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Edit: I feel dumb now. If you scroll down on the detail page, there is more information. For some reason I thought it was just the footer down there.
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Yeah. It is really saying "One of our partners will take you for something " without any real guarantee the results are in line with the expectation of the student. Then again, Udacity is really trying to be a Software Dev Technical School so that is par for the course imo.
Well it does set a minimum > Further, in your new job Udacity guarantees that your gross income from such job will be in excess of your cost of tuition (pre-tax) within a 3 month period following job placement But given you are paying about 3600 for the degree, that comes out to making minimum wage.
"* Graduate has not rejected any job offers."
It's far from perfect and students shouldn't expect miracles, but it's a step in the right direction.
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Well it does set a minimum > Further, in your new job Udacity guarantees that your gross income from such job will be in excess of your cost of tuition (pre-tax) within a 3 month period following job placement But given you are paying about 3600 for the degree, that comes out to making minimum wage.
Looking further at the terms: "* Graduate has not rejected any job offers."
* Obtain degree
* Turn down all jobs for 6 months
* Get refunded, then get a job.
"Nano" implies "really small." So am I too understand that this degree will get me a really, really, really tiny bit of knowledge about the subject?
I think using the traditional term "certificate" is a better bet. It's also an easier thing to sell employers since they're already familiar with that language.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah. It is really saying "One of our partners will take you for something " without any real guarantee the results are in line with the expectation of the student. Then again, Udacity is really trying to be a Software Dev Technical School so that is par for the course imo.
Well it does set a minimum > Further, in your new job Udacity guarantees that your gross income from such job will be in excess of your cost of tuition (pre-tax) within a 3 month period following job placement But given you are paying about 3600 for the degree, that comes out to making minimum wage.
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Looking further at the terms: "* Graduate has not rejected any job offers."
Probably to fix a pretty obvious loophole: * Obtain degree * Turn down all jobs for 6 months * Get refunded, then get a job.
Sounds good, so long as they don't pull what some bootcamps do, which is hire former students
Is it wrong for boot camps to do that?
I am genuinely asking since I'm not familiar with that. What exactly goes on and why is it bad?
One complaint: "Nanodegree" is awful branding. "Nano" implies "really small." So am I too understand that this degree will get me a really, really, really tiny bit of knowledge about the subject? I think using the traditional term "certificate" is a better bet. It's also an easier thing to sell employers since they're already familiar with that language.
Traditionally, a degree can be very broad. For example, a CS degree can cover a lot of classes in different areas of Computer Science in addition to other non-major classes.
In contrast, a Nanodegree, sounds like a specialized degree to me. The Nano implies that it is small, but degree has that well known definition to most people. Together, it brings a sense of being a highly specialized program.
How was it?
Did it change anything in your life?