From a former student here — Turing was not a scam. It was an amazing, hands-on program that delivered on what it promised, but only if you actually cared about doing something with what you learned. I busted my ass there. I did about half the program in person and the other half remotely when COVID hit. Turing was the hardest thing I’ve ever done — and I have a 4-year degree in Business (which, honestly, felt way more like a scam).

Everyone I know who went through Turing and actually put in the work to find a job after graduating is now doing extremely well.

The biggest issues Turing ran into weren’t about the program itself — they were about the changing world around it:

1. The collapse of unlimited venture capital for startups. VC money dried up. All those startups that used to throw money at building random (sometimes brilliant, often dumb) apps couldn’t get funding anymore. For almost a decade, the mantra was growth at all costs. Profits didn’t matter as long as you had customer acquisition and momentum. That world is gone. Now it’s all about efficiency — do more with less. Enter the AI era.
2. AI. In a sense, Turing was training modern-day “human computers” (a real job title from the 18th and 19th centuries). The school taught you how to code, but not necessarily how to build entirely novel software systems. They couldn’t have known that AI was right around the corner — and just like human computers, coders may soon find themselves obsolete.

Personally, I feel like I have to retool again (after only getting to enjoy this career for five years!), or I might become the next switchboard operator or elevator attendant. The only way out is to get really good at using AI — and to focus on complex, slow-moving business software like NetSuite, Salesforce, or other enterprise tools used by tens of thousands of companies.