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can we call boot camps predatory?

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

Here's my take: First off, I'll do a rare top-level disclosure that I run a small boot camp type design school. I had no intention of being involved in this "boot camp" world. I had a few friends go through boot camps and have success. I saw people paying 30k for schools that w

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
RE: "If you want something better – then you’re going to have to make it. That’s what I’ll be doing." I know a couple of bootcamps that started for just that reason. I think one thing many people fail to realize when starting a business is that the skillset needed to run a business, manage, people, grow people's careers, etc... is completely different from that needed to make a "better bootcamp". So it's more than just the skillset to make something better, but a large set of skills that I have not seen land all in one place. I think Lambda School in my opinion WAS best marketing (almost so good everything else fell behind and caused a lot of problems). Codesmith in my opinion is like best at community building. Rithm in my opinion is best at live instruction. We see all of the building a "better bootcamp" efforts turn into program that are the best at one thing and that's exactly why I want to help people find the right program for them and what they want.