Lambda School’s Misleading Promises
I'm not a fan of bootcamps because I think a lot of them are more focused on making money than actually helping people who need help.Last year I decided to take action and started a free coding group at our local library: https://www.meetup.com/San-Jose-C0D3I show up before work every day (M-F at 8am) to help students who are learning how to code. So far no students have gotten a job yet, but our group consistently gets 4-8 students who show up promptly at 8am. I answer their questions, give them guidance, and teach them best practices I follow as a software engineer with 10 years of work experience. I ask for nothing in return except the joy of students going "ahhh" when something clicked for them.Things are still early for us, but my dream is to inspire other software engineers to help create a free and open learning center at their local libraries so people have an alternative to coding bootcamps.