BoBab

What pisses me off the most is the complete lack of nuance.

Does conventional medicine have it's faults? Yes, absolutely -- it has plenty. Does that mean you swear off all conventional medicine and try to heal yourself by listening to some other talking head? Fuck no!

Life is not binary like that, so I will never understand people who try to force that false binary.

You can use some aspects of conventional medicine and some aspects of alternative or traditional medicine! It's that simple. If someone tells you to swear off one thing for another and claims their thing is a panacea, then the first thing you need to ask yourself if they're going to make money if you listen to them.

How is this any different from programs/organizations like LaunchCode (which is legitimately free, and is partnered with 500 companies in 6 different cities)?

You all seem to have a much smaller number of companies you're partnered with (but let's assume that grows significantly over the years). Do you have agreements with the companies to extend offers/internships/apprenticeships to a certain portion of your graduates?

I'm very skeptical of this program given it's really only in two cities, they're both high COL, the program is not free, and does not provide an actual degree (which is fine, but it's dubious to then suggest the program is a college alternative).

(Another free program/organization is YearUp, but they are a little different I guess, but going for the same goal.)

Exactly. And there's other organizations out there that do this and they seem to do it better without nearly as much "hype".

Example: LaunchCode (I know people who have gone through their programs and I've only heard good things about it so far. I mean shit it's free, like actually free...no portion of salary stuff)

while giving them a worthless degree

They don't even do that.

I think this program would be fine if they didn't charge the students. If they truly believe in their program and think they can output high-quality candidates then they should be charging the companies placement fees (that's how these other organizations and non-profits do it and it seems to be working out pretty well).

This definitely is sketchy, but I can see it helping out some students (like if you can live with mom and dad while going through the program and working the first three years). Hope their students do their research and look into other programs before they make a decision.

Holy shit. I will no longer complain about my emails...

Do you have an assistant help you with that?