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PSA: That coding bootcamp I visited in Austin was not what I expected
I went to a free info session at a bootcamp near 6th street last Tuesday. They talked up job placement numbers but when I asked about the 3 people from the last cohort who didn't get hired, the recruiter just shrugged. Then I talked to a current student who said their project deadline got moved up by 2 weeks with no warning. Am I wrong for thinking these places oversell the whole thing?
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vera_robinson3625d ago
The 3 people not hired thing is suspicious but one bad bootcamp doesn't mean they all stink.
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victor77925d ago
The real issue nobody is talking about is how these bootcamps put all the risk on the students. You pay them upfront, they get your money no matter what. But if their curriculum slips or a teacher quits, you're stuck with a bad deal and no refund. @the_lee yeah the shrug is a huge red flag, but the bigger red flag is that nobody at that school seemed accountable for those 3 people. Where is the money back guarantee or the free retake policy? Most of these places dodge that question because they know their numbers wouldn't hold up. Did you ask about any kind of performance based refund when you were there?
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