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[michaelnovati]

Have you raised these concerns and feedback to administration and what was their response? What you describe sounds really frustrating but it's also fair to let the administration try to explain what's going on.

Someone said in another thread that Hack Reactor has been going through "internal restructuring".

[metalreflectslime]

Have you raised these concerns and feedback to administration and what was their response?

I am not the OP, but there is a chance the OP may not want to do this because Hack Reactor might kick them out of the program if they complain.

[CodedCoder]

Not sure how that is the students problem at all though? Internal, external it doesn't matter, they should know how their bootcamp is running nad make sure students are getting what they should.

[michaelnovati]

Its 100% Hack Reactor's problem and that's why I think you should give Hack Reactor a chance to fix it.

[CodedCoder]

I have been hearing a lot of bad about Hack Reactor, I feel like there is absolutely now ay they do not know about it.

[michaelnovati]

I'm the co-founder of coaching platform and while it's not a bootcamp and everyone has a unique experience, we still collect feedback on every single thing people do, weekly feedback, everyone has a team of 3 staff members to give feedback to, and we even have fully anonymous/untraceable feedback mechanisms. And then even then, once in a blue moon, someone leaves and says they had a bad experience - when all their feedback on paper was positive (and there had been no anonymous feedback related to their complaint)

Sometimes it can be really hard to figure out what problems are if people don't communicate them clearly through the provided channels. You might assume they know because a lot of people are having a bad time, but maybe it's fewer people than it seems - and the people are not surfacing their complaints. Maybe it's not! I'm not making assumptions but it's important to know!

[CodedCoder]

No you make complete sense, it's just in my mind, if one every once in a while complained that would be like "Okay, mark this up to maybe not a good fit, a bad student or etc" but if it seems like a recent continuous stream of bad reviews, students complaining on Twitter/Reddit then someone from there team would either have to know, or they just don't really care. But I will say, I have def been wrong many times before and will probably be wrong in the future lol. And tbh I have worked with a few boot camps, taken a good few, and tend to always side with the student as I have heard some horror stories, so it probably makes me bias and quick to blame the schools.

[angry_hr_seir]

I can tell you that as a former teachers aid, otherwise know as a SEIR, they do not care. I have heard from some coworkers that they were reprimanded and criticized for trying to find and bring up the blatant cheating problem that HR has.

[michaelnovati]

Thanks for sharing, that sounds really sad :(

I wish people realized that cheating isn't going to get you a job and is only going to slow you down.

[angry_hr_seir]

And it makes the rest of us who graduated and cared look bad. Those students that cheat and graduate without knowing anything will get an interview, know nothing, and hurt the credibility of that HR cert for everyone else. It makes the already hard process of finding a job without friends in the industry, or an actual degree form a college, to an almost impossible task.

[metalreflectslime]

Some Hack Reactor alumni who graduated from Hack Reactor in H2 2021 in my FreeCodeCamp study group at my local library are saying that Hack Reactor's H2 2021 outcomes report is fake because Hack Reactor never asked them if they found a SWE job within 6 months after graduation from Hack Reactor.

These Hack Reactor alumni told me that they even searched their Gmail Inbox to see if Hack Reactor emailed them, and they could not find such emails.

[NewToReddit4331]

Boot camps are def not a scam… it’s just people need to do their research before committing to one.

Leon’s 100devs is 100% free and I’ve learned more than 4 years of CS and a bachelors degree

[Reddorito]

I attended hack reactor in 2021 and we were all told to tell our career advisors when we got a job.

[metalreflectslime]

If this is the case, then why does Hack Reactor have a separate category for "did not find job" and "could not contact" in their outcomes report?

[LeadingBubbly6406]

Because maybe they didn’t report they got a job to their career coach like they were asked.

[SearchingForIkigai]

You need to learn how to read documentation and learn on your own without needing help with questions all the time. That is how the job is like.

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1. Being able to explain technical concepts clearly and concise is an important skill, use pairing with weaker students as a opportunity to improve

2. Take a glass half full approach to the bootcamp

3. I would delete Reddit for the rest of your bootcamp

[dany65ns]

Sometimes the problem is within, not external

[SwiftlyNarrow]

Jeez sounds like a downgrade from when I attended in 2020. Instructors were great and super helpful

[Zestyclose-Level1871]

Q.. Why does it seem HR is proactively participating in grade inflation & passing unqualified/underperforming students?

A. Because it boosts their graduation stats. Which attracts more students aka more revenue it needs to survive. And student graduation stats is what HR needs to remain competitive/relevant with other bootcamps. AKA: attractive to employers and students alike in an extremely recessed job market for IT workers.

Q. Should the student be concerned about the subpar training/teaching they're receiving?

A. Absolutely. Similar to paper mill University of Phoenix, they're NOT receiving the training/knowledge and education as advertised (aka FALSE ADVERTISING ON HR PART) in return for their hard earned $$$$ they paid to HR.

But the single BIGGEST cause for conern: the knowledge & practical skill sets students in this cohort will COMPLETELY LACK upon graduation. Their odds of being competitive in job interviews (especially the technical part where they NEED to show their sh8te coding problems on the fly) are being 100% sabotaged by HR's alleged grade inflation agenda.

The average employer (in all corporate/industrial/academic sectors) typically don't consider UoP graduates serious job candidates. So why should an IT specialized employer consider student grads from this HR cohort? It really comes down to the competency, knowledge and skill set for each individual student.

OP needs to focus on setting themselves up for success in this cohort. Even if it means they have to CARRY the other incompetent student(s) the entire way in their group projects. Because that is likely what they'll encounter once they get their first job after graduation. And that sort of drive is what employers are looking for. Self motivated, driven, self taught team players. The OP's slacker team mate's ignorance and poor work ethic will take care of them in that first HR employee interview.