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Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

auggierose wrote: post #61
michaelrpeskin wrote: post #50

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I was just talking about this idea with my wife. We're both now senior enough in our jobs that we're team/project leads (not managers, just technical leaders of stuff). One of the projects I'm leading is a small R&D effort to see if a new technique will improve one of our core algorithms. And I have a very bright new junior programmer who has been with the company about 2 years and has a little post-college experienc…

Let's face it, most of the time the tools are the problem. That is why, whenever possible, I write my own tools.

This is my take from this as well. I doubt that the developer in this story is literally thinking "these tools make it impossible for me to progress", I'm sure they're aware there's some way past whatever roadblock is there. So I'm not really sure what the complaint is about. Is the developer supposed to say "boo hoo I'm so stupid I'm stuck and don't know how to unstuck"? Does it make the situation any better if they blame themselves instead of the tools?

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Post by shogoom »

throwaway290 wrote: post #298
busterarm wrote: post #154

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Yeah, but 27 percent of your first year's salary in value? I'm not sure. Again, I don't regret it, I just think everyone that went through it could have succeeded without it.

Universities don't do much more but they do ask for much more.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

7thpower wrote: post #246
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #199

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Teaching is a really time-consuming task, if you want to do it right. I'm in the middle of creating a series on implementing Universal Links and URL Schemes, for iOS. May be a while, before it's ready. I spend a lot of time, testing the supporting materials, and making sure that I'm giving good info.

That’s wonderful. Good luck!

This is it: https://littlegreenviper.com/series/universal-links/

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by throwawaymaths »

busterarm wrote: post #144
throwawaymaths wrote: post #133

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Took a risk hiring out of App academy once. Guy had gone through hundreds of interviews and just bombed on all of them. I know why, he just sucked at interviews and exudes a Morty's dad kind of vibe. Perfectly fine programmer, it turned out.

Is his name Tom? :D

No. Tom's a genius. This guy was only a perfectly fine programmer.

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by gloosx »

I was working in a YC startup which was part of this gold rush. At first I was very impressed with an infinite money glitch they discovered.

Just find desperate people who lost their jobs during the pandemic, promise them a new job, collect their phones and emails and start spamming hard, using salespeople named "coaches" and engaging them into a gamified funnel. In the end, sell them idea of taking a loan (or ISA if no bank will give you a loan cause of your credit history) and get part of that loan as an enrolment fee. All of that set-up in the spirit of a charity organisation of course, helping people to "start a new life".

The application was initially made by founders who finished a similar bootcamp as well. Terrible software decisions and randomly assembled tech stack included. Then hiring junior guys to clean up after bootcampers, middle level guys to clean up after fired junior guys, and lastly senior guys (my company) to write some code which actually works.

After application was finally working they got XXX millions of VC funding, and started hiring everything they can, then firing, hiring, firing and so on, we all got fired eventually and I dont even know what's happening there now, but I remember it was a big mess.

Founders are former bank's people, loans are still their bread even after getting into IT. They were totally convinced they are the next unicorn, but just "one talented growth-hacker" away from it, always looking for that hacker but never found him i guess.

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by 2452wertert34 »

soneca wrote: post #162

I wonder if Paul Graham regrets investing in and defending Austen for such a long time. I only made a comment long time ago that Lambda School sounded like a good idea to me and I regret how fool I was. Edit: btw, bitwise, you were right in 2019, despite your response to my comment being downvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774532

to be fair it really is a good idea

it's a good contender against universities and there are handful of companies in other countries that have the same model

the core differentiator and the sole reason those companies are still alive?

they don't have a fucking austen as ceo lol

the first mover advantage he got ended up being his achilles heel

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by 2452wertert34 »

shawndrost wrote: post #255

(Note: I was a founder at a coding bootcamp, Hack Reactor.) I don't think an author who understands the domain would write like this. Even if we spot that Lambda was a tire fire that needed to die, the author's outrage doesn't square with realities on the ground in other sectors of postsecondary education, especially in programs that serve lower-income students. I wouldn't launch a general defense of Lambda/Allred bu…

great points

personally i'm even rooting for companies that contend against universities

but the litmus test for lambda school is pretty fucking simple

will your company survive if you got austen as your ceo instead of you?

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by [deleted] »

swyx wrote: post #41
rideontime wrote: post #25

Austen seems to finally have given up on trying spin every story about him that reaches HN, no posts in the last 9 months.[0] A sure sign of the dismal state of things at Lambda/Bloom. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=austenallred

or months and months of defending your reputation can wear you down. have a little empathy for the flawed human on the other side of the screen.

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Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by seoulmetro »

kcatskcolbdi wrote: post #339
seoulmetro wrote: post #334

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No. It is commonly assumed as "I and other [group]" means that you are part of the group, but not always. It could mean you and other group share the same situation. "I and other dads, had to wait for the train." are you a Dad? Most likely based on general use, but what if you were just the tour guide for the dads.

Then you would say "I and a group of dads". "I and other dads" directly states that you are part of a group (dads).

No it doesn't. It can. "I and a group of dads" creates disassociation where there may be more association to the group than their status as dads.

Re: Fast Crimes at Lambda School

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Post by School-Cotton »

seoulmetro wrote: post #349
kcatskcolbdi wrote: post #339

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Then you would say "I and a group of dads". "I and other dads" directly states that you are part of a group (dads).

No it doesn't. It can . "I and a group of dads" creates disassociation where there may be more association to the group than their status as dads.

> No it doesn't.

What? Yes it does. To any native English speaker, “I and other X” means you’re part of X, always.

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