very naive assumptions about what it costs and what it takes to train the unemployed (which isn't the problem to begin with, but that is a separate issue)
put simply, if it only took 3 months and $4k to train people to be ready for startup tech jobs, then everybody would already be doing it
CORRECTION: My cost is $20,000 in the piece. Please re-read the piece. In it I state:
-- four months of f/t training with a $200k teacher.
-- 20 students per for months, so 80 students a year / $200k
-- i added 20% for admin so it's $240k / 80 students
-- add $1-2k per student for space
-- four months onsite at $1k a month = 4k per student
that's around $10k per person
i say later in the piece double it.... so $20k a student.
now, not every student is ready for this type of training. but where does a boot camp like this exist?
put simply, if it only took 3 months and $4k to train people to be ready for startup tech jobs, then everybody would already be doing it