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I got drawn into Lambda School at the peak of their hype early last year and considered myself extremely fortunate when I got admitted into one of their pilot E

I got drawn into Lambda School at the peak of their hype early last year and considered myself extremely fortunate when I got admitted into one of their pilot EU classes. Suffice it to say that the reality was...significantly poorer than advertised. Not only because of the much-discussed reasons which are true, but most importantly for me because they lied about having hiring partners in Europe when they didn't, and left the students to fend for themselves after graduating. Most of the students saw this happen with earlier cohorts and there was a steady trickle of dropouts while I was there. To top it off, around October last year, LS suddenly announced that they would be "pausing" the EU programs indefinitely to "focus on improving the student experience" which seriously drained student morale. I'm pretty sure no more than 35% of students who enrolled to Lambda EU have jobs currently and since they're not as loud as the Americans, their plight isn't really highlighted. Most of the students who managed to get hired either did it on their own, or were previously experienced and came to Lambda to improve their prospects. I managed to get a job through my own means, but would unequivocally consider enrolling to LS a mistake, and it's telling that they've not bothered to follow up with me for ISA payments. Addendum: This was the kind of delusional fever dream perpetuated by Austen that kind of attracted me to LS last year: https://www.coursereport.com/blog/lambda-schools-europe-income-share-agreement https://www.coursereport.com/blog/lambda-schools-europe-inco... https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/people/after-us-india-will-be-our-second-largest-market-by-year-end-austen-allred/articleshow/68974149.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/people/after-us-india-wi...

anthonycampbell 6y ago
I was part of the very first EU cohort and you're 100% correct. Despite being starry-eyed and optimistic when starting out, cracks quickly began to show in the facade. Curriculum changes would be announced hours before that day's lessons would begin leaving both students and instructors baffled. There were students who simply hadn't mastered the material yet and were generally not ready to move on, yet were forced to go into the next unit lest the 'pass-rate' between cohorts would be less than 100%. Frankly, having seen the average quality of their work, I wouldn't hire 70% of all Lambda students. I've seen a handful of really talented and hard-working students who've made the most of their LS experience, but for the majority that simply followed the curriculum and did the bare-minimum I wouldn't want them anywhere near my codebase. Thus far, it seems that almost all students who got a job either spent numerous hours studying outside of normal classes, had previous experience going into it (such as myself), or generally got a lucky break. There are numerous students who are still without a job more than a year after graduation.
nexus2045 6y ago
> Suffice it to say that the reality was...significantly poorer than advertised. So like, the Fyre of coding bootcamps. But still better than Siraj Raval?

anthonycampbell 6y ago

I was part of the very first EU cohort and you're 100% correct. Despite being starry-eyed and optimistic when starting out, cracks quickly began to show in the facade. Curriculum changes would be announced hours before that day's lessons would begin leaving both students and instructors baffled. There were students who simply hadn't mastered the material yet and were generally not ready to move on, yet were forced to go into the next unit lest the 'pass-rate' between cohorts would be less than 100%. Frankly, having seen the average quality of their work, I wouldn't hire 70% of all Lambda students. I've seen a handful of really talented and hard-working students who've made the most of their LS experience, but for the majority that simply followed the curriculum and did the bare-minimum I wouldn't want them anywhere near my codebase. Thus far, it seems that almost all students who got a job either spent numerous hours studying outside of normal classes, had previous experience going into it (such as myself), or generally got a lucky break. There are numerous students who are still without a job more than a year after graduation.

nexus2045 6y ago

> Suffice it to say that the reality was...significantly poorer than advertised. So like, the Fyre of coding bootcamps. But still better than Siraj Raval?