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Very interested in Launch School capstone, but have questions.

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

Happy to hop on a quick call to discuss. Lot of nuance here that is easily lost in text. High level thoughts: 1. It's really hard, probably impossible, for me to give you advice when I don't know your capability for and alignment with our curriculum. I need to see you do the wor

u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
I wish more schools gave transparent, clear responses like this. As bootcamps are struggling right now I'm seeing so much grasping at straws that are twisting reality into marketing headlines. Just because the person has great Frontend Masters courses or YouTube videos it's not cool for him to be missing in action in the $20K program and you are actually taught by people who with no experience who graduated a year ago. If the founder is all over LinkedIn posting how cool they are and all the cool people they are hanging out, don't sign up. If the founder is promising you the magic formula for success on TikTok if you DM them. Don't buy it. The market is tough right now and you need **experienced people** who understand how it is and can help you the best they can. Don't pay a dime for a service that can't acknowledge the reality right now because they aren't going to help you.