98% employment rate and $110k graduate salary Short cut to employment or too good to be true?

With the graduate employment market shrinking and students thinking twice about whether the hefty cost of a university degree is worth it, California appears to have the answer.



To address the skills gap in coding and programming, online schools and in-person courses are springing up to meet a huge need for more developers across a wide range of industries. Coding 'bootcamps' are 10-12 week courses where students learn digital skills, such as software development, data science, and user experience design.




One coding school, The Hack Reactor (www.hackreactor.com) are spruiking a 98% graduate employment rate and a starting salary of $110,000 p.a. Courses are open to students from all over the world. Students may even find their dream job with Facebook, Google or Adobe. Few universities in Australia or elsewhere can offer such dazzling figures to prospective students.



Sounds too good to be true? Maybe it is. Tuition costs $17,780 and students spend 11 hours a day in class for 12 weeks. Another major catch is that many of these coding bootcamps are not compliant with The(BPPE) and are therefore being classified as unlicensed postsecondary educational institutions. See http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/california-regulator-seeks-to-shut-down-learn-to-code-bootcamps/ for more.



Thanks to Melinda at RMIT for sharing this article!
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