Woz U
Woz U is an EdTech enterprise revolutionizing education.
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Woz U is an EdTech enterprise revolutionizing education.
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Woz U is a company founded by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak that focuses on technical education for independent students, offers curriculum to universities and organizations to upskill their employee.
Looks scammy
Pros:None
Cons:Sounds like just using the Woz name. What will this cost people?
Product Hunt
- Website name has a dash =) Really?
- No association with Wozniak apart from first three letters of the last name
- Expensive
- Poor mobile app (iphone only, not even universal)
- They said that I can only fill out an application over the phone with the same rep that called me, who then asked for my name, address, phone and Social Security Number. =) Claiming that the SSN is required for FAFSA and that I have to disclose it over the phone in order to see, if I qualify for the financial aid. REALLY?
At this point, I hope that it is just another bootcamp, and not some sort of bigger scam.
It did get a lot of press coverage, so I would think that a lot of people will show interest. But giving my full information to some guy over the phone having all of the above on the back of my mind makes me wonder.
Pros:Not sure
Cons:Looks like another way of selling a dying down interest in bootcamps
Is this the Trump University of bootcamps? There little transparency on WHAT this exactly is.
Pros:Not sure. Doesn't give any demos
Cons:Asks for phone number. Doesn't allow you to log in immediately. Not transparent on pricing or if it's free.
I'm always looking for more ways to learn, so I eagerly downloaded this when I got the Product Hunt email about it.
Went to sign up with email/password, and right away: there are hidden password restrictions. It says "must be at least 6 characters with one capital letter and one number", so a long 1Password random-word-string won't work, but I used a 32-character generated 1Password random string, and the fields stayed red. After a bunch of trial and error, I discovered that there's a max of 15 characters. Why 15? Who knows? Why not tell the user why the password is invalid? Who also knows?
Then I did the Evaluation, which was intriguing and I was excited to see what it told me, but the (I assume) final screen simply says "Please enter your phone number so we may contact you about scholarships and additional free learning material." There's one form field, and a grayed-out submit button. No way to opt out or not provide phone number. No way to continue without giving it or agreeing to what are clearly spam phone calls. My phone is constantly getting unwanted calls already, so I'm not interested in giving it out with the expressed intent of increasing that volume.
That's when I came back here and discovered the other reviews. I guess I don't know a ton about what Woz has been up to lately, but I'm surprised he would put his name and likeness on this.
Pros:None that I could find. Presumably aims to educate people?
Cons:Terrible signup experience; possibly a scam?