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> finally, my first day. and i was immediately disappointed to learn that the "team leads" in charge of grading our designs and reviewing our work.... were actu
by jrochkind1 6y ago
> finally, my first day. and i was immediately disappointed to learn that the "team leads" in charge of grading our designs and reviewing our work.... were actually students two months ahead of us. two months!!!!
Wow. While not an exact analogy, something about that makes me want to say MLM/"pyramid scheme"
> i was so depressed. i started sleeping longer hours, i lost all enthusiasm. i was ashamed to tell my partner. i was genuinely struggling and still am.
As I would be too in that position, I really sympathize. They are taking advantage of people and that has consequences, it isn't just a "failed startup".
- QuixoticChris 6y agoI've seen this pattern before with other bootcamps. If you want to advertise "99% employment after 3 month", the people who aren't succeeding have to go somewhere. Failing them out of the program is one way, but also hiring the borderline cases you couldn't fail out is another.
- jrochkind1 6y agoIt sounds like this in this case it's not recent grads, it's the people still paying the bootcamp, who are grading other's work. That is one way to reduce costs!