People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?
What costs more, $30,000 and 6 months, or $30,000 and 48 months?
Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year
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#12Well, this is disappointing. Lambda was my plan B if i didn't make it into the competitive program i selected.
Can you give a little more context on what led you to this decision?
What value do you see in Lambda (or any other similar program) that you don't when learning on your own? Is it the network effect? Just curious!
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#13there have been a few prominent criticisms of lambda school recently but it is all anecdotal and disorganized. closest in my mind was fulligin's takedown on NYMag (https://vincentwoo.com/2020/05/19/on-lambda-school/ which found some bad facts but was sensationalized beyond proportion imo, still, make up your own mind)
very hard to tell what specific allegations and changes have been made without also needing to question the source (as a former bootcamper who nearly quit his bootcamp, I know how every bootcamp has a set of dissatisfied customers, but that in my mind doesn't invalidate the good work it does for the rest).
has someone rounded up the basic facts and chronology so we can form some kind of objective story?
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#14Most open world reviews i.e. non curated ones I have seen for Lambda school have been negative to at best neutral. I believe they have a place in the education market if they do it right. Model is good enough but execution appear to be severely lacking.
It’s interesting that pg is a big fan though.
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#15I just want to give a quick shout out to 42.
They're closed for Covid19 right now. But if you can wait for them to open up, this is a good place to look into - https://www.42.us.org/ or https://www.42.fr/ (if you're in Europe).
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#16Well, this is disappointing. Lambda was my plan B if i didn't make it into the competitive program i selected.
Your plan A should be to start programming on your own and learning from youtube.
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#17Why not link to the actual reddit thread directly? https://old.reddit.com/r/LambdaSchool/comments/kb87od/lambda...
Because it gets deleted (silenced & censored): https://www.reddit.com/r/LambdaSchool/comments/k7bmj6/it_wou...
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#19People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?
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#20Well, this is disappointing. Lambda was my plan B if i didn't make it into the competitive program i selected.
Can you give a little more context on what led you to this decision? What value do you see in Lambda (or any other similar program) that you don't when learning on your own? Is it the network effect? Just curious!
I would think discipline, peer learning and also what you don't know you don't know can be picked up much more in person than by exploring yourself.