u/Ecstatic-Executor wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The sentiment in here is incredibly negative so I'll throw in my two cents I completed cohort 1 and now have a $200k job. It was completely free. All flights, hotels and food were covered. It was incredibly intense. The format: 12 weeks Each week you have
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
Yeah I've been following it since then and it's definitely not a scam. The "gotcha" is you need to have a top 2% IQ to get in.
And then something like 2/3 of the people finished, so some people quit their jobs and it didn't work out.
But yeah it's not at all a scam and I would consider it if you have a high enough IQ and will put in the 100 hours a week work.
I would argue that if that's you, you're going to make A LOT MORE MONEY in your career, and if Gauntlet is the launching pad then fantastic.
Gauntlet get's paid like $30 to $50K for your placement, so if other companies catch on and try to poach you bypassing them then there's nothing stopping that from happening and someone has to pay that fee.
So it's not entirely free in that sense. If Meta got a list of students during the cohort and offered you $500K can you take it and not owe Gauntlet anything?
P.S. If you read Austen's marketing posts it really does sound like a scam to all the people I've shared it with even though he's actually telling the truth way better than he did with Lambda School this time.