessions, the main mentor - Philip, managed to attract, engage and retain the attention of all the group participants. Even frighteningly complex topics and concepts were presented easily and comprehensibly. Last but not least, I would like to mention Philip's attitude both at the last workshop session and in general - he was willing to tell and show us a little bit more, so we get the best professional advice on the subject. It is a pleasure to recommend the mentorships led by x8academy - they are delivered with respect and professionalism. As a recommendation for future mentorship participants - prepare a dialogue with the lecturers on the topics you want to be debated. You can also conduct the dialogue during the mentorship session - do not sneak up on the notion that you just give a common topic to the mentorship and it's just being delivered. Prepare to express all your problems and uncertainties. Be active and people like Philip will give you the same. This is useful for both sides, as well-delivered mentorship satisfies learners and mentors.
While I was a sophomore in Software engineering at Sofia University, I attended and graduated a "Core Java" course in 2015. I was honored to meet exceptionally good and capable mentors and Philip Yankov was one of them. I want to express my great gratitude for the time and efforts spent by Philip with which he helped me as well as all the others attending the course to develop and to look at the future with a perspective. The truth is that Philip was not only our mentor but most importantly - he was our friend and remained such up to now. It is a great pleasure to attend (and not only) a course taught by him. The talks we had about our future growth and development have proved to be very useful and as a person working for a year and a half already, I dare to say that they were totally right. I stayed with extremely positive emotions from the course, as well as invaluable knowledge, and Philip is one of the main influencers. Forever grateful. Thanks a million!
I learned fundamental things related to JavaSE and JavaEE from Philip Yankov. During the course, he went through JavaEE specifications - JAX-RS, EJB, JPA, CDI, which I had never heard before. I had a keen interest in them during the course. What I like most was that he presented the material in a very comprehensible way to the people. I participated with him in a HackFMI hackathon, where we had to retrieve information from a lot of data, again something that I had never done before. I think that I learned the fundamental things about Java technologies from Philip that help me in my daily work.
