| | Anonymous | Pros: If you are looking for a less risky way to see if you are interested in coding Lambda might be the ideal school for you. However, the risk factor is the first and last attractive thing about Lambda School.
They recently changed their Income Sharing agreement so that you can go through the first 4 months of the program and if you withdraw only be on the hook for up to 50% of the ISAs value. You could find worse ways and more expensive ways to try to learn to code. But you can also find better and cheaper ways. Lambda used to offer daily code reviews, Paid team leads to work with you and help you. Those are no longer available. All of Lambda Schools grading is self-assessed which significantly devalues the significance of its endorsement, if there is any value to it at all.
Cons:
- Everything is self assessed. There are no experienced individuals reviewing your codes and providing you with best practices or advice on how to get better. its completely on you to absorb the poorly constructed materials and be competent enough to land a job later on.
- You will have a senior student mentor you on a daily basis. However, they are unpaid and forced to fulfill this role. This is a mixed bag. Some mentors will do well by you others will not. There is little to no training for them. Later on in the program you will be forced to mentor others. You won't be paid and they will refuse endorsement if you don't participate.
- You are forced into many meetings where you have to fill roles like taking notes, managing time and leading. Useful skills but not useful when you are trying to learn to code. You can expect 2-4 hours of meetings a day and if you are lucky 2 hours of coding. Once you are mentoring you will be frequently interrupted to help newer students code.
- Program whiplash. Lambda has no idea how to roll out changes. They frequently makes changes that apply to all students right away, they fail to provide adequate time or resources to adjust to new changes.
- They don't listen to feedback. They claim to but they simply do. If you are in Lambda School you are on a ride with someone who is trying to be the next tech unicorn. Your opinion does not matter only the path to success for the executives. They completely lack the stability of any traditional learning environment.
Considering to learn to code? Try one of the many other programs out there. Lambda used to be a good value but for self-grading and little support you can find better options out there for far less money and respect for your time and career success. |
