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Oct 25, 2021
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MarkWatney
Devil’s avocado here, Larry
A lot of students thrive on the structure a coding camp/school can provide. Also these coding camps offer placement
support to help you land a job after. That combined with a published nearly 80% placement rate is pretty enticing for people.
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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
YIsForBrigham
10/25/21 12:59pm
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