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I know that Lambda has now implemented an auto-grader, but it came too late for me. I was in that hole post-changes where Lambda seemed not to know what the hel

I know that Lambda has now implemented an auto-grader, but it came too late for me. I was in that hole post-changes where Lambda seemed not to know what the hell it was doing, and graduated after. There was even a week where I tested whether or not Lambda cared if I was submitting anything at all by NOT submitting anything. And... crickets. No more accountability. There were even form submissions where a student could select "I want to be contacted by student-success or an instructor". Those form submissions didn't work, I tried them every week, and I sent feedback and personally DMed people complaining about this. Lambda School said the changes were to give students more 1:1 time with instructors... but there was no (working) process implemented to have this come true.

sugarwater 6y ago
Students all across the board were and are still really upset. Some student posted a poll asking whether or not students liked the changes. Overwhelmingly, students answered NO, but soon after the poll was deleted by the CEO Austen. He's deleted quite a few negative posts on the Lambda subreddit, too. I'm obviously no fan of his, after he described the changes Lambda made as "small changes in schedule" when [this post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415017) blew up on hackernews. The school really has a major problem with transparency and holding trust with students. I left the program unhappy with what I got from it, and I can say the same about my peers. If someone in real life asks me about the program and whether or not I recommend it, it's a solid no from me.
- sugarwater 6y ago
  Here are a couple more recent links relevant to Lambda School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8obAJa414&t=500s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8obAJa414&t=500s https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/lvi6mz/lambda_school_is_consistently_deceptive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/lvi6mz/lamb... https://twitter.com/namssus/status/1339037833386930177?s=20 https://twitter.com/namssus/status/1339037833386930177?s=20
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sugarwater 6y ago

Students all across the board were and are still really upset. Some student posted a poll asking whether or not students liked the changes. Overwhelmingly, students answered NO, but soon after the poll was deleted by the CEO Austen. He's deleted quite a few negative posts on the Lambda subreddit, too. I'm obviously no fan of his, after he described the changes Lambda made as "small changes in schedule" when [this post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25415017) blew up on hackernews. The school really has a major problem with transparency and holding trust with students. I left the program unhappy with what I got from it, and I can say the same about my peers. If someone in real life asks me about the program and whether or not I recommend it, it's a solid no from me.

sugarwater 6y ago
Here are a couple more recent links relevant to Lambda School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8obAJa414&t=500s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8obAJa414&t=500s https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/lvi6mz/lambda_school_is_consistently_deceptive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/lvi6mz/lamb... https://twitter.com/namssus/status/1339037833386930177?s=20 https://twitter.com/namssus/status/1339037833386930177?s=20
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