You get a scrappy Lambda School student who has been slinging code for 7 months and is ready to ship more code for <$3k/month. They get the first 3 months of work experience in the bag.
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I'm 100% serious, and I could have students ready to go tomorrow. email internships@lambdaschool.com and let me know what/who you're looking for, and we'll get you hooked up.
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To be honest the price should probably be closer to $25/hr, I just want it to be a no-brainer for the employer
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<3 internships! However, apprenticeships are the most proven way to integrate skills workers into industry. See electricians, plumbers, etc. Been trying to push a city wide apprenticeship program in Omaha, NE for a few months now. Take a read!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WGBw7RBnyCuQU5A9xq8VL1442HAPY7iI6RIa0WPEQUE/edit?usp=sharing …
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A lot of companies don’t even have a way to differentiate between the two now
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So true. Even an "apprenticeship" can devolve into a very poor internship. Even the most highly motivated student won't be successful (depending on definition) if the company doesn't have the ability/infrastructure to set them up for success. That's the problem I want to fix.
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What I'm saying is people in the US use "apprenticeship" and "internship" interchangeably
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Agreed. Though they shouldn't. Both length of time and goal should be different, imho. Internship = shorter, lots of learning by osmosis. Apprenticeship = longer, coached, mentored. Apprenticeships should be seen as investment w/ ROI. You're right though, interchangeable atm.
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I’m curious to see how your project scales as it gets farther from selling software grads to a highly networked and visible SF / SV market.
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The vast, vast majority of our students aren't in SF/SV
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I know. But they’re implicitly being marketed to a community that are mostly aware of you and your project as such. And they all benefit from the effects of that specificity and visibility.
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Of the 50 or so students who have been hired so far I think one? works in the bay area, so I'm not sure that's true
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I’m a big fan of your project. This isn’t a criticism. But you must understand my general point. You came out of YC, very visible, and very networked, in precisely the field where you’re placing. I’m not saying LS is doomed, but you have to admit you have a rolling start.
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For sure, but the vast majority of our employers never heard of us until a student applied, so I'm not sure how relevant it is
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Huge, if true. I have been *assuming* that at least a moderate percentage of your placements came from network effects.
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I'm so intrigued to enroll in your school. It was my dream to work in the tech industry. You solve the reason why I dropped out. But the job I have now pays me so well and I'm already used to that pay... Any idea how long it could take to get to 6 figures? After graduation?
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Depends on a lot of things; on average probably 2-3 yrs?
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Is their certain fields that get you to that figure faster you think? Like programming, networking? Or even with these jobs it still averages around 2 or 3 years?
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Pretty much anything in programming you'll get there if you hustle and/or are in a higher-paying city
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Well thanks for your time Austen. You're really making think about what I should pursue as a career!
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Take up AI engineering and you can pull $300k+. Definite learning curve to be good though not any more particularly difficult than traditional programming.
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