Keziyah

Stay tuned for more on Holberton School and: - Racism - Emotionally unstable staff - Students kicked out - Possible illegal/unethical activity - The "Career Sprint" that is described as "torture" and "cruel and unusual" It's late and I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow.

Mentorship is supposed to be an important part of Holberton's curriculum. Anon 5 says that mentors were supposed to be resources for students, and should have also kept the curriculum up to date. But in reality, "mentors were barely engaged."

Anon 2: "Most of the [mentors] that came were there to practice their public speeches and were not even engineers. We were never given contacts or anyone to reach out to and we were discouraged to talk to them. Mentorship support was non existent. "

Anon 1 says only favorite students were given the chance to visit companies or go to special events. "These relationships are based on the cofounder’s previous professional relationship in the industry. These relationships have been exhausted by the first couple of cohorts"

Anon 4: "Even if we want to contact a mentor, we can’t, because they’ve never introduced us to the network of mentors."

Most students who finish the first 9 months will go on to the Career Sprint. This part of the program is supposed to help students get a job. As you can imagine, it doesn't.

Anon 5 says that most students struggle to find jobs and barely get any help. Anon 1 says that there's no job assistance for students. Again, this is part of the program. They are paying tens of thousands of dollars to Holberton School...to apply for jobs with no help?

Anon 4: " It is not job placement help." The career sprint consists of "things readily available for free online and at many free and public meetups (resume review, algorithm practice, mock interviews..."