A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School
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Austen Allred is the CEO and cofounder of Lambda School.
https://twitter.com/Austen
https://lambdaschool.com/
Lambda School provides a CS education that's free until you get a job. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
https://twitter.com/craigcannon
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Topics
00:35 - Encouraging people to do something that they're scared to do
4:50 - Where did the insight for Lambda School come from?
6:00 - College vs developer schools
10:00 - Building a network
11:50 - Does Austen see value in a traditional liberal arts education?
14:30 - Steven Klaiber-Noble asks - As competitors begin to copy your model what front do you believe you'll be competing on?
17:30 - Why did Austen choose to raise money?
19:40 - Fundraising falling through on Austen's first startup
21:10 - Moving back to Utah and writing a book about growth
23:00 - Why Austen wrote a book
26:00 - "Starting a company is by definition saying, I think what I can do is worth more than what other people will pay me for."
27:00 - Mispriced human capital
29:55 - Other opportunities for Lambda School
32:20 - Modeling risk
35:10 - David Kofoed Wind asks - When Lambda School is incentivized to take in people that will land high paying jobs, how do you think about the diversity of candidates? One would imagine that it quickly becomes a game of pattern matching the stereotypical SV people.
37:25 - Will Lambda School ever not be remote?
40:50 - Dave Dawson asks - You appear to be on the successful path now, was there a point early in Lambda School when you wanted to stop?
43:20 - Helping everyone become an autodidact
46:20 - Rethinking where to start on an online course
47:45 - Dave Dawson asks - What keeps you up at night at this point?
49:20 - Dayo Koleowo asks - “I have made remarks I do not agree with” - from Austen's Twitter bio. What is that one remark you wish you didn’t have to disagree with?
53:00 - Choosing remote work as a core problem to solve i
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Chapters (22)
0:35
Encouraging people to do something that they're scared to do
4:50
Where did the insight for Lambda School come from?
6:00
College vs developer schools
10:00
Building a network
11:50
Does Austen see value in a traditional liberal arts education?
14:30
Steven Klaiber-Noble asks - As competitors begin to copy your model what front
17:30
Why did Austen choose to raise money?
19:40
Fundraising falling through on Austen's first startup
21:10
Moving back to Utah and writing a book about growth
23:00
Why Austen wrote a book
26:00
"Starting a company is by definition saying, I think what I can do is worth mo
27:00
Mispriced human capital
29:55
Other opportunities for Lambda School
32:20
Modeling risk
35:10
David Kofoed Wind asks - When Lambda School is incentivized to take in people
37:25
Will Lambda School ever not be remote?
40:50
Dave Dawson asks - You appear to be on the successful path now, was there a po
43:20
Helping everyone become an autodidact
46:20
Rethinking where to start on an online course
47:45
Dave Dawson asks - What keeps you up at night at this point?
49:20
Dayo Koleowo asks - “I have made remarks I do not agree with” - from Austen's
53:00
Choosing remote work as a core problem to solve i
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