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If the plan was to launch a research-centric UX course and to have them collaborate with the web cohort at the end, who was going to be responsible for actually

If the plan was to launch a research-centric UX course and to have them collaborate with the web cohort at the end, who was going to be responsible for actually implementing the research that the UX students undertook once they began collaborating? Anyone who has worked in the industry knows that most software projects fail for human reasons, not technical ones. Like, who was going to be opening up Photoshop or In Design or Figma or whatever? Who was going to be slicing designs into HTML/CSS? Who was going to be implementing interactive prototypes and putting them in front of users? Who was responsible for ensuring that communication between the UX side and the technical side was happening effectively? Who were the product and project managers (in title or de facto) and were they clear that this was their job? In your interview with Vincent Woo, you said that "reviews were fine" for the UX cohort and then they suddenly fell off the cliff once labs began. This story more or less explains why: the students were strung along (intentionally or not) with the promise that it was labs that matters. Once in labs, they find out: https://twitter.com/watsonwaswrite/status/1230904680672321542 https://twitter.com/watsonwaswrite/status/123090468067232154... If that was the promise, why wouldn't LS move heaven and Earth to make sure that labs was a home run? Why wouldn't LS ensure every student in the group project was crystal clear on expectations? Why wouldn't LS do a dry run version of the capstone project across cohorts to control for unanticipated group dynamics? Ensure that everyone in the web and UX cohorts has worked with at least 5-10 different people cross-functionally before capstone time? And fine, maybe you "call an audible" — lord knows we had to do that at DBC. But why then wouldn't you then bring in 5-10 experienced project managers to facilitate things, communicate everything to everyone, and explain that this is what needs to happen to make the capstone a success for everyone? Shouldn't asking and answering these questions before admitting a single student be table stakes? The whole project seems half-baked from start to finish and this outcome 100% predictable.

nicesnowoman 7y ago
I'm a student - "reviews are fine" because students are also scared of being truthful to staff. The staff do not have a good history of listening to negative feedback and criticism. They are either ignorant or delusional. Look at Dustin Myers and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/dustint314/status/1156423191645917184 https://twitter.com/dustint314/status/1156423191645917184 Look at Trevor McKendrick (Chief of Staff) and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/1082854218908794880 https://twitter.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/108285421890879488... Look at all of Austen's interactions on Twitter to students and how he gaslights them: https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 Look at Ben Nelson (cofounder) and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discount negative ones: https://twitter.com/sunjieming/likes https://twitter.com/sunjieming/likes Look at Ryan Holdaway and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discounts negative ones: https://twitter.com/Ryan_Holdaway/likes https://twitter.com/Ryan_Holdaway/likes Look at Ryan Hamblin - same thing: https://twitter.com/RyanleeHamblin/likes https://twitter.com/RyanleeHamblin/likes There's a clear pattern here. These are key people in staff who should be listening and responding with empathy to the horrifying student stories throughout Lambda. All negative dissent is squashed by dividing and siloing students. They are made to think their issues with the "school" are due to some personal deficiency. It is no wonder that negative student accounts rarely get amplified or even created. I was personally scared to write negative reviews for fear of being admonished by their "Student Success" team. There's been rumors circling of students removed from Slack after they complained about the quality of education. Leadership and key members of staff are all complicit.
- SamReidHughes 7y ago
  Your links completely fail to cast any of their targets in a negative light.
  - wpietri 7y ago
    If you can't see something, that doesn't mean it isn't there. It just means you don't see it. What I see is definitely not behavior I'd want in instructors.
  - thatdrew 7y ago
    wrong.

nicesnowoman 7y ago

I'm a student - "reviews are fine" because students are also scared of being truthful to staff. The staff do not have a good history of listening to negative feedback and criticism. They are either ignorant or delusional. Look at Dustin Myers and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/dustint314/status/1156423191645917184 https://twitter.com/dustint314/status/1156423191645917184 Look at Trevor McKendrick (Chief of Staff) and how he responds to criticism: https://twitter.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/1082854218908794880 https://twitter.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/108285421890879488... Look at all of Austen's interactions on Twitter to students and how he gaslights them: https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1213711252175740928 Look at Ben Nelson (cofounder) and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discount negative ones: https://twitter.com/sunjieming/likes https://twitter.com/sunjieming/likes Look at Ryan Holdaway and see how he only interacts with positive testimonials and discounts negative ones: https://twitter.com/Ryan_Holdaway/likes https://twitter.com/Ryan_Holdaway/likes Look at Ryan Hamblin - same thing: https://twitter.com/RyanleeHamblin/likes https://twitter.com/RyanleeHamblin/likes There's a clear pattern here. These are key people in staff who should be listening and responding with empathy to the horrifying student stories throughout Lambda. All negative dissent is squashed by dividing and siloing students. They are made to think their issues with the "school" are due to some personal deficiency. It is no wonder that negative student accounts rarely get amplified or even created. I was personally scared to write negative reviews for fear of being admonished by their "Student Success" team. There's been rumors circling of students removed from Slack after they complained about the quality of education. Leadership and key members of staff are all complicit.

SamReidHughes 7y ago
Your links completely fail to cast any of their targets in a negative light.
- wpietri 7y ago
  If you can't see something, that doesn't mean it isn't there. It just means you don't see it. What I see is definitely not behavior I'd want in instructors.
- thatdrew 7y ago
  wrong.