WEBSITE: you want to do this writing workshop?
ME: yes, please!
WEBSITE: great, quit your job
ME: what
WEBSITE: it's six full weeks of lectures and assignments
ME: but I need my job for shelter, healthcare, and food
WEBSITE: guess _someone_ doesn't want to be a writer!
WEBSITE: we offer scholarships for our writing workshop
ME: it's more the time commitment that's an issue
WEBSITE: our alums had no issue
ME: they look kinda young, like college students
WEBSITE: and _you_ spent your summer breaks working, lol
WEBSITE: our graduates go on to be published writers!
ME: that's amazing! so, their writing supports them full-time?
WEBSITE:
WEBSITE:
WEBSITE:
WEBSITE: you want to do this writing workshop?
I've seen this play-out with coding bootcamps and it's tiring

immersive workshops can be great learning opportunities, but they require money and time that most people can't afford
and you can learn on your own time (basically how I got into tech) but it doesn't come with the same prestige and connections
but there's no guarantee of success from any formal path of education, and you end up with heavy survivorship bias (you hear about successful bootcamp grads because they're successful)
I've also heard of bootcamps averaging out graduate salaries using only reported data

ex. 2/15 grads get tech jobs, only count their salaries so graduate comp seems great
I guess I'm frustrated to see this play out elsewhere

I'm fine with doing writing workshops on the weekends! I'm fine taking it slow. Let me pay for the privilege.
obviously you can become a successful writer or developer without these schools, but I don't like the options being "flail around by yourself (good luck)" or "throw everything to the wind for One Shot"
Addendum: this thread introduced me to @Catrambo's Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers, which is having a huge sale until Jan 1st

On-demand writing classes from industry pros for $5! http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/2020/12/24/goodbye-2020-sale-all-on-demand-writing-classes-5/
I bought so many classes it triggered fraud detection on my card lolsob
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