Pros
I fully support the mission and goal of helping people to augment and even transform their current skillsets and careers. For the most part, students are enthusiastic and engaged. You get the opportunity to meet a lot of people.
Cons
HQ is in NYC. People working in NY live in a utopian bubble. Leadership are all located in NY and are completely disengaged from all other campuses. The lack of care for the actual student AND instructor experience is astounding. Turn over is through the roof. People join not knowing what they’re getting themselves into. Especially if they join because they love education roles. This place will chew you up and spit you out. You feel like a fraud working somewhere that’s blatantly posting false claims of 99% of grads finding jobs within 3 months. Complete and utter lies. Students join, then realize the truth but no one speaks about it. They skew the results in their favour, “this grad decided not to work in development after all”, “this grad went on vacation after their cohort” etc etc. Because they weren’t seeking employment “actively”, they’re discounted from our stats. Jake is a loose canon. I’m surprised he doesn’t have a handler yet. Completely unprofessional at every meeting I’ve seen him at. They’re more focused on IPOing so austerity measures are put in place, since this place is struggling to be profitable. Sacrificing student experience and playing on instructor’s good will is how they’re keeping their campuses afloat. Look, if you’re a developer, enjoy teaching, and are looking for a quick pit stop between jobs, work here for a term or two. No one stays long here for a reason. They don’t actually care about their products, their students, or any outcomes. They often like to shift blame on the admin staff at all the campuses when outcomes don’t align with what they’re hoping for. Immature leadership. Low team morale. Bad student outcomes. Good luck.