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Oct 25, 2021
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They promised easy/fast path to lucrative tech career, students and emails claim

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Not a great look for Lambda School - bummer.

molodyets Mortgage guy in all 50 states

10/25/21 11:30am

Summarize for those behind the paywall?

MarkWatney

10/25/21 11:36am

They promised easy/fast path to lucrative tech career, students and emails claim

BYUFootballisBack

10/25/21 11:38am

Found an archive link to read

MarkWatney

10/25/21 11:39am

Austen Allred is a BYU alum. They are advertising a 79% placement rate, reality is closer to 30%.

molodyets

10/25/21 11:39am

Just finished reading. Really rough. Austen's bravado served them well early on. It really doesn't anymore.

MarkWatney

10/25/21 11:58am

It seems they miscalculated on unit economics and now want to cut costs rather than raise prices to save face

molodyets

10/25/21 12:04pm

That's sad. My BIL did it and it seems to have worked out well for him.

MetaLearner

10/25/21 12:09pm

Like the article said, the success stories aren't fake, they are just less common than advertised.

MarkWatney

10/25/21 12:40pm

Maybe I'm just naturally gifted, but I don't know why you'd pay anybody

Hypnotoad

10/25/21 11:55am

A lot of students thrive on the structure a coding camp/school can provide. Also these coding camps offer placement

MarkWatney

10/25/21 12:01pm

I guess I get that. But I've found that the most successful programmers are

Hypnotoad

10/25/21 12:10pm

That is true - but there is more work to be done than what the self-starters can do.

molodyets

10/25/21 12:11pm

I've been working at startups the last 6 years or so. Non self-starters don't

Hypnotoad

10/25/21 12:16pm

I'd agree with you for anyone who has a little bit of programming experience

MetaLearner

10/25/21 12:17pm

Lots of jobs available for basic code monkeys. You don’t have to be special to get a job and these code camps offer

10/25/21 12:59pm

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