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there 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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The person details the issues here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LambdaSchool/comments/kb87od/lambda...

Looks like the entire course and support being paid for basically changed.

yeah. this is really bad. austen's in here responding so its not constructive for me to play armchair CEO but i really hope they fix up their act. they were on to a good thing.

Since you asked for specifics, there is a comment in the original reddit thread where OP talks about a sort of "bait-n-switch" type situation going on in the current cohort where they go into a lot more detail.

For the initiated, it shouldn't be too hard to verify.

> there have been a few prominent criticisms of lambda school recently but it is all anecdotal and disorganized.

Keep in mind that unlike most products, Lambda School purchasers have an incentive to praise Lambda School regardless of the truth.

These are all young people looking to jump start their careers with the benefit of a glamorous Lambda School education. They don’t benefit by publicly admitting that it wasn’t a good education, or by cooperating with journalists to post national headlines about how their only credentials in this industry came from a bad program.

From what I've seen, there's some mentality among current students to keep your head down so you don't get kicked out for criticizing it before you land the job. Also, it's probably more like 40% or less new grads, it seems to mainly be people changing careers right now. Bootcamps are a bit less than "glamorous" now, and the pandemic shook things up for a lot of people, especially coming from retail/restaurants/small businesses.

sensationalized? how dare you. it was all completely factual reporting

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