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My opinion is divided about the "pay-to-play" model of workers paying for their own training. On one hand, they assume all the risk and financial hardship of t
by linkregister 11y ago
My opinion is divided about the "pay-to-play" model of workers paying for their own training. On one hand, they assume all the risk and financial hardship of training. On the other hand, compared to other developed economies (British, Australian), they have more opportunities to change careers because the risk of training has already been assumed by the worker. I've found that American hiring is far more flexible than the Commonwealth tradition of jockeying for an apprenticeship. And older workers have far less opportunity for apprenticeships.
It's hard to defend the code schools though. There are a high amount of horror stories we hear about them on HN, from both the students' and hiring managers' perspectives.
- mseebach 11y ago> There are a high amount of horror stories we hear about them on HN, from both the students' and hiring managers' perspectives. Can you link to them? I'm trying to do due diligence on some of them, but haven't been able to find much at all of substance. I'm specifically interested in Maker's Academy in London.
- linkregister 11y agoJust going from what I remembered reading, here are the ones that stood out the most. Comments vary from supporters to detractors. Ask HN threads I found interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8844848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8844848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7147664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7147664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9616691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9616691 The one I really wanted to find, which accompanied an article about some students who felt scammed by their bootcamp, is eluding me right now. It was an interesting article about how the students were required to post misleading stories on social media that made the school look better than it was. Edit: I found out why it was hard to find; it was taken down. Here's the link to the comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9492381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9492381