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>Juno College of Technology: JCT is creating the technical university of the future. The startup operates a coding bootcamp, expected to do $3 million in revenu

>Juno College of Technology: JCT is creating the technical university of the future. The startup operates a coding bootcamp, expected to do $3 million in revenue by the end of 2019. Similar to Lamda School, they offer income-share agreements, but “the similarities stops there,” explained the founder. Juno says it places 87% of founders who complete their nine-week long program. How is it different from Lambda School? It’s not apparent from their website other than it’s based in Canada and they have a physical campus in Toronto. https://junocollege.com/why-juno https://junocollege.com/why-juno

andyjsong 7y ago
Lambda School is 6 months vs. 9 weeks with Juno.
- sdan 7y ago
  I think it was Make school who said they did 12 weeks and that wasn't enough so they expanded to a 2-4 year bachelor program
  - rficcaglia 7y ago
    for my kids’ university I’m assuming 8+ years...and that’s if they don’t follow Mom’s path through multiple PhDs! All so they can program the robot caregivers that will swaddle me someday.
    - sdan 7y ago
      I'm almost going to graduate in HS and hopefully can either get picked up by YC or theil instead of going to college. Given the high chance I do go to college, I'll just be doing whatever I'd be doing at YC anyways. I also thought about doing academia for a long time, but realized its just a sticker mark on your resume. Given that I graduate from undergrad, I'll hopefully get a good sticker doing masters.
- tastroder 7y ago
  Wait, so people actually pay 17% of their income over two years for a 9 week course? What on earth is the upside of this over picking up a few books/online courses and attending a couple of networking events?
  - hobofan 7y ago
    > What on earth is the upside For the attendants or for Juno? ;)
  - vmurthy 7y ago
    One possible upside: Not all jobs are advertised and maybe Juno/Lambda have worked up agreements with recruiters. Also,think about it from a recruiter point of view: Would you as recruiter rather pore through hundreds of resumes from people who have picked up courses online (and risk getting beat up by interviewers when a few of these don't perform well) or have a pre-screened/evaluated candidates? Worst case: you pass the buck on to Juno/Lambda. There is some incentive for a recruiter to look at Juno/Lambda candidates,no?
    - tastroder 7y ago
      I get what you're saying but from an employee and personal development point of view, even the most intense 9 week course sounds guaranteed to lack the necessary substance and depth I'd want for a career start / change (which is what they're marketing this for, right?). The same argument would make me just as wary from a hiring standpoint, don't see much of a difference of qualification between 9 weeks of bootcamp versus a selection of relevant online courses there tbh. Worst case in my mind would be a $startupcollege candidate that was just trained on passing through interview processes, that's not sustainable for recruiter/employer relationship in the long term either. That being said, my experience with letting recruiters filter candidates haven't been the best in the past and my exposure to bootcamp grads is limited since that's just not much of a thing in the German market overall (I guess because there's no real need since traditional university/apprenticeship education paths are far more affordable around here). Is hiring these candidates common in the US outside of the usual startup circles?
lazyant 7y ago
This is a re-branding of HackerYou, they've been around for a while.

andyjsong 7y ago

Lambda School is 6 months vs. 9 weeks with Juno.

sdan 7y ago
I think it was Make school who said they did 12 weeks and that wasn't enough so they expanded to a 2-4 year bachelor program
- rficcaglia 7y ago
  for my kids’ university I’m assuming 8+ years...and that’s if they don’t follow Mom’s path through multiple PhDs! All so they can program the robot caregivers that will swaddle me someday.
  - sdan 7y ago
    I'm almost going to graduate in HS and hopefully can either get picked up by YC or theil instead of going to college. Given the high chance I do go to college, I'll just be doing whatever I'd be doing at YC anyways. I also thought about doing academia for a long time, but realized its just a sticker mark on your resume. Given that I graduate from undergrad, I'll hopefully get a good sticker doing masters.
tastroder 7y ago
Wait, so people actually pay 17% of their income over two years for a 9 week course? What on earth is the upside of this over picking up a few books/online courses and attending a couple of networking events?
- hobofan 7y ago
  > What on earth is the upside For the attendants or for Juno? ;)
- vmurthy 7y ago
  One possible upside: Not all jobs are advertised and maybe Juno/Lambda have worked up agreements with recruiters. Also,think about it from a recruiter point of view: Would you as recruiter rather pore through hundreds of resumes from people who have picked up courses online (and risk getting beat up by interviewers when a few of these don't perform well) or have a pre-screened/evaluated candidates? Worst case: you pass the buck on to Juno/Lambda. There is some incentive for a recruiter to look at Juno/Lambda candidates,no?
  - tastroder 7y ago
    I get what you're saying but from an employee and personal development point of view, even the most intense 9 week course sounds guaranteed to lack the necessary substance and depth I'd want for a career start / change (which is what they're marketing this for, right?). The same argument would make me just as wary from a hiring standpoint, don't see much of a difference of qualification between 9 weeks of bootcamp versus a selection of relevant online courses there tbh. Worst case in my mind would be a $startupcollege candidate that was just trained on passing through interview processes, that's not sustainable for recruiter/employer relationship in the long term either. That being said, my experience with letting recruiters filter candidates haven't been the best in the past and my exposure to bootcamp grads is limited since that's just not much of a thing in the German market overall (I guess because there's no real need since traditional university/apprenticeship education paths are far more affordable around here). Is hiring these candidates common in the US outside of the usual startup circles?

lazyant 7y ago

This is a re-branding of HackerYou, they've been around for a while.