Any of my Minnesota tech industry peeps have an opinion on this program?

Any of my Minnesota tech industry peeps have an opinion on this program? I'm skeptical and a family member just enrolled.

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/15/prime-digital-academy

Lex Larson?
Kevin Lovecraft? 
https://primeacademy.io

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  1. Lex LarsonAugust 31, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    Lemme take a peek...

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  2. Lex LarsonAugust 31, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    Hmm, okay.  At first blush it seems pretty expensive... but you may get decent contacts and networking along the way.  

    It doesn't seem to say much about SDLC framework, or the people side of delivering software on team projects.  That's where I could see students in this program suffering, because there's no guidance about it on their site, while being a vital part of software dev.

    It looks like they have an apprenticeship program, and some small scholarship opportunities through partners like The Nerdery.  It's not clear how many of their students are accepted to the apprenticeship or are hired after the program.  That's the biggest worry I'd see with this.

    So if I were considering this, that's the info I'd want to see:  are their students getting accepted to the apprenticeship program (and how many of them are), or are they getting hired?

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  3. Casey G.August 31, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    Thank you! It's pretty new too and there's not a lot of info beyond the press blurbs.

    My family member started today, so I'm at least happy it's not shady.

    Thanks again.

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  4. Lex LarsonAugust 31, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    I think if your relative goes in expecting this to be the beginning of the process of being a developer, then they probably won't be disappointed.  But if they expect to have a job dropped in their lap straight away... they may be sad.

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  5. Casey G.August 31, 2015 at 2:19 PM

    Cool. Then I think it'll be fine.

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  6. Lex LarsonAugust 31, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    It looks like this crew has some state and local backers, too, which may help mitigate the newness of the org.

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