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Former 2U/edX employee here, and our (university branded) bootcamps are an absolute joke. Here’s an inside look at how things operate on our end & how screwed up things are.

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u/DullMuffin4075 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Great questions here. 1. I can confirm that we didn’t cold call anyone, at least since I was hired in 2021. Most students clicked on an ad they saw somewhere and requested more information. Some students also would Google and find us that way. 2. This is one of the most concern

u/michaelnovati replied ·
2 is pretty interesting. There's an ok docuseries on HBO that just came out called "Telemarketers" that centers around call centers calling on behalf of "Police Associations of X" where X is a local city, and if they people donated, the charity only got 10% of the donation and the middle man company got 90%. But the callers were rotating through the various "police associations" they were calling on behalf of and they go extensively into the dilemma of representing police officers without lying. Overall not good vibes :S