Out of curiosity, how many other people have dropped out and/or have you talked to other students about it? One of the things I'm very curious about TripleTen is how many people finish the program. Earlier this year their internal goal (from primary source but not officially representing the company) was to get people to stay long enough (past a certain sprint) so they owe most of their tuition so I there is more incentive to convince you to stay just long enough, rather than have you finish and place. In some sense if you "graduate" and they become more hands off - you might slip up and not be eligible for refund anymore, at which point they have no financial incentive to help you - other than if their outcomes are bad, no one will join to begin with.
u/Benz-n-frenz wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The course starts becoming a lot more difficult right at the 50% completion mark. Right around sprint 8 or 9. Which is coincidentally right around the time where you become ineligible to receive a refund on what you’ve paid.
The first few sprints I breezed through, I loved the
u/michaelnovatireplied·
This isn't terrible but I wish they were more transparent about it so you can be more informed going in.
u/-AprilRose wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Hey. I know you weren't talking to me, but I want to add this.
The way TripleTen keeps student is letting them extend the deadline infinitely. They're really not strict about it at all. I am also feeling discouraged and considering dropping. Not because I don't enjoy projects, b
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Yeah deferring indefinitely can also be a good thing but the need to be more transparent.
Why did you sign up out of curiosity?
u/-AprilRose wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I was disappointed with my college experience and felt like the paper was the end goal more than the learning itself. To each their own with that, but I felt like I wasn't getting much out of it. With TripleTen, their externship program is what interested me most. If I could've s
u/michaelnovatireplied·
How was the externship program compared to an internship?
u/epicpython wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I did an externship with TripleTen. (Note on my bootcamp experience: I came in with prior programming experience, graduated, and got a job.) I don't think the externship is similar to an internship. For the externship, we mostly worked on the project independently, and met up onc
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Thanks for sharing, this is a good raw write up and helpful. This is what I thought they were too and I actually like this idea. It's like a group project but with more "real requirements" instead of toy ones and getting feedback from a real person and not a grader/instructor only.
Rithm school is vaguely similar with it's internships, except the projects a little more real.
The downside to real projects is each one is unique and hard to turn into a consistent learning experience, and second - the external mentors are busy and might not be the best teachers.
All of that said - execution matters, and I'm not commenting on Triple Ten or Rithm but just the theoretical models.