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A take-it home project with 1 week maximum allows for that with some amount to be paid to the person. Many respected companies do it that way if not whiteboard

A take-it home project with 1 week maximum allows for that with some amount to be paid to the person. Many respected companies do it that way if not whiteboard interviews. Lambda already takes a cut out of these student's future salaries. Sorry, I don't agree. The way this is advertised is gross.

jonfw 6y ago
A 1 week take home project doesn't give experience, doesn't test how well the student works with others, doesn't showcase communication skills, etc. There is a LOT more to development than coding
- damnencryption 6y ago
  > There is a LOT more to development than coding Agreed. Many companies already have paid work hours for hiring. I just listed those examples because those seems to be more common than work days ATM and isn't most employment in US at will unlike EU and developed parts of the world? I understand the company will still have some cost to that but why should individuals be worked for free to offset that?
  - jonfw 6y ago
    The alternative isn't that these people get paid, the alternative is that they continue to get their resumes screened and either remain unemployed or go back to the undesirable field they were in pre-bootcamp. That's the reality for many people. This can help those people- although I agree that it won't help anybody who's qualified to field an offer right off the bat.
- minimaxir 6y ago
  I don't think the OP disagrees, but the keyword here is "unpaid", let alone the opportunity cost for working at a potentially bad-fit company for a month.
  - jonfw 6y ago
    Just compare the value proposition to something like college. People will sacrifice quite a lot to get into the career they want to be in- and it's very often worth while. I won't make the argument that this is preferable to fielding and accepting an offer immediately, because obviously it isn't. However, this is preferable to going unemployed for months on end or giving up and going back to unskilled work- which is the reality for many folks right now.

jonfw 6y ago

A 1 week take home project doesn't give experience, doesn't test how well the student works with others, doesn't showcase communication skills, etc. There is a LOT more to development than coding

damnencryption 6y ago
> There is a LOT more to development than coding Agreed. Many companies already have paid work hours for hiring. I just listed those examples because those seems to be more common than work days ATM and isn't most employment in US at will unlike EU and developed parts of the world? I understand the company will still have some cost to that but why should individuals be worked for free to offset that?
- jonfw 6y ago
  The alternative isn't that these people get paid, the alternative is that they continue to get their resumes screened and either remain unemployed or go back to the undesirable field they were in pre-bootcamp. That's the reality for many people. This can help those people- although I agree that it won't help anybody who's qualified to field an offer right off the bat.
minimaxir 6y ago
I don't think the OP disagrees, but the keyword here is "unpaid", let alone the opportunity cost for working at a potentially bad-fit company for a month.
- jonfw 6y ago
  Just compare the value proposition to something like college. People will sacrifice quite a lot to get into the career they want to be in- and it's very often worth while. I won't make the argument that this is preferable to fielding and accepting an offer immediately, because obviously it isn't. However, this is preferable to going unemployed for months on end or giving up and going back to unskilled work- which is the reality for many folks right now.