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So you were part of the group of schools that refused to agree to a transparency initiative (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11872261 https://news.ycombina

by Dr_tldr 10y ago

So you were part of the group of schools that refused to agree to a transparency initiative (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11872261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11872261) but you think self-publishing your own methodology with zero breakdown of what your categories mean is just as good? Like, where are all of the grads employed by Hack Reactor to pad the numbers accounted for? What percentage of your students already have a CS degree when they walk in the door? Why is the size of the average class increasing at the same time the price is going up? Most importantly, why do some big name companies effectively blacklist your graduates now, and what are you doing about it? Your "towering accomplishment of staggering magnitude" looks like marketing hype and a lack of transparency.

testerofwaters 10y ago
Just because they were one of the companies present does not mean they necessarily refused to agree to transparency.
shawndrost 10y ago
On Gregorio's blog post: We're on the side of the good guys. I introduced the point that Gregorio blogged about (has to do with how one accounts for tech-adjacent jobs) and we already keep track of the stats that way. You can read about what counts as "employed" in our methodology[1]. On grads employed by HR: they are not counted as successful job seekers. Again, you can read about this in the methodology. On big name companies blacklisting our grads: I have literally never heard of this. Google was our # 2 employer in 2015. [1] http://reactorcore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/StandardStudentOutcomeMethodology.pdf http://reactorcore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/StandardSt...
wnmurphy 10y ago
Grads who choose to apply to mentoring jobs with Hack Reactor are not counted in the hiring stats. Once they leave and begin their engineering job search full time, they are. Also, I believe there is only a single company that has 'blacklisted' HR grads, and it was because they had a bad interpersonal experience with a few people from a single cohort.

by Dr_tldr 10y ago

testerofwaters 10y ago

Just because they were one of the companies present does not mean they necessarily refused to agree to transparency.

shawndrost 10y ago

On Gregorio's blog post: We're on the side of the good guys. I introduced the point that Gregorio blogged about (has to do with how one accounts for tech-adjacent jobs) and we already keep track of the stats that way. You can read about what counts as "employed" in our methodology[1]. On grads employed by HR: they are not counted as successful job seekers. Again, you can read about this in the methodology. On big name companies blacklisting our grads: I have literally never heard of this. Google was our # 2 employer in 2015. [1] http://reactorcore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/StandardStudentOutcomeMethodology.pdf http://reactorcore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/StandardSt...

wnmurphy 10y ago

Grads who choose to apply to mentoring jobs with Hack Reactor are not counted in the hiring stats. Once they leave and begin their engineering job search full time, they are. Also, I believe there is only a single company that has 'blacklisted' HR grads, and it was because they had a bad interpersonal experience with a few people from a single cohort.