Austen Allred is a fuckin' tool.
BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
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Re: BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
#302My brother went to Lambda school 2019-2020. Would not recommend. They had recent grads that had just completed Lambda the previous year teaching the new students and most of them had just a vague grasp on the content matter. So many inaccuracies and bad practices taught. The only good thing about it was that it was structured and you were coding each day for 5-8hrs so if you weren't the most self-motivated person, yo…
I guess that sounds a lot like a community college to me, but maybe faster and better. Can non-self motivated people succeed if they go to say an Ivy League? I didn’t, so it’s a sincere curiosity for me. Would Zuckerberg have ended up bagging groceries if he went to a community college rather than Harvard?
to become zuckerberg you need to be smart, industrious and have luck on your side. If he went to CC, he would still make his way to upper middle class life no doubt but maybe not a billionare.
Re: BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
#303Earlier quoted context omitted.
You were cheering. You’re still cheering. And you’re doing it while you’ve had continuous layoffs of your own staff that have put everyone who works for you, or anyone unfortunate enough to be part of your predatory boot camps, in jeopardy. I don’t take any joy or schadenfreude from your failures. Real people’s lives are involved and it genuinely makes me sad. But glass houses dude. Glass houses. Maybe when you’re ow…
I was not cheering, and my opinion is consistent; as money becomes much tighter companies have to rightsize themselves to the amount of revenue coming in. This is true across Silicon Valley and it is true of us. https://twitter.com/austen/status/1588336949403611136?s=46&t...
You had no empathy for the people getting laid off. The drama at Twitter was 'interesting' to you.
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#304Earlier quoted context omitted.
tl;dr: The word "placement" was sometimes used to refer to students who graduated without a job offer.
No, perhaps I can be clearer. There are different ways to measure placement percentages. * You can measure percentage of enrolled students who get hired. * You can measure percentage of graduates who get hired. * You can measure percentage of students who get hired making more than $50k/yr. * You can measure percentage of students who get hired making more than $50k/yr within six months of graduation. Those are all d…
Lambda/Bloom: "X% were placed"
People: "X% found jobs."
A lot of folks seem to be asking if Lambda's claims of "X% placed" mapped to "X% found a job at a software company." Yes or no?
edit: I just noticed that your answer started with "No". Thanks.
Re: BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
#305Wtf. This is not how layoffs work. “ Employees were called into an All Hands meeting this morning in which BloomTech CEO Austen Allred notified staff of the impending layoffs. After the meeting, those impacted were notified via e-mail. According to documents seen by TechCrunch, employees will get normal pay and medical benefits until January 31, 2023 and are “expected to work” through that period. Those laid off were…
This is literally how they should works as directed by federal WARN act. Usually corporations just cut ties and pay out at least 60 days tho because it’s easier for both parties and you can get some concessions from employees like a gag clause
‘ are “expected to work” through that period.’
That’s the bit that makes no sense though. A lay off means I get to fuck off. Bye. You cut ties with me. Pay me what I’m owed and then leave me be to find new work. Do not expect me to work knowing I’m being let go.
Re: BloomTech, previously Lambda School, cuts half of staff
#306Has anyone had success hiring bootcamp grads? I’ve interviewed dozens and their resume will say something like “Fellow at [bootcamp]” or “Instructor at [bootcamp]”, and it turns out they made a simple programming 101 app and taught a 1hr intro to JavaScript class. None have ever passed an initial screening by me for mid level dev jobs, but I’m curious if anyone else has hired a bootcamp grad for a junior role and had…
My partner went to Makersquare (since bought & rebranded Hack Reactor). They joined a successful small e-commerce site (Javascript), then a few years later joined Loon (Google X) (Python), and sensing the wind switched to another Google X project before Loon shut down. They're doing pretty well, if I say so myself.
> My partner went to Makersquare (since bought & rebranded Hack Reactor)
Which in 2018 was bought and integrated into Galvanize!
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> BloomTech is at 960+ hours for our shortest program I helped run a large school for 6 years with 4,000 students/year who took an 850 hour program. Sad to say that amount of training isn't necessarily as much as it sounds.
850 actual hours, butt-in-seat and required, or 850 scheduled hours?
The rules are complex but feds require 90% attendance for clock hour programs receiving financial aid.
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I see, that’s … extremely unimpressive especially if you take the median salary increase from above. And I think maybe we should take everything else this guy is saying as potentially dishonest. Not including people who stopped trying to get a job is just an absurd way to do this calculation. Imagine a clinical trial that just ignores everyone who disconues due to adverse events. These stats seem borderline predatory
It's largely unregulated. Institutions formally registered as colleges and universities have more stringent disclosure requirements.
It's extremely, extremely regulated!
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I will bet $1,000 to the charity of your choice that you will settle your personal lawsuit— the one on this very matter— before your day in court.
You can surely see they are helping a lot of people, in addition to what you believe on the negative side of things. Not trying to be snippy or offer a trick question, but genuinely, what do you get out of this? Surely it's not worth your time. Even if he is the biggest scammer on the planet you are probably better off spending your time on constructive things.
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
I will bet $1,000 to the charity of your choice that you will settle your personal lawsuit— the one on this very matter— before your day in court.
You can surely see they are helping a lot of people, in addition to what you believe on the negative side of things. Not trying to be snippy or offer a trick question, but genuinely, what do you get out of this? Surely it's not worth your time. Even if he is the biggest scammer on the planet you are probably better off spending your time on constructive things.
Nice try. The same question applies to you, since you’ve jumped from one comment thread to another defending a sketchy business in the midst of a downfall.