Thanks for being honest about your experience. All of the Lambda grads I’ve talked to in person have similar negative stories about how their experience felt like it was being made up on the fly.
It’s difficult to speak out about problems with your educational institutions because your own reputation is partially attached, at least in early career. I see a couple people in my Twitter and LinkedIn feeds defending BloomTech publicly today despite having previously complained about their experience in private. It must be difficult to see your educational experience being exposed as being poor, which probably prevents a lot of people from speaking out. The Lambda/BloomTech grads I know are actually smart people, but they had to self-teach their way there. Lambda lured a lot of smart people in by proximity to Paul Graham and all of the positive press they received online when they started out.
It’s difficult to speak out about problems with your educational institutions because your own reputation is partially attached, at least in early career. I see a couple people in my Twitter and LinkedIn feeds defending BloomTech publicly today despite having previously complained about their experience in private. It must be difficult to see your educational experience being exposed as being poor, which probably prevents a lot of people from speaking out. The Lambda/BloomTech grads I know are actually smart people, but they had to self-teach their way there. Lambda lured a lot of smart people in by proximity to Paul Graham and all of the positive press they received online when they started out.