The context of this cartoon sums up exactly my experience with Austin Coding Academy.

They boast a 90+% placement rate, but then don't tell you until later that that's for those who don't drop out. But even then, that number seems suspect from my own experience.

Somehow, after coding for 40 years (I made this in one day, just because I didn't like daily limits on the NYT version), and just taking their course as skill maintenance, and as a way to ease into the industry, they were "unable" to place me, while the little cutie girls who could barely sort an array all got hired almost immediately.

I keep saying "how can I blame them?" I mean, it's a bunch of horny nerds who just got a billion dollars in venture capital. Who would you hire? But I'm not going to pretend it's not insulting.

So now, every time I see one of their fancy diversity photos, I gently point out that "I'm not seeing a lot of diversity here -- looks like everybody's under 35).

The context of this cartoon sums up exactly my experience with Austin Coding Academy.

They boast a 90+% placement rate, but then don't tell you until later that that's for those who don't drop out. But even then, that number seems suspect from my own experience.

Somehow, after coding for 40 years (I made this in one day, just because I didn't like daily limits on the NYT version), and just taking their course as skill maintenance, they were "unable" to place me, while the little cutie girls who could barely sort an array all got hired almost immediately.

I keep saying "how can I blame them?" I mean, it's a bunch of horny nerds who just got a billion dollars in venture capital. Who would you hire? But I'm not going to pretend it's not insulting.

So now, every time I see one of their fancy diversity photos, I gently point out that "I'm not seeing a lot of diversity here -- looks like everybody's under 35).