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Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by sivizius »

jcelerier wrote: post #27
thaumasiotes wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What costs more, $30,000 and 6 months, or $30,000 and 48 months?

You can get a degree for muuuuch less in europe. In france it'd be something like 1k€ at most over your whole post-high-school studies unless you go to specialized art school or something like that.

or Germany, where the only cost you might have is for the public transport ticket or something like that, and even this is often optional…I am actually curious why there are not so many students from the USA in German universities? Or is this due to language?

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by michaelt »

st1x7 wrote: post #8

People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?

Lambda School pushes "income sharing agreements" where once you're paid over $50k you pay back 17% of your income until you've paid back $30k.

Depending on your opinion, it's either a brilliant investment in students, aligning the interests of the school and the students - or it's a loan by a slightly different name, fooling the naive into overpaying for instruction from teachers who barely make minimum wage.

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Post by joshxyz »

blntechie wrote: post #14

Most 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.

Yep, pg shilling it on twitter is the whackest thing lol.

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by bambax »

arvindamirtaa wrote: post #10
st1x7 wrote: post #8

People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?

Time commitment, flexibility of schedule, most importantly no upfront cost(and not wanting to go into debt either). All of this is valid IF the bootcamp works. In this case, that may not be the case.

> not wanting to go into debt either

But doing lambda school is going into debt, isn't it? A different kind of debt but a debt nonetheless.

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by kenniskrag »

jcelerier wrote: post #27
thaumasiotes wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What costs more, $30,000 and 6 months, or $30,000 and 48 months?

You can get a degree for muuuuch less in europe. In france it'd be something like 1k€ at most over your whole post-high-school studies unless you go to specialized art school or something like that.

~1000 chf per semester in switzerland but if not partly paid by the gov it would be much more.

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by thejosh »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #11
st1x7 wrote: post #8

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?

or an actual degree that can be used in other countries and isn't a complete joke

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by meheleventyone »

AlchemistCamp wrote: post #38
jcelerier wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can get a degree for muuuuch less in europe. In france it'd be something like 1k€ at most over your whole post-high-school studies unless you go to specialized art school or something like that.

Are you sure? Back when I was in school, I looked hard at all the options for studying abroad in France and found none with tuition even close to that cheap for even just a semester or summer. I suspect the prices you're talking about are heavily subsidized and only if you're French (which the OP probably isn't).

Actually those costs will be the same across the EU/EEA but yes if you're coming from somewhere else unless your government will cover the cost you will be paying for it.

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by codethief »

lawn wrote: post #36
st1x7 wrote: post #8

People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?

Fun fact: $30k is almost exactly how much the Swedish student loan gives you for 5 years of full time study, which I used to pay for everything (housing, food, clothes, computers, books for school etc).

You only needed $30k to survive for five years in Sweden?

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by pram »

lawn wrote: post #36
st1x7 wrote: post #8

People are paying ~$30k for bootcamps? Why not get a degree at that point?

Fun fact: $30k is almost exactly how much the Swedish student loan gives you for 5 years of full time study, which I used to pay for everything (housing, food, clothes, computers, books for school etc).

$30k covered housing and food for 5 years? Seems like there has to be some other subsidy present you're not mentioning lol

Re: Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year

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Post by joshxyz »

panorama wrote: post #31

It's upsetting to see Lambda making so many negative headlines because it truly is in a position to do the most Good and provide the most value (especially after Dev Bootcamp and Hack Reactor were acquired). I attended Dev Bootcamp in early 2013, when bootcamps were still largely unknown, and had a transformative time. Just stellar teachers all around that compensated for any perceived weakness in curriculum. The ind…

Part of me honestly thinks they're getting torn in being a missionary and mercenary at the same time.
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