Scaler Academy Review

I think one major con as you said in another post, that almost all instructors and TAs of are in India, about half of the cohort mates are in India, all the current job partnerships are in India, and every placement listed on their website testimonial was in India. The company itself is also based in India.This is not clear from their marketing and is fantastic if you are located in India but not as good of you are located elsewhere. Comment from OP: "Yes they are available in the US now(launched 7-8 months back iirc). Instructors are based in India. Some are American. Teaching assistants are all based in India. Hiring partnerships are mostly with Indian cos. Not sure about outside India. I am still in month 2 , so job portal is not yet open for me. It's a mix of American and Indian learners. Probably 60-40. My mentor is based out of India. He is an SDE2 at Adobe. Not sure if there are any that are based out of the US." They are making a large push into the global market, but currently this is something to be aware of that you didn't mention at all in your post that I think a lot of people should be aware of if they are not located in India so they can ask questions and make sure they are on the same page before joining. Bias Disclosure: Scalar is competitive to Formation.

Yeah I just commented about the fact that all placements and hiring partnerships are only in India (according to comments by OP in another thread) and this was not mentioned at all. It's a bit suspicious. The OP is a relatively new account and has been posting frequently about Scalar all over this sub, but more subtly than others. Reddit is a tough place because you have no idea the games and things people do with anonymous accounts. It's so bad that I only use my real account with my name on it and get frequently criticized and falsely accused of things because it's what people expect on here :(

That's fair, I respect both sides of it. I worked at Facebook for a very long time (2009 to 2017) and saw every kind of spam/marketing/trick in the book and I have some friends who work at Reddit as well who comment on similar things. It's just the downside that comes from the upside is that it's hard to trust anything you read on Reddit from new accounts without sources, or take it 100% seriously. I feel strongly about using my real name in this subreddit because bootcamps are polarizing, and I've seen what happened at FB when you combine polarizing topics + anonymous people + bad intentions. I want to promote real, middle road pros-and-cons discussions about things openly and transparently.