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I think the key for a new, disruptive education model will be hiring endorsements from large companies. This seems like a good start.

• damian2000 14y ago
  I agree that the new online courses being offered by udacity and coursera etc have potential to be disruptive, but I don't see anything disruptive in this case to be honest ... the "intensive, job oriented training" model has been done before. But this one seems to have a founder who obviously has the industry connections to setup the students with jobs at the end.
  • SilasX 14y ago
    I don't think he ever used the connections to actually get students jobs/interviews though, even when asked. He just used them to get employers to show up and talk to us, and show up for a five minute "speed dating" session with us (though I guess you could count that).
    • patrickyeon 14y ago
      I would count that. I've never had an interview that didn't lead to a job offer. As soon as I can talk to the people who matter (as opposed to HR gatekeepers), I can demonstrate that I'm the person they want for a job. On the other hand, when I'm applying through HR, even for jobs that I know I would be a perfect fit in, I get a response well under 5% of the time.
      • SilasX 14y ago
        Well, the people at the speed dating thing were generally recruiters closer to the HR end of things, so ...