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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 16

    More and more students are leaving college to join Lambda. Starting to get messages from them every day. Usually we get them about midway through sophomore year when they realize “Wait *this* is what I’m paying $40,000/yr for?”

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      1. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 16

        Probably at that point

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      2. Brian Gilbert‏ @IamBGIL Oct 16
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Thoughts on the 529 savings plan? I have an 8 month old...thinking there are better options now and certainly in 18 years...

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 16
        Replying to @IamBGIL

        That’s been my bet as well, but I don’t know

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      2. Marvin D  ⚡‏ @MALEX_D Oct 16
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Any bootcamp courses starting in the summer? Hoping to start lambda next year.

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 16
        Replying to @MALEX_D

        Every 5 weeks

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      2. sameer shahid‏ @yourboysameer Oct 16
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        What about a sophomore thinking about joining Lambda simultaneously? 🤔

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      3. Peter Miles‏ @petermilesdev Oct 16
        Replying to @yourboysameer @AustenAllred

        I didn't go to lambda but if it's anything like the bootcamp I went to, there is zero way you can do both. If there is, it's not healthy.

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      4. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Oct 16
        Replying to @petermilesdev @yourboysameer

        Yeah, you'd get crushed. You could maybe get away with the part-time course if you have a low credit load, but Lambda is really built for people trying to move to a job as quickly as possible

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Peter Miles‏ @petermilesdev Oct 16
        Replying to @AustenAllred @yourboysameer

        The people who got jobs in my school were spending 60+ hours a week. No idea how people had time for other things. Family? No idea.

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      6. sameer shahid‏ @yourboysameer Oct 16
        Replying to @petermilesdev @AustenAllred

        Yikes! I guess hustle factors in here too but nonetheless in a low course-load semester. Will be 👀 it in the upcoming semesters fo sho!

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      7. Peter Miles‏ @petermilesdev Oct 16
        Replying to @yourboysameer @AustenAllred

        I'd say if you are applying to a coding school, be prepared to give it your 100%. Why not take a semester off?

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      8. sameer shahid‏ @yourboysameer Oct 16
        Replying to @petermilesdev

        That’s interesting 1. Are most coding schools formally structured or do they allow one to go through stuff on own pace? 2. Can I link this up with relevant course-load for more of a ‘two birds, one stone’ kind of synergy? 😛

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      9. Peter Miles‏ @petermilesdev Oct 16
        Replying to @yourboysameer

        Keep in mind I went to Devmountain, not Lambda. No, they are structured out. It's all scheduled. Man, take a semester off. I 100% guarantee that a coding school will provide you more value than any semester at college. Don't try to mix the two.

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      2. Alexandre Mouriec‏ @mrcalexandre Oct 16
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I am so happy to be French and not pay $40k for college 👍 Paying less than €300/y (2-Year technical degree). Public Engineering college is less than €650/y for some colleges. Outside the price, they are lots of things to improve, that’s why Lambda is needed 💪

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      3. Justin Gage‏ @jGage718 Oct 16
        Replying to @mrcalexandre @AustenAllred

        You’re going to pay all of that back through taxes later kiddo

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      4. Alexandre Mouriec‏ @mrcalexandre Oct 16
        Replying to @jGage718 @AustenAllred

        Don’t tell me that😅 Yes that’s the French system I will have to pay taxes for that later I think college students cost €8000 to the government so I will pay a lot more than that. At least I don’t have student loans

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      5. Justin Gage‏ @jGage718 Oct 16
        Replying to @mrcalexandre @AustenAllred

        Which is exactly my point - I’m countries where education is socialized, there’s an outsized impact on lower income brackets, but higher ones will pay way more over their lifetimes than in the US

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      6. Alexandre Mouriec‏ @mrcalexandre Oct 16
        Replying to @jGage718 @AustenAllred

        Yes that’s exactly that, I think it only works if it suits the country culture. I don’t think it would work in the US

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      7. Justin Gage‏ @jGage718 Oct 16
        Replying to @mrcalexandre @AustenAllred

        Aha, why do you say that?

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      8. Alexandre Mouriec‏ @mrcalexandre Oct 16
        Replying to @jGage718 @AustenAllred

        It might be a personal opinion, but IMO you are more about doing it yourself, with « the American Dream », meritocracy In France, we are more about everyone has the same chance, with taxes, financial help, healthcare,...

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      9. Justin Gage‏ @jGage718 Oct 16
        Replying to @mrcalexandre @AustenAllred

        I would also add a few things: 1) the american “way” does in some ways rely on equality of opportunity (whether that exists is a different story) 2) more than independence: also interpersonal aggression and competition

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