u/sourcingnoob89 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Wow, what an intense read. Most (not all) bootcamps employ several similar strategies as them.
u/michaelnovati replied ·
It's a bit unfortunate that some bootcamps employ similar strategies but try to legitimize them even more now. Lambda School was first and then others learned from their mistakes.
1. CIRR as a marketing tool to legitimize results. But still lack of transparency - schools have a full year of data on H1 2023 grads and CIRR schools won't let us know that data until March 2025 and continue to tout 2022 numbers.
2. Hiring back alumni as "senior software engineers" and legitimizing those roles proactively as a prestigious position instead of a job you take because you couldn't get a SWE job yet after graduating.
3. Calling non-SWE roles highly desirable "modern engineering" roles instead of backup options for not getting SWE jobs.