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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 Oct 13

    Sometimes I wish we could pretend-deny everyone who applied to Lambda School just to see true colors come out. Ask for feedback, continue, determined to succeed? Let them in. Accuse us of *-ism, send legal letters, call the admissions team unspeakable things? Dodged a bullet.

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      2. Sumanth  ⚡‏ @SuMastodon Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Don't you already reject enough people due to class size restrictions?

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
        Replying to @SuMastodon

        Yes, we reject the vast majority of applicants; can only handle so many students at once

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      4. Sumanth  ⚡‏ @SuMastodon Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        So you dont have enough candidates for that type of sample/test as is?

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      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
        Replying to @SuMastodon

        No I just don’t think it’d be cool to pretend to deny people

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      6. Sumanth  ⚡‏ @SuMastodon Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I think it would erode the good will of the people that you're aiming to serve :/

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      2. Mary‏ @nNatsum Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        what qualities do you look for when looking through applicants?? i need to try and be in the small % that get accepted!!

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
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        https://twitter.com/austenallred/status/1051279113309188097?s=21 …

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        Austen AllredVerified account @AustenAllred
        I’m almost certain that the two characteristics that most determine success as a software engineer are: 1. Lack of entitlement. 2. Grit and determination in the face of failure and rejection.
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      2. Harry Heymann‏ @harryh Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Presumably you have a limit to the number of people you can accept at any given time. For those that you reject for this reason but do respond positively, perhaps there is a lower cost 2nd tier of service you could provide?

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
        Replying to @harryh

        Don’t know what that would be, wouldn’t want to set them up for failure

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      4. Harry Heymann‏ @harryh Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        You give students a test every week or two right? Maybe open up the first couple of test to a larger group? Someone that can pass the first N without the help of your instruction maybe goes to the top of the pile for the next cycle?

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      2. LW_Drives ن‏ @lawebber215 Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        You worry me, sometimes.

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
        Replying to @lawebber215

        :)

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      2. Satoshi NakaFOMO‏ @crypto_dunce Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Do those things happen often?

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 13
        Replying to @crypto_dunce

        Almost daily

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      4. Satoshi NakaFOMO‏ @crypto_dunce Oct 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Sad

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      1. Joey‏ @Hoey1 Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I had something similar to this for a job when I was 17 for a job at Sears. Yep. Sears. It wasn’t a store policy but the manager of the dept. I ended up getting the job the next day b/c of how I handled myself by wanting to be better the next time. Still talk to this day.

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      1. Rakesh Agrawal‏Verified account @RakeshAgrawal Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Reminds me of Tony Hsieh’s shuttle driver test:https://www.businessinsider.com/zappos-sneaky-strategy-for-hiring-the-best-people-2015-12 …

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      1. Troy Davis‏ @troyd Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        It would make an intriguingly reflective admissions question. "If you don't get in, what do you think the reasons might have been? What would be your next step?"

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      2. UX.pragmatist‏ @ClayNichols Oct 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Have you read (or seen) Ender's Game? It's filled with stuff like that. Very clever stuff actually. BTW, that's a 2way street: saying "no to a school" or recruiter, etc. can be very revealing as well.

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      3. Patrick Foley‏ @PatrickFoley Oct 13
        Replying to @ClayNichols @AustenAllred

        Loved that movie

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      4. UX.pragmatist‏ @ClayNichols Oct 13
        Replying to @PatrickFoley @AustenAllred

        He's a brilliant author (have you read Ender's Shadow? It's at least as good). Too bad Orson Scott Carson (author) is a raging homophobe.

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