I went to school when they made the transition from removing TLs and instituting student mentors... Legit went 3 months without my assignments or assessments being checked for correctness because they removed it in favor of "self-assessment". I don't know about you, but I would not have signed up if I knew they would stop looking at the work I output completely (when previously a TL would go over it with you every day, pointing out what you did wrong.) Also, they removed attendance along with TLs.. so build weeks for me were a bust. Nobody showed up except for one other person...
Same. Even better... the change was made exactly when I was slotted to be fully responsible for the full cost of the program. The CS portion of the class & Labs was an absolute shit show. If I could have dropped out at that point I 100% would have.
Was in web26 PT for 3 days. Awful! Within 3 days knew it wouldn't work. The ft teacher Britney was awesome and so was Dan, but not who I had. The one I had constantly talked circles and was unsure of stuff himself. They short changed the PT program majorly. Left to do team treehouse.
The comments partially has it covered. I went to Hack Reactor and my boyfriend went to Lambda. He thought Lambda was awful, but thinks Hack Reactor is even worse. I personally think. Both had their strengths and weaknesses. One of my close friends is also a very successful Lambda grad but she essentially skipped all the classes and only showed up to do the end of week quizzes and projects.
@@joshhumphrey3754 Oh wow. That went over my head. I think your hair is awesome. In fact, your hair/lighting makes my thumbnail look better. So, thanks for that.
@@thelonercoder5816 This might sound crazy, but I think you mentioning Lil Dicky is what caused the influx in traffic on this video. I'm seeing my video recommended on so many rap videos.
That's very possible. When I looked up a few TH-cam videos about the coding bootcamp, I got the feeling that the videos were just centered around and highlighted the controversy, without really digging into anything. Controversy certainly brings views..
@@DonTheDeveloper I think the complaints of the school moving to a "self-assessment" model is pretty substantial. Along with the problems from implementing student mentors and "track-teams". Since the changes, accountability tanked, nobody was looking at my code anymore, and many of the systems the school migrated to (canvas, codegrade) were broken. I probably signed up at the worse time, but really there were infinite many ways they could have handled the situation better.
@@benh928 Yeah, I would agree that the execution of that transition could have gone much better from what it sounds like. It definitely feels like much of the hate train formed during a transition period they were going through. I've reviewed a couple of other coding bootcamps that had similar challenges. The problem I have is when I see many of these reviews on social media and look at their feed - they dedicate so much time trashing Lambda. To me, that's a very emotional response to their experience and very unlikely to resemble future students' experiences. When I see a review that goes over both the pros and cons of their experience, even if the cons outweigh the pros, that's a review that I'll trust more.
I actually enjoy some of the conspiracy theories people have come up with about this video. Keep them coming.
*sips hot chocolate*
I went to school when they made the transition from removing TLs and instituting student mentors... Legit went 3 months without my assignments or assessments being checked for correctness because they removed it in favor of "self-assessment". I don't know about you, but I would not have signed up if I knew they would stop looking at the work I output completely (when previously a TL would go over it with you every day, pointing out what you did wrong.) Also, they removed attendance along with TLs.. so build weeks for me were a bust. Nobody showed up except for one other person...
Yeah, all of that would have tainted my experience a bit.
Same. Even better... the change was made exactly when I was slotted to be fully responsible for the full cost of the program. The CS portion of the class & Labs was an absolute shit show. If I could have dropped out at that point I 100% would have.
Was in web26 PT for 3 days. Awful! Within 3 days knew it wouldn't work. The ft teacher Britney was awesome and so was Dan, but not who I had. The one I had constantly talked circles and was unsure of stuff himself. They short changed the PT program majorly.
Left to do team treehouse.
I’m in webpt 29 now, my cohort started in March of 2021. Did Patrick say webpt7 or webpt27 because...
The Hack Reactor cast were the only people who all had jobs. Hmmmm...
Yeah from what I can tell hack react seems solid. From what I’ve gathered their students come in with some prior experience.
You only have 3 people up there. They may have not experienced the bad side to Lambda School.
yeah maybe next time he should invite every lambda school grad on earth and have them on the podcast, right ?
The comments partially has it covered. I went to Hack Reactor and my boyfriend went to Lambda. He thought Lambda was awful, but thinks Hack Reactor is even worse. I personally think. Both had their strengths and weaknesses. One of my close friends is also a very successful Lambda grad but she essentially skipped all the classes and only showed up to do the end of week quizzes and projects.
How about Codeworks in Boise Idaho?
What are some solid stand--out portfolio projects that landed you a job?
which school has had the most positive feedback from on your channel? I'm trying to take this seriously and I need all the information I can get.
From the ones ive seen, hack reactor seems to be the best ones
Thanks for another great video! Do you have an episode with Codesmith alums on the horizon?
I do. I'm going to probably start reaching out to people within a few weeks to set that up.
Awesome. I'm really intrigued by Codesmith. I appreciate these videos so much.
You know the job market is changing when even Bob Ross/Lil Dicky decides to go to a coding bootcamp.
They did? When?
@@DonTheDeveloper He was making fun of my hair.
@@joshhumphrey3754 Oh wow. That went over my head. I think your hair is awesome. In fact, your hair/lighting makes my thumbnail look better. So, thanks for that.
@@joshhumphrey3754 Haha! Don't take it so seriously. I actually dig your hair man.
@@thelonercoder5816 This might sound crazy, but I think you mentioning Lil Dicky is what caused the influx in traffic on this video. I'm seeing my video recommended on so many rap videos.
this was great, seriously thank you so much for this!!
Thank you for all the research and hard work that went into this video! You’re awesome with structuring these questions
Thanks!
I always had the feeling that lambda got brigaded with negative reviews by a small number of unhappy grads.
That's very possible. When I looked up a few TH-cam videos about the coding bootcamp, I got the feeling that the videos were just centered around and highlighted the controversy, without really digging into anything. Controversy certainly brings views..
@@DonTheDeveloper I think the complaints of the school moving to a "self-assessment" model is pretty substantial. Along with the problems from implementing student mentors and "track-teams". Since the changes, accountability tanked, nobody was looking at my code anymore, and many of the systems the school migrated to (canvas, codegrade) were broken. I probably signed up at the worse time, but really there were infinite many ways they could have handled the situation better.
@@benh928 Yeah, I would agree that the execution of that transition could have gone much better from what it sounds like. It definitely feels like much of the hate train formed during a transition period they were going through. I've reviewed a couple of other coding bootcamps that had similar challenges. The problem I have is when I see many of these reviews on social media and look at their feed - they dedicate so much time trashing Lambda. To me, that's a very emotional response to their experience and very unlikely to resemble future students' experiences. When I see a review that goes over both the pros and cons of their experience, even if the cons outweigh the pros, that's a review that I'll trust more.