[panorama]

It's upsetting to see Lambda making so many negative headlines because it truly is in a position to do the most Good and provide the most value (especially after Dev Bootcamp and Hack Reactor were acquired).

I attended Dev Bootcamp in early 2013, when bootcamps were still largely unknown, and had a transformative time. Just stellar teachers all around that compensated for any perceived weakness in curriculum. The industry business model hasn't changed much, so this implies to me that a bootcamp is really only as good as its instructors and the amount they care.

[PragmaticPulp]

At this point I have to believe there is a financial bottleneck limiting their growth. As you said, they’re i a prime position to shake up the industry with world class education under a new business model. They’ve had a staggering amount of positive press in the past few years.

Yet time and time again we hear about they’re using this opportunity to basically test how much they can get away with in terms of educational quality.

The optimistic take is that they’re bootstrapping their way into being able to afford top quality instructors after the cash flow is established.

The cynical take is that they’re getting hooked on the easy boot camp cash while the market is hot and they’d rather expand as fast as possible than invest in quality education.

I just hope they don’t sour the business model before someone figures it out.

[joshxyz]

Part of me honestly thinks they're getting torn in being a missionary and mercenary at the same time.

[driverdan]

Having researched and hired people from bootcamps Dev Bootcamp did seem to be one of the best. I was sad when it folded. It seems they were pushed out by lower quality companies with better marketing (eg Lambda).