Complaint Review: Tech Skills - San Antonio Texas

After I submitted my response to this posting, I realized I was so irked I wanted to create my own post with further detail of my experience. I did so then came back and re-read my response to this post. I'm actually surprised at how very irritated I am and how clearly that came through in the response when I re-read it. While I'm not apologizing for this since it was my money and my loss of time, it bothered me that I sounded so closed-minded and final. That said, to clarify, the previous response from me is a description of my own personal experience. Part of what I didn't like while at TechSkills, and what I don't want to recreate myself, was the idea of if the mentor stated an opinion/review of activities, it must be the only possibility and final, no further consideration necessary. I don't want to do that here. But I do want others considering paying for a course of study, with ANy program/school, to be more thorough than I prior to signing on a dotted line. Whatever you decide on, it's good, I believe, to get as much info and as many outside points of reference and experiences as possible.

Yes, once they have your money, all bets are off. I looked into cxling early on, but for the diffrnce in what I'd gone into debt for and what I'd receive back, I ended up staying. Worthless though. The mentor had very little knowledge on the subject beyond what they read off the answer key to you. The industry contacts your sold the idea of on signing, are nothing more than the mentor going through the paper and refering you to job sites and interesting postings (which anyone can do on their own). The program is one big sales snowjob. Sounds and appears wonderful, but in the end, everything you actually do manage to get (books/online courses/testware/worksheets etc) you could provide for yourself for less than a quarter of the cost (including the computer/internet and printer) and do it on your own. The only great advantage would have been the instruction and industry knowledge/experience/expertise of the dept mentor (equiv to college's position of instructor). This is an idealistic impression sold to you during the sales/sign-up process, but the mentor is often simply someone like you or me following the manuals. At one point, the suggestion of going into teaching a course I was at TechSkills to learn, rather than going into the actual field of practice was suggested as a possibility for jobs once I finished and started job-hunting. It scared me to realize that I could apply for and possibly GET a job teaching such a subject withOUT having worked in the industry for some period of time. Now that all is said and done, I'm in debt thousands, no more knowledgable for paying the cost than I would have been doing it on my own, and can't even get a response to requests for formal proof of completion. Have to rely on a webpage screen print (very unprofessional looking document). But they made their sale and got their money and I guess that was their goal. Very unsatisfactory experience.