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A few points: 1. I'm surprised Bloom doesn't have an arbitration clause. 2. Bloom doesn't say what percentage of privates[a] get a job afterwards. I can't ima
by ipnon 5y ago
A few points:
1. I'm surprised Bloom doesn't have an arbitration clause.
2. Bloom doesn't say what percentage of privates[a] get a job afterwards. I can't imagine any lawyer would put a guarantee in the contract.
3. Bloom fully refunds the tuition if you don't get a coder job in 365 days. Getting that education for free is a good deal, even if all you get is web dev code monkey 101. If you have 2 neurons to rub together you can extend that into learning other areas of programming. Although admittedly that's hard for a single mom, it's not Bloom's fault she's in that situation.
4. Were coder bootcamps so successful that the labor market is now well and truly saturated with juniors?
My estimation of the story is that the litigant is salty she didn't read the fine print and probably just isn't very talented. Learning how to program computers isn't an economic panacea, and it's hard. I got a CS degree and struggled to get a decent jobs for years. Maybe we'll see CS graduates sueing their universities if this litigation provails.
[a] Somehow graduate seems inappropriate terminology for a boot camp.
- roguecoder 5y agoOn 4, the answer is no, but Lambda school in particular has developed a reputation at least in my circles for producing people who are less qualified than folks with no bootcamp or experience on their resume because it is not an effective program. Rather than addressing their pedagogical failures, they decided to change their name, commit fraud & lie to potential students. Which opens them up to being sued, if only by students, like this woman, who opted out of the arbitration clause.