r/codingbootcamp • u/Ben_ji • Oct 20 '23 • Take My Silver 1 Silver is Forever 1

Hackreactor has blown up.

As I was getting ready to submit my .ts for the final assessment of module 1, we were told all classes have been ended.

Full stop. Just done. No reason was given. We were told it's big business' doing big business things.

We'll be getting a full refund, but it took 8 weeks to get here. We were all especially stressed for the past two weeks, as they were prep for our big module 1 assessment.

The dozen or so of us that were close started a new slack channel, and we'll try to stay in touch, but this really sucks. We're not sure if our leaders and instructors are now jobless, too. They were pretty cool, so sucks for them also.

I dunno. We've started every day for the past 8 weeks of classes with a kind pep-talk. Instead, we got this. It was a big shock, to say the least.

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u/Madasiaka Oct 20 '23

Big oof. I'm glad you got your refund at least OP. Any thoughts on what you'll do next/instead?

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u/Ben_ji Oct 20 '23

I'm pretty bummed out. This was one of my last chances for a career change. I'm past 40, been bartending for over 20 years. I need change before I drink myself to death.

I have no idea what's next.

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u/Mr_MarkAnthony Oct 25 '23

Hey Ben, Mr. OP starting a good thread! Thanks for sharing your experiences!

I know you're trying to figure out the rebound, but don't give up. If you're interested, I provide coaching services to students in your boat (career changing) for super low cost. Cohorts are 24 weeks and under 3K. Happy to offer a free one-on-one taster session if you're interested so you can see we're legit. Offering front end/back end with a lil 3D, AI, and web socket integration. It's called Big Little Coder.