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The support/general overhead wasn't cheap either. When I was there we had a free therapist, mandatory morning yoga, teambuiliding exercises, and stuff like wee

The support/general overhead wasn't cheap either. When I was there we had a free therapist, mandatory morning yoga, teambuiliding exercises, and stuff like weekly free food, etc.

seaknoll 9y ago
> mandatory morning yoga This would enrage me.
- JMCQ87 9y ago
  Bootcamps are not for everyone.
  - toomanyrichies 9y ago
    > Bootcamps aren't for everyone. DBC grad here (Chicago 2013). Mandatory morning yoga is not an inherent part of a generic coding bootcamp experience. DBC chose to make yoga classes part of its unique culture, but I doubt all other bootcamps follow suit. Personally, I wasn't "enraged" by the yoga and I even appreciated the emphasis on mental health, but I don't think yoga was the only way to achieve this and I would have appreciated the chance to opt out.
  - komali2 9y ago
    Why do other Bootcamps, that don't require morning yoga, do just fine then? EDIT: Or I can be more mean: why is it the only bootcamp that required morning yoga, the one that is closing?
- brooklyn_ashey 9y ago
  they don't call it a bootcamp for nothin'. ;)
zebraflask 9y ago
This might have something to do with their financial issues. You obviously don't need these kinds of amenities to learn how to code a SPA. I'd be put off by them and wonder where my money was going and why.
- twymer 9y ago
  Answering as a current employee. When these were being phased out to start to lower costs students and graduates reacted strongly that they felt they were a large part of our value. Part of what makes us "us". As another commenter in here pointed out: bootcamps aren't for everyone. We were up front about these things being part of our program because we want to focus on the human aspects of people as much as technical skills. That meant some people were better suited to join other places, but some people came specifically because of this part of it.
  - zebraflask 9y ago
    That makes more sense, but didn't people ever raise an eyebrow about a therapist on staff, or requiring yoga? From the outside, the optics of that could be interpreted quite a few ways.

The support/general overhead wasn't cheap either. When I was there we had a free therapist, mandatory morning yoga, teambuiliding exercises, and stuff like weekly free food, etc.

seaknoll 9y ago

> mandatory morning yoga This would enrage me.

JMCQ87 9y ago
Bootcamps are not for everyone.
- toomanyrichies 9y ago
  > Bootcamps aren't for everyone. DBC grad here (Chicago 2013). Mandatory morning yoga is not an inherent part of a generic coding bootcamp experience. DBC chose to make yoga classes part of its unique culture, but I doubt all other bootcamps follow suit. Personally, I wasn't "enraged" by the yoga and I even appreciated the emphasis on mental health, but I don't think yoga was the only way to achieve this and I would have appreciated the chance to opt out.
- komali2 9y ago
  Why do other Bootcamps, that don't require morning yoga, do just fine then? EDIT: Or I can be more mean: why is it the only bootcamp that required morning yoga, the one that is closing?
brooklyn_ashey 9y ago
they don't call it a bootcamp for nothin'. ;)

zebraflask 9y ago

This might have something to do with their financial issues. You obviously don't need these kinds of amenities to learn how to code a SPA. I'd be put off by them and wonder where my money was going and why.

twymer 9y ago
Answering as a current employee. When these were being phased out to start to lower costs students and graduates reacted strongly that they felt they were a large part of our value. Part of what makes us "us". As another commenter in here pointed out: bootcamps aren't for everyone. We were up front about these things being part of our program because we want to focus on the human aspects of people as much as technical skills. That meant some people were better suited to join other places, but some people came specifically because of this part of it.
- zebraflask 9y ago
  That makes more sense, but didn't people ever raise an eyebrow about a therapist on staff, or requiring yoga? From the outside, the optics of that could be interpreted quite a few ways.