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The good ones can with a lot of help. Weak ones or those that don’t know how to navigate a job search well struggle. Our first cohort, for example, hit 100% employment.
All +$50k?
I’d have to look but I believe so yes
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
That would be a waste of time to teach. It takes maybe a few hours to learn almost everything there is to know about branching or merge conflicts. You should learn the hard things in school, not the minutiae or trivia you would learn in your first month of any job. When I was in school I'm glad I went out of my way to take all the math-heavy and theoretical classes I could, and no classes like "modern web design" or…
> That would be a waste of time to teach. It takes maybe a few hours to learn almost everything there is to know You are thinking about this wrong. If it is so easy and quick to teach people how to use git, then why aren't colleges doing it!?!? Learning how to use common software engineer tools is a low effort, high reward situation. All they have to do is spend a day on it, and they have now made their students sign…
> Educational institutions that do not even bother to spend such a small amount of time
I can confirm that there are theory-focused professors at a particular state university that don't understand version control or have any experience with it. It's not that they don't see any value in it, they just don't have any experience with it to pass on to students.
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#103So if I'm reading this right, the normal LS program costs 17% of your salary, but this program pays you $2K/mo while you attend and then only charges 10% after? Of is it 10% on top of the 17%? Either way, good on you guys for trying to do something that helps people that are disadvantaged. You guys should start a charity arm that people can donate to so that more people can get the stipend!
There is no 17% if you’re taking a living stipend.
It’s either:
1. No stipend, 17% for 2 yrs
2. Stipend, 10% for 5 yrs
They’re mutually exclusive.
And we do have a charity arm! https://lambdapaf.org
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#104It is an interesting system. I did a "full time" 3 month long more "traditional" structured boot camp. I really wish it had been longer and that they.... filtered .... students as it went.
Do you mean the teacher's effectiveness would be improved if slow learners were cut from the class?
We use mastery based progression, so if you don’t fully grasp a unit you roll back, we assign you a new instructor/mentor, and you work on that week again.
Re: Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month
#105So if I'm reading this right, the normal LS program costs 17% of your salary, but this program pays you $2K/mo while you attend and then only charges 10% after? Of is it 10% on top of the 17%? Either way, good on you guys for trying to do something that helps people that are disadvantaged. You guys should start a charity arm that people can donate to so that more people can get the stipend!
There is no 17% if you’re taking a living stipend. It’s either: 1. No stipend, 17% for 2 yrs 2. Stipend, 10% for 5 yrs They’re mutually exclusive. And we do have a charity arm! https://lambdapaf.org
Excellent! Sounds like a fair deal.
Didn't know about the charity -- that's great! Is it a 503(c)? The website doesn't seem to have too much info about where the donation goes.
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#106It is an interesting system. I did a "full time" 3 month long more "traditional" structured boot camp. I really wish it had been longer and that they.... filtered .... students as it went.
Do you mean the teacher's effectiveness would be improved if slow learners were cut from the class?
I wouldn't say slow learners are typically the problem. From my experience in teaching it's the students with lazy habits that tend to break down the professors' effectiveness. People that refuse to "learn how to learn" and expect everything to be googled for them can be difficult to filter for during the interview process and really cause a drag on the class as a whole.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no 17% if you’re taking a living stipend. It’s either: 1. No stipend, 17% for 2 yrs 2. Stipend, 10% for 5 yrs They’re mutually exclusive. And we do have a charity arm! https://lambdapaf.org
Excellent! Sounds like a fair deal. Didn't know about the charity -- that's great! Is it a 503(c)? The website doesn't seem to have too much info about where the donation goes.
We have a fiscal sponsor if you want to send large donations, which would go to a 501c3 and be tax deductible.
The fund itself is a small nonprofit waiting on 501c3 approval.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree that Lambda School sounds too good to be true, but once you start looking they've got real answers for just about everything. I'm a high school teacher, and after watching students struggle with decisions about what to do after high school, I love what I'm seeing with Lambda School. What do you think regulators need to address at Lambda School?
I guess “seems too good to be true” is an OK marketing problem for us to have. If you’d like you can attend classes on a trial basis and check it out!
What exactly is your admissions criteria for someone to get accepted to LS?
How big of a problem is that for your student-to-job conversion rate when the criteria has to become less stringent to scale?
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
> We launched our online CS academy with no upfront tuition almost two years ago What about international students ? Can a Canadian apply to Lambda School ?
Ask me again in about two weeks :)
Any chance there may be also opportunities for Mexicans? The TN visa is the same used for Canadians.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suppose the contract obliges them to look for / accept a job after graduating? I mean, I'd be happy to take money to study for a while, but I wouldn't look for a job afterwards.
I hate to break it to you, but I don't think many people can afford to live without a paying job, and if they can, I doubt they're willing to exchange their time for $2k a month. I don't think people not looking for a job is a problem you need to heavily consider. Especially if there's a selection process for admission -- which the founder says there is.
I cannot speak for Allred or Lambda School, but I suspect they, like all people and institutions, cannot solve all conceivable problems for everyone, anywhere, in every circumstance. But they are working to expand the range of possibilities and open up frontiers that were closed just a few years ago.