Lambda School, a buzzy online coding bootcamp backed by big Silicon Valley names, could be placing far fewer graduates in jobs than it says

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Lambda School, a coding bootcamp backed by GV, claims 86% of its graduates find jobs, but a new report indicates it could be lower.

Lambda School, a hot online coding bootcamp that has attracted funding from the likes of Ashton Kutcher and GV, claims that 86% of its graduates find jobs within six months after graduation. But a new report from„We’re at roughly 50% placement for cohorts that are 6 months graduated,“ Lambda School said in a May 2019 investment memo obtained by New York Magazine. The memo was reportedly titled „Human Capital: The Last Unoptimized Asset Class.

„That memo was created as part of a preparatory exercise for investor Y Combinator. The 50% placement is being interpreted without context,“ a Lambda School spokesperson told Business Insider.

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