u/michaelnovati replied ·
How is Coding Dojo doing in this market and how are they adapting to the market?
I was an instructor at coding dojo for 4 years and got laid off in January.
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u/kklutzington wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Very bad. Got acquired a year ago by perdoceo. Ever since then student number went down the drain. We needed to pivot to machine learning and AI, but it didn’t happen. Got to the point to where we had around 6 instructors every month not needed. Went from 40 student classes for e
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Thanks for sharing and hopefully it was also a learning experience good and bad.
A lot of bootcamps are in a similar situation unfortunately, some nicer than others.
When you say that they needed to pivot to ML and AI, was that officially planned and they couldn't pull it off?
I've seen Codesmith (adding on AI) and BloomTech (pivoting to AI) but it still feels like the days of Web3 and BlockChain bootcamps that popped up during the Bitcoin spike.
No one knew what Web3 skills companies wanted and companies didn't have systematic ways of hiring and accessing for Web3 skills so a bootcamp focused on Web3 didn't make sense.
Right now no one knows what AI skills companies want because the companies don't know.
We're in a 1-2 year phase where companies are exploring generative AI internally and we'll see what kinds of skills people need.
The existing senior engineers will have a lot of sway in what kinds of "AI skills" they want to see in new people joining the company.
u/kklutzington wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Not planned but heavily suggested. In this line of work you have to stay relevant and adapt. Knowing full stack development was a good skill to have 4 years ago is you wanted to transition to tech. Now full stack is not nearly enough to make that transition. The market is too flo
u/michaelnovati replied ·
What are your thoughts on if those big companies would rather train their senior engineers in gen AI and give them time to explore VS hiring in zero experience people with some gen AI skills?
I'm not entirely convinced that zero experience and able to fine tune a model will be hireable if a senior product engineer can figure it out. But curious your views.
u/kklutzington wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
As of 2024, several coding bootcamps have halted enrollment. One of the notable examples is **Codesmith**, which announced a temporary halt in accepting new students to reassess and restructure its program offerings to better align with industry demands and improve the overall st
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I posted the thing you linked to above but I want to clarify two things in this comment:
Launch Academy temporarily halted enrollment
Codesmith continues enrolling but reduced from 4 cohorts options + 1 part time to 1 cohort option + 1 part time
Rithm School had possible layoffs, but continues enrolling as of 5/26/2024