u/michaelnovati replied ·
Hi thanks for sharing this update! My opinion (not fact) is that the new CEO is making sweeping efficiency changes. She was proud of reducing Lambda School's internal costs by massive amounts and she is likely bringing that same approach to App Academy now to lower their costs and help them survive.
Regarding what to do about it:
I AM NOT A LAWYER, THESE ARE MY OPINIONS OF THINGS I WOULD THINK ABOUT
- Sometimes less is more, so having 5 hours of super high quality lectures with more experienced teachers might be better, I would give it a chance to play out first. I'm not optimistic but I would approach with an open mind.
- Legally, things can be messy. The marketing and website means something but the contract you sign means a lot more. And how this information is presented (and fine print alongside it) means something too. You need a lawyer (or ChatGPT) to read the contract and see what they are actually promising. There might be a clause that program structure can change based on company resources at any time.
- If they are violating the contract it's not like they go to jail or you get a full refund. You have to see what they broke in the contract and what the remedies are, and if not are specified, then what is the damage or harm being done and what's a dollar value of that. Again, something for a lawyer to explore.
- I would talk to App Academy about it in writing and document the conversations. It's not like a one liner email from a staff will give you the right to a full refund, but you might get some context documented that would help a lawyer advise on where in the spectrum this kind of thing lands (i.e. complete violation, fraud, totally legal thing, good intentioned thing poorly executed, etc...)