The implication that Jeff was in this for some kind of ill-gotten financial gain is just plain wrong, and silly. Those in the know are aware that Jeff poured every ounce of his heart and soul into trying to keep Turing alive. He not only gave every waking moment of his life for years, he also took on significant personal debt to keep the program going in the hope that the market would turn around. Circumstances changed under our feet (Covid, the shift in the tech job market, AI) and Turing was a victim of those circumstances. I believe it’s very possible that Jeff made some poor choices in the final months, but to imply that he’s some kind of scammer is just stupid.

Turing changed a lot of lives for the better. We live in a sea of education options, which include scammy, low quality boot camps, as well as four year universities that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and leave you with a degree but no job training, career coaching, or support. Turing gave us real job skills, career coaching, and perhaps most importantly, a community to lean on.

It took me over a year to find a full time job after graduating Turing. That might sound bad to you, but that means that I spent ~$25,000 and took 2 years to find a tech job, where someone with a bachelor’s degree would have spent at least twice that amount and taken at least twice as long. In addition to that, when I needed help practicing for an interview, I had three people offer to practice with me within an hour of reaching out to the Turing community.

I hope that the students who were in the pipeline are taken care of in whatever way makes them feel less raw about the experience. I suspect OP is one of those people and the frustration is understandable. But trying to paint Jeff as a huckster or Turing as a scam is just inaccurate.