stephanie

I’ve been internalizing a lot of the anxiety and stress from the recent Verge reporting on Lambda School, which I am currently enrolled in full time. It’s been doubled down by seeing tech role models— @dhh, @abramov, @ossia, even @isosteph all dog pile on with their shots. 1/

hi! somewhat surprised to be called a “tech role model” but thanks for this thread. my take on lambda is that when i first heard about it 2 years ago i thought it was an amazing deal — no upfront payment, great success stories, good chance to be a leader in vocational education

my (and a lot of others’) baseline was fully “lambda is good” until bad stories started emerging, and what put me off was the attitude lambda’s leadership took in response to these stories. it reflects a distinct arrogance that i’ve always disliked and looks esp bad in education

one of the things i believe most strongly is educators are in a position of immense responsibility, and it’s up to them to own that when students are dissatisfied with outcomes. lambda leadership hasn’t shown that to external viewers, which also reflects on their business sense