I got drawn into Lambda School at the peak of their hype early last year and considered myself extremely fortunate when I got admitted into one of their pilot EU classes. Suffice it to say that the reality was...significantly poorer than advertised. Not only because of the much-discussed reasons which are true, but most importantly for me because they lied about having hiring partners in Europe when they didn't, and left the students to fend for themselves after graduating. Most of the students saw this happen with earlier cohorts and there was a steady trickle of dropouts while I was there. To top it off, around October last year, LS suddenly announced that they would be "pausing" the EU programs indefinitely to "focus on improving the student experience" which seriously drained student morale. I'm pretty sure no more than 35% of students who enrolled to Lambda EU have jobs currently and since they're not as loud as the Americans, their plight isn't really highlighted. Most of the students who managed to get hired either did it on their own, or were previously experienced and came to Lambda to improve their prospects. I managed to get a job through my own means, but would unequivocally consider enrolling to LS a mistake, and it's telling that they've not bothered to follow up with me for ISA payments.

Addendum: This was the kind of delusional fever dream perpetuated by Austen that kind of attracted me to LS last year:

https://www.coursereport.com/blog/lambda-schools-europe-inco...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/people/after-us-india-wi...