My review is based entirely on my own experience. Others may have different perspectives. I attended the Full Stack Developer program at Lexicon through Arbetsförmedlingen. With 9 years of experience in QA within IT and having recently moved to Sweden, I joined the program to expand my development skills and strengthen my technical profile. The curriculum covered HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Prisma etc. On paper, it seemed like a valuable opportunity. However, the academic structure did not meet my expectations. Daily lectures typically lasted 2 to 3 hours at most, while the remaining time was classified as “self study”. There were multiple days with only self study! Most basics, especially JavaScript, felt like a read through using W3Schools website rather than being thoroughly explained and applied in guided exercises. Assignments were provided, but I did not receive a single feedback on my work the whole time which discouraged me from doing it many times! Resume support was also quite poor, and even factual errors about Lexicon education itself from my CV were not identified during review. And the template provided was quite shocking as it is a basic one from MicrosoftWord. Internship support was advertised, yet most students, including myself, secured placements independently. Most importantly, the management style created significant stress. The environment felt highly micromanaged and, at times, unequal. Breaks were closely monitored, and comments such as “Too much break time” were made openly, even when breaks were short. For a group of adult professionals aged between 25 and 55, this felt unnecessary and unprofessional and at times students were treated like children. A particularly distressing incident occurred when I was called into the staff room and told not to have breakfast in the kitchen. The tone and approach felt disproportionate, especially in an adult education setting. What was more concerning was being told, almost proudly, that this had been done to several students from previous groups as well. The conversation left me deeply frustrated and affected me well beyond that day, ruining my weekend and creating stress for weeks. After that incident, I felt compelled to time every single break on my phone to avoid further confrontation, which made the learning environment unnecessarily stressful. What I observed was a culture that seemed to amplify fear rather than build confidence. The rules around breaks felt unnecessarily rigid, and students were not treated equally. At times it felt like we were constantly being monitored and warned, which created pressure instead of a supportive learning environment. The only good things that happened to me in Lexicon are 1. TypeScript sessions delivered by Sebastian were informative and engaging, he demonstrated a level of professionalism and maturity in handling adult students that stood out, especially considering he was among the youngest members of the staff! 2. The friends add the friendships I built with people who, like me, were navigating the challenges of the Swedish job market and ended up at Lexicon. Ultimately, while the program may be suitable for those primarily seeking to maintain aktivitetsstöd and gain general exposure to development concepts, my personal experience was overshadowed by the management approach and the resulting stress. Securing my own internship and leaving the program was, for me, the most constructive decision during that period.
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