coding bootcamps

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Heather Payne about bootcamps — how to get the most out of them and what to look out for!

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Guests

• Heather Payne

Show Notes

07:52 - Bootcamps

• What do you teach in the bootcamp?
• How long is it?
• SHow do you validate and pick topics?
• What makes a good bootcamp student?
• Do bootcamps work?
• How do you get the most out of a bootcamp?

20:45 - Finding a job

• How do you prepare for an interview?
• What qualities, outside of technical skill, do you see in developers who get jobs easily out of the bootcamp?
• Do you see any common traits in the few that don’t get jobs?
• What about getting a job in the current climate?

43:30 - Other

• How do income share agreements work?
• Pay what you can income share agreements
• How do you tell if a bootcamp is good?

Links

• Heather Payne
• Juno College
• WordPress
• React
• Council on Integrity in Results Reporting
• Zoom

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0:45 Jason intros Vincent Woo, who wrote "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" for New York Magazine
2:21 What drew Vincent to this story? What wrongdoings did he discover?
6:02 Vincent describes Lambda's ISAs and how they were sold
14:24 How Vincent approached Austen Allred as an investigative reporter & clip from Vincent's interview with Austen
16:19 What is Lambda's school actual placement rate? How does it compare with other coding bootcamps?
20:06 Getting Lambda's former Director of Student Placement on record to speak about the placement rates
23:43 Why ISA coding schools should exist
29:18 How Lambda's remote-only approach differentiates them & how opportunity cost plays into their issues
35:06 Where did Lambda School go wrong?
45:51 Does the business model work in broad strokes if opened up to everyone?
53:54 What does Lambda School need to do now?
58:21 Where is the blindspot in most entrepreneurs?
1:00:57 Vincent also writes about local political corruption in the Bay Area