AVOID GETTING KICKED FROM BOOTCAMP | Lighthouse labs Refund Process Explained |

[@drizz159]

You can say whatever you want but you deserve more subs and views because this channel is awesome

[@benjaminkandaris2701]

Great video! Been a Lambda student for about nine months and every word of this is true, especially the part where people fall behind. We have about 25% of our cohort left and I think most dropped because they couldn't keep up and/or they were comparing themselves to others.

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Damn 25% sounds brutal, hows it been so far for you?

[@benjaminkandaris2701]

@@MikaelAbehsera It's been tough. Learned more than I thought possible in this amount of time. If I wasn't spending 20-30 hours a week outside of class studying I probably would have flexed out myself.

[@SuperSaiyanScandinavian]

@@benjaminkandaris2701 did you have any prior programming knowledge?

[@princejelly9561]

Really appreciate these videos! Planning to go to Lighthouse myself. Thanks for posting them! Subscribed. :D

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Thanks for watching, is there anything you'd like to se or now more about lighthouse? I was thinking of making a course or some prep sheet that actually prepares you

[@saadxislam]

@@MikaelAbehsera Hey man, I start on Sept 14th. Any way you'd have some kind of prep sheet prepared for us by then? Your video was really helpful albeit scared me a little bit hahah. cheers!

[@MikaelAbehsera]

@@saadxislam Sry for the delayed response, I'd have to go and look back but defiantly something I should do.

[@MikaelAbehsera]

@Sulls Ill see If I could get something going this week, thanks.

[@preethisriram8583]

@Sulls Did you complete your bootcamp ? Find a job?

[@mynamephwong5428]

I'm surprised people with CS degrees thought it was a joke. I mean sure they develop good problem solving skills and what not to help them, but most of them don't do much coding at all. The ones who do are doing it on their own, but usually even in your whole degree you've done maybe one course in programming that's also teaching outdated things. Ultimately I still wish a had a cs for the fact that it's way easier to get an interview.

[@MikaelAbehsera]

degree's teach theoretical things that a lot of people make mistakes on when they go solo, but the cost to learn those things are too much, and just not worth it. Also college isn't the only place to get knowledge from now, we have the internet in our pockets so anyone can go and learn those things.

[@carsonking4729]

did a software engineering 4 year degree and believe it or not i came out with mostly theory knowledge and barely any coding knowledge hate myself for it and wish i never wasted my time and money. I wish i did a bootcamp instead. I did manage to secure a well paying IT job but definitely wanna go back to developing.

[@jasperlim8909]

omg. I just found your video now. I am starting LHL bootcamp (remote) next Monday.

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Good luck! also if you tell them I sent you I think we both get something. if you can hit me up on instagram or discord, and let me know how its going/how it went, I want to update it with a part2 using other peoples experiences

[@jasperlim8909]

@@MikaelAbehsera thank you, Mikael!

[@junoguten]

Can definitely relate. Went to some uni prep summer science course and if you're sick and stay home one day it's gonna be 3 chapters of math, one of physics and one of chemistry later and you don't have enough time in your day to catch up. 9% passrate.

[@MikaelAbehsera]

seems super weird tho right? all the promises and the cost you'd think theyd help more then make a program that sets you up for failure

[@junoguten]

​@@MikaelAbehsera I suppose it sucks for the taxpayers actually paying for it over here (Norway). I guess it's pretty hard to know if you can do it or not before the course without actually just going through everything first.

[@jtathwal3606]

Great vid! Do you know what the pass rate is for the Data Science stream and the Web Dev stream? I just applied for the Data Science stream - my background is in Mech Engineering so I decided to go with DS over Web Dev. Thanks!

[@MikaelAbehsera]

No clue, about the pass rates, what I would recommend is to watch out for statistics from these guys since they usually find a way to make them seem better then they are. Like saying 90% bootcamp grads get tech jobs, not telling you that customer support jobs count, vs strictly software engineer jobs .

[@MultiSkyrise]

Is it much more difficult to do this bootcamp purely online as opposed to in person? And do you know the refund policy for Alberta?

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Its just not worth it online, you could get more out of a free group on discord of people helping each other out, its also super expensive now, would not recommend! and no Idk the refund policy but usually you get x amount of days before you can get out and get some money back (or all) I'd make sure to talk to them before giving a dollar, if you do choose it

[@MultiSkyrise]

@@MikaelAbehsera Lighthouse labs right now is completely online. Do you really think self-studying will be equivalent to Lighthouse Labs in terms of getting a career and job? I heard it's extremely difficult, or near impossible

[@victoriaa634]

@@MultiSkyrise Yes, i'm currently doing the bootcamp online and I learned better self teaching. It's a money grab. they barely teach you the concepts. You'll be a more proficient coder by buying a $20 udemy course.

[@zachadolphe3633]

So I'm in my third year of comp sci, I'm doing the data science stream of lighthouse labs in the second cohort this fall. I have fallen behind by more than a full day now because I had technology problems on monday and compass wasn't working online to request help from mentors (the bootcamp is online bc of covid). Tuesday I had other technology problems with numpy and my venv and I spent much of wednesday trying to catch up when in the evening I realized that I was just keeping up but not catching up. I got really discouraged and just stopped bc I felt burnt out with the loss of moral. Do you have any suggestions? Do they still give you access to compass if you drop out but have paid tuition in full?

[@MikaelAbehsera]

How did LHL end up going? was it super easy with the CS knowledge you had already?

[@sociajl751]

I start with Lighthouse on the 17th!

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Nice, hope it goes well

[@chrisnotthere]

How did it go?

[@yunggrasshopper6527]

I have way too much anxiety to throw myself into this field even tho I want lol

[@MikaelAbehsera]

def do it, you'll regret not trying

[@mussegelle222]

awesome dude

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Thanks!

[@ValHustle]

Hi Mikael! You are a lifesaver, I'm about to get into this bootcamp. I have a few additional questions to ask. What is the best method of contacting you? Please let me know. Thanks a million

[@MikaelAbehsera]

Discord is best

[@ValHustle]

@@MikaelAbehsera messaged you there several weeks ago but didn't get a response. I wanted to chat with you about the bootcamp and how to properly prepare for it

[@MikaelAbehsera]

@@ValHustle mind trying again, sometimes it gets removed for spam