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> Quoting from the article, "it would be relatively easy for a fly-by-night operation to advertise a developer bootcamp, collect tuition, and then provide low-q
by welder 13y ago
> Quoting from the article, "it would be relatively easy for a fly-by-night operation to advertise a developer bootcamp, collect tuition, and then provide low-quality education — or skip town before the courses were even set to begin."
That's why these bootcamps only charge students after they complete the course and get an industry job.
- dalke 13y agoReally? Quoting that Fast Company article: "With the support of his wife, he sold his 2004 Volvo for the amount of tuition, and his family of four in the suburbs made do as a one-car household." Quoting http://www.hackbrightacademy.com/faq http://www.hackbrightacademy.com/faq : Tuition is $15,000. If you receive and accept a full-time job offer from one of the companies in our network then we will refund $3,000 of your tuition. If the program doesn't meet your expectations in the first 2 weeks, we'll give you your money back (less your down payment). Yes, there are some which do as you suggest. Quoting http://www.appacademy.io/#p-program http://www.appacademy.io/#p-program : App Academy does not charge any tuition. Instead, you pay us a placement fee only if you find a job as a developer after the program. In that case, the fee is 18% of your first year salary, payable over the first 6 months after you start working. But certainly not all do as you believe they do.
- djur 13y agoI've never seen a bootcamp/code school that doesn't require payment up front or at least in installments that finish before the course does.