<story><title>Lambda School’s Misleading Promises</title><url>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-placement-rate-is-lower-than-claimed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>songzme</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of bootcamps because I think a lot of them are more focused on making money than actually helping people who need help.&lt;p&gt;Last year I decided to take action and started a free coding group at our local library: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.meetup.com&amp;#x2F;San-Jose-C0D3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.meetup.com&amp;#x2F;San-Jose-C0D3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I show up before work every day (M-F at 8am) to help students who are learning how to code. So far no students have gotten a job yet, but our group consistently gets 4-8 students who show up promptly at 8am. I answer their questions, give them guidance, and teach them best practices I follow as a software engineer with 10 years of work experience. I ask for nothing in return except the joy of students going &amp;quot;ahhh&amp;quot; when something clicked for them.&lt;p&gt;Things are still early for us, but my dream is to inspire other software engineers to help create a free and open learning center at their local libraries so people have an alternative to coding bootcamps.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tmpz22</author><text>FAANGM has left us with an impression that if you build a decent product you will magically make so much money that you can divert portions of it to a fancy office, great salaries, open source and other philanthropic causes, with no consequences. The truth is few industries carry that much of a margin especially when VC, founders, and seniors, take so much off the top.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s my opinion that some companies should never be done for profit, particularly Political Tech but also other social tech including portions of ed tech.&lt;p&gt;These industries should be left for FI&amp;#x2F;RE folks who are rewarded with various social credits, like awards, tax credits, and peer validation.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lambda School’s Misleading Promises</title><url>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-placement-rate-is-lower-than-claimed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>songzme</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of bootcamps because I think a lot of them are more focused on making money than actually helping people who need help.&lt;p&gt;Last year I decided to take action and started a free coding group at our local library: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.meetup.com&amp;#x2F;San-Jose-C0D3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.meetup.com&amp;#x2F;San-Jose-C0D3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I show up before work every day (M-F at 8am) to help students who are learning how to code. So far no students have gotten a job yet, but our group consistently gets 4-8 students who show up promptly at 8am. I answer their questions, give them guidance, and teach them best practices I follow as a software engineer with 10 years of work experience. I ask for nothing in return except the joy of students going &amp;quot;ahhh&amp;quot; when something clicked for them.&lt;p&gt;Things are still early for us, but my dream is to inspire other software engineers to help create a free and open learning center at their local libraries so people have an alternative to coding bootcamps.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>20years</author><text>This is awesome! I love hearing that others are doing this. I do something similar but I run after school clubs. I work mostly with 5th through 8th graders and run clubs 5 days per week in 5 different local schools.&lt;p&gt;It is a lot of work but so rewarding and I feel it has made me a better developer. I myself have learned so much from doing it. I have met so many amazing kids &amp;amp; parents too and it&amp;#x27;s made me a much bigger part of my community.</text></comment>