Clarification: external employment... problematic and not in the best long term interest of the school

[sofer]

I just wanted to add a footnote as to why we thought external employment was problematic.

The problem is that we are reliant on people staying on to support the next cohort of students and that this becomes harder if people leave before the next cohort finishes. Those who stay can (although not always) end up doing poorly-paid and poorly-supervised work and carrying an unreasonable burden of mentoring for the next cohort.

The other point is that external employment is sub-optimal. It would be so much more satisfying if we could get people to the point where they had many opportunities in front of them, instead of just having to take the first junior developer job that comes along.

[nelsonic]

@sofer 👍
Agree 100%.
I know so many people who chose uninspiring first jobs (mostly because they don't _know_ what they want to do with their lives...) and got stuck in the corporate hamster wheel...