u/michaelnovati replied ·
Someone commented with my previous summary earlier but some more random fairly critical points
1. CIRR is audited, so the numbers in the report should be deemed accurate, but
1. CIRR was founded by bootcamp leaders and it's board is mostly bootcamp leaders, so the methodology and construction might be biased towards making bootcamps look better than they should
2. The salary metrics are all based on people who got jobs, and the job placement metrics are based on people who graduate. So if 75% of people graduate and 75% of graduates got jobs in 6 months that means 0.75 \* 0.75 = 56% of people who started got a job in the end before 6 months.
3. Finally, 6 months to get a job after a 3 months program is a REALLY long time. It can be really rough in that 6 months for people and that's not captured in the metrics.
2. Program can try to game the system yeah. I haven't done investigative journalism but I've heard of some strategies. For example, having "prep" programs that are fairly long where a person has to pass a test o get into the "full" program and the final metrics only count people who started that "full"program. This means that by the time someone got into the full program they have a higher chance of success, but loses all the people who dropped out before.