This is true. I suppose I was being a bit hyperbolic.
Having said that, it still seems like a bad deal even for students who get jobs. If the curriculum is not up to par, it's likely that successful students would have also been successful with self-teaching or less-expensive online courses. There's also the opportunity cost of being out of work for 9 months.
It seems unfair to treat your students as guinea pigs for iterating a startup - especially when you're already often targeting desperate people.
Not about lambda, but I had the opportunity to read the full details of an ISA contract from other school and there might be some times when student will be mandated to payback even if they don't get a job. Related to this: someone in Reddit is trying to collect the docs..
Having said that, it still seems like a bad deal even for students who get jobs. If the curriculum is not up to par, it's likely that successful students would have also been successful with self-teaching or less-expensive online courses. There's also the opportunity cost of being out of work for 9 months.
It seems unfair to treat your students as guinea pigs for iterating a startup - especially when you're already often targeting desperate people.