I completed Lambda and immediately started mentoring for Lambda X (post-graduate employment preparation program). Within two weeks, I was hired as a contracted junior front-end wed developer for a fortune 10 company. After a month at that company I was hired full time. Since then I have been promoted and work as a senior lead engineer. I now make more than double what I made in my last career and haven't looked back since. - Lambda is NOT a scam and is a real educational program that gives back whatever you put into it. It isn’t always easy but if stick to it and ask for help you too can get through it. - There is an amazing and vast community you have access to learn and grow together, even after graduation. - Lambda’s program is 100% designed like the real-world Agile framework (at least in my case). You are not only learning tech work at Lambda but also how to work in the tech industry. - There are so many Lambda “extras” as you can utilize like after-hours help, hack-a-tons, career mentors, Lambda X, etc. These are all offered to Lambda students at no extra cost and only help develop your technical and career skills. - Lastly, there is no money up front and the ISA agreement is completely reasonable for what you get out of the program. - You have to remember you are trying to cram an entire careers worth of knowledge into a few months. At times it's hard work. You have to treat the school like a full time job. For me it really was a full-time job. I had to quit my job and had no personally income during that time. If you are not willing or able to work whole heartedly throughout the entire program it may not be the best program for you or you may want to consider the part-time program. - You're career after Lambda is your responsibility. Lambda has countless opportunities, programs, groups, and mentors to help you after you graduate to help you find and land a job. But you have to put in the time and effort to get and nail those interviews. You have to take the career side just as seriously if not more than the school itself. Networking and out-reaching is essential and only you can do that for yourself. Lambda can't guarantee you open positions after graduation but they can prepare you for finding and obtaining those opportunities if you put in the work. | 