u/michaelnovati replied ·
One very specific thing that came up recently in a different thread is that a lot of people misinterpreted their 87% placement rate.
There report clearly states that 87% OF PEOPLE WHO GOT A JOB, got the job within 6 months of graduating (and 13% of people who got a job took longer), but not that 87% of people who started got a job within 6 months of graduating.
They have a refund policy if you stick to their requirements, you get a refund if you don't get a job within 6 months, so that might also be factoring into the above \^\^\^\^
So the question I would ask them is how many people graduate, how many people dropout, and what are the common timeframes and reasons for people that dropout.
The other non-obvious thing is that they are entirely owned by Yandex - the global conglomerate. This isn't a bad thing at all and could be a good thing, but it's just something not obvious even in the fine print of their website.