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There's some important points missing from the '88% have offers' title... - 400 people applied for the course. - 20 were accepted into the course, after intervi
by damian2000 15y ago
There's some important points missing from the '88% have offers' title...
- 400 people applied for the course.
- 20 were accepted into the course, after interviews and screening.
- 17 were "ready to work at the end". (does this mean passed?)
- 14 got job offers.
So the prospective employers can be fairly certain after all of this that the student can code, and that's what makes it so attractive to them. For the student, I'd imagine just making it into the course itself is quite hard but if you do get in then you've got a good chance of success.
- lachyg 15y agoOut of the 3 from that 20, 1 is continuing their studies, one is looking for a job still, and another is starting his own startup.
- mehulkar 15y agoAdmission wasn't granted on the basis of programming knowledge though, it was on the basis of motivation. Yeah that skews the playing field a little bit, but I like that kind of skew. "17 ready to work" means 17 wanted jobs and didn't want to start their own thing.
- damian2000 15y agoYeah, and the screening of admissions is obviously working well for them. I did a free online course with Coursera recently and was surprised that only something like 5% saw it through to completion, after hearing that 100k had signed up for it.
- mehulkar 14y agoI think that's because learning is all about being in a conducive environment. DBC got the environment part right. Online courses might be structured really well and have the best material, but they still can't provide you 20 people who've put their livelihoods on the line to get through this stuff right beside you.