u/michaelnovati posted ·
CourseReport is a scam in my opinion
I've pointed out a number of issues to Course Report:
1. They made a AI/ML course at a bootcamp a "Best of AI/ML" award when there are zero reviews of that program on their platform - the program is offered by a paid partner of Course Report and in the award announcement they say that this partnership has nothing to do with the list.
2. Interview with a "student" of a program who happens to also be the "Lead Instructor" of the exact same program he was interviewed as a student of.
3. Paid staff members writing reviews without disclosing, being called out, and Course Report not removing the post.
4. Reviewer lying - saying they had zero experience and the bootcamp helped them change industries, when the person's LinkedIn said they had 3 years of SWE experience prior to the bootcamp.
5. People getting giftcards to write reviews without disclosing
6. Not disclosing how much money they get from each bootcamp they refer you to, e.g. This bootcamp pays us like $1500 per person who joins, instead of fine print that says 'some bootcamps may or may not pay us but that doesn't impact our recommendations'
I think the people have good intentions there but they don't realize their own biases and aren't looking out for the student as #1, they are looking out for themselves to protect their own business - which relies on bootcamps being successful.