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CEO @LambdaSchool (YC S17): A CS education that's free until you get a job. I have made remarks that I do not agree with.

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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12

    We're going to try an experiment. Our full iOS + Computer Science course (30 weeks) + a MacBook you can keep + free housing in San Francisco for the full 30 weeks. You pay $0 until you're making $50k+, then 17% of salary for 3 years, capped at $40k. We'll select 10 students.

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      2. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12

        If you'd like to take this offer, email experiment@lambdaschool.com and send a few paragraphs as to why you think you'd be a good fit, and why Lambda School should bet on you.

        10 replies 33 retweets 146 likes
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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13

        One thing to note: you must be a US Citizen. Unfortunately we don’t qualify for student visas.

        8 replies 8 retweets 43 likes
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      4. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13

        Also, since this is the first time a lot of people are hearing about Lambda School: The education is still a live remote education, so you can attend from anywhere. This experiment is bundling in awesome housing and a computer and us paying for it all upfront.

        3 replies 11 retweets 56 likes
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      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13

        If we’re not paying for housing or computer etc. it’s 17% for *two* year’s capped at $30k. You still don’t pay unless you’re making $50k+. You can do that from anywhere in the US, but it’s a full-time course for 30 weeks.

        4 replies 8 retweets 68 likes
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      2. juniper wilde‏ @metalcanine Jul 12
        Replying to @AustenAllred @sehurlburt

        this sounds extremely suspiciously like @LearnersGuildUS which exploited its students and then folded

        3 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12
        Replying to @metalcanine @sehurlburt @LearnersGuildUS

        I know Learners Guild folded, but how did they exploit the students? I don't know the backstory

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. juniper wilde‏ @metalcanine Jul 12
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I can dm you or email you a longer explanation if you'd like, but the short and sweet of it was marketing towards minorities who had no other option and then having no real curriculum or support structures in place for us after claiming otherwise

        3 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12
        Replying to @metalcanine

        Ah. So basically was just a bad school.

        2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      6. juniper wilde‏ @metalcanine Jul 12
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        More or less, yes. It felt very much like a quick cash grab for them. By the time we realized it we were already signed to contracts and had to make the best of it

        4 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      7. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12
        Replying to @metalcanine

        Ya, check our reviews or curriculum or instructors. Clearly not that.

        0 replies 1 retweet 69 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Albert‏ @Ares_0926 Jul 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Any chance of remote/online courses in the future? Older students will have family/kids. 30 weeks is a long time to be away.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13
        Replying to @Ares_0926

        All of our courses are remote/online!

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. Albert‏ @Ares_0926 Jul 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Then why the 30 week housing in SF?

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13
        Replying to @Ares_0926

        Because paying for housing for 30 weeks without a full time income is hard to do

        1 reply 1 retweet 25 likes
      6. Albert‏ @Ares_0926 Jul 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        True. Im looking through a 40 year old lens rather than a 25 year old one. Where can i see the pricing or payback structure?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      7. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13
        Replying to @Ares_0926

        Option 1: $20k upfront Option 2: $0 until you’re making $50k+, then 17% of salary for 2 years, capped at $30k

        2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      8. Topher Fangio‏ @topherfangio Jul 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred @Ares_0926

        In your fist tweet you said 3 year’s capped at $40k. Which is correct?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 13
        Replying to @topherfangio @Ares_0926

        Depends on if you’re living in our housing and getting a free computer or not

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. Nick Costello‏ @NCostello73 Jul 12
        Replying to @AustenAllred @dabit3

        Capped at 40k total?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12
        Replying to @NCostello73 @dabit3

        Yes

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Nick Costello‏ @NCostello73 Jul 12
        Replying to @AustenAllred @dabit3

        So 17% the first 4 14% the last?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 12
        Replying to @NCostello73 @dabit3

        17% 17% 17%, but if you ever hit $40k you’re done

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      6. Legit Gamer‏ @PokemonGO599 Jul 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred @NCostello73 @dabit3

        So if you end up making over 78.4K an year than you won’t have to pay for the entire 3 years.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jul 14
        Replying to @PokemonGO599 @NCostello73 @dabit3

        Yes

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Legit Gamer‏ @PokemonGO599 Jul 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred @NCostello73 @dabit3

        Legit Gamer Retweeted Aral Balkan

        https://twitter.com/aral/status/1018128193142784000?s=21 …

        Legit Gamer added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        And will you teach them that surveillance capitalism (the business model of The Spinner*, Google, Facebook, etc.) is bad or teach them how to perpetuate it? https://twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/1017565091036708864 …
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