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Ben Averbook PodcastAusten Allred: GauntletAI produces better AI engineers than any university (for free)This is my conversation with Austen Allred.Austen is the founder of Gauntlet AI which is a 10 week in-person training that, if completed, guarantees a $200k+ AI engineering job at the end. Just to make it sound more crazy, it’s completely free.If selected, you do 2 weeks virtually and then if still in the cohort, they will fly you to Austin, TX, house you, and feed you, all at no cost to the student.Please enjoy.benaverbook.com/subscribex.com/austenx.com/benaverbook...
2025-10-2755 min
AI RebelsWhy Companies Fight Over Engineers Who Don't Write Code ft. Austen AllredAustin Allred lived in his car in San Francisco teaching himself to code, and now he runs a program where students never write a single line. At Gauntlet AI, engineers learn to direct AI systems that do all the coding while companies pay recruiting fees upfront, making the entire training free for students who land $200K jobs. The model works because the skills gap has reversed: employers are now bottlenecked by talent, not the other way around. Allred's most practical insight gets overlooked by most users: when AI fails, ask it what went wrong, the models can...
2025-10-241h 02
TBPNGoogle I/O Reaction, Microsoft Build Recap, OpenAI's Stargate Datacenter | Austen Allred, Jeff Morris Jr., Cliff Weitzman, Logan Kilpatrick & Tulsee DoshiTBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta - https://vanta.comLinear - https://linear.appEight Sleep - https://eightsleep.com/tbpnWander - https://wander.com/tbpnPublic - https://public.comAdQuick - https://adquick.comBezel - https://getbezel.com Numeral - https://www.numeralhq.comPolymarket - https://polymarket.comFollow TBPN: https://TBPN.com
2025-05-203h 32
Austin NextWhy Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen AllredAI is becoming the biggest force multiplier for human talent in history. Austen Allred shares how Gauntlet AI is reimagining engineering education for this new reality and why Austin's is the perfect place to build this ambitious program. This is was quick turnaround episode as Gauntlet AI applications close January 4th (application link below). We also go deeper on the 2nd and 3rd order effects of this transformation on engineering, learning, kids, and Austin. Episode HighlightsWhat is Gauntlet AI?How AI transforms the engineering craft Building $100M engineers Breaking traditional talent signals & building new ones AI...
2024-12-2150 min
The Present Father's Podcast#85 AUSTEN ALLRED | BloomTech's SHOCKING Solution to Fix Higher Education ForeverAustin Allred, founder of BloomTech, discusses the concept of income share agreements and how his company is revolutionizing education. He also talks about the importance of AI in their curriculum and the challenges of parenting in the digital age. Austin shares his personal journey, including living out of his car and eventually founding a successful company. In this conversation, Austen Allred discusses the importance of immersive learning and the limitations of traditional education. He shares his experience of learning Russian and how being in the middle of the most exciting thing can accelerate learning. Austen also talks about the...
2024-09-111h 14
Entrepreneurial Excellence PodcastHow Tech Founders Balance Automation and Human Touch for Billion-Dollar Success with Austen AllredJoin us on this episode of Entrepreneurial Excellence as we sit down with Austen Allred, Co-Founder & CEO of BloomTech. Dive into Austen's journey from selling items on eBay in his youth to dropping out of college to pursue a career in Silicon Valley.
He shares his insights on the mindset and psychology of successful entrepreneurs, emphasizing the importance of grit, resilience, and learning from failure. Austen also discusses the inception of BloomTech, aiming to revolutionize online education by balancing automation with human interaction!
The conversation delves into the complexities of the job market, highlighting the...
2024-07-051h 18
Ali's BoardroomStartup with Purpose: Changing Lives Through CodingAbout the EpisodeIn this episode, Ali Nawab interviews Austen Allred, CEO of BloomTech. They talk about the intricacies of Bloom's two-sigma problem, the transformative potential of AI in education, and the unique challenges and opportunities in the global education landscape. Austen shares his personal journey, the mission behind BloomTech, and his thoughts on the evolving role of coding in the age of AI. This episode is packed with insights into how personalized, mastery-based education can create significant shifts in learning outcomes and career prospects. Show Notes and Timestamps[00:51] - Introduction
2024-05-271h 13
The Revamped FounderHow To Learn Anything? w/ Austen AllredFollow Austen: https://twitter.com/Austen
About Austen:
Austen is an entrepreneur, and innovator in the field of technology and education. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of BloomTech (formerly Lambda School), a coding bootcamp that aims to make quality tech education accessible to everyone. Allred has a passion for education and a strong belief in the power of technology to create opportunities and drive social change.
BloomTech has experienced rapid growth since its inception, attracting the attention of Silicon Valley venture-capital funds and helping thousands of...
2024-04-1950 min
Founders in ArmsRevolutionizing Computer Science Education with Austen Allred, Co-Founder and CEO of BloomTechIn this episode of the Curiosity Podcast, Immad and Raj explore the next evolution of education with Austen Allred, Co-Founder and CEO of BloomTech. Austen shares his unlikely journey to founding an education start-up, and how our current education system is failing students. This conversation explores how to mitigate the risks inherent with pursuing a degree, changing trends in student behavior, and how AI will change tomorrow’s education and programming landscape. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on the future of computer science education.Timestamps:[00:00:00] Intro
2024-03-061h 01
"World of DaaS"Austen Allred, CEO of BloomTech: Aligning Education IncentivesAusten Allred is the founder and CEO of the Bloom Institute of Technology (formerly known as Lambda School), a coding bootcamp that’s helped thousands of students get a job in tech. The discussion kicks off with an exploration of Income Share Agreements (ISAs) and how BloomTech has used them as an alternative to student loans. Austen shares insights on the financial incentives and regulatory pressures that have prevented more schools from embracing ISAs, and how the current student loan regime works. Auren and Austen dive deep on education and disc...
2024-01-2353 min
The ADA BookWhere is Shopify's Social Activism When It Comes to Accessibility?Kris examines Shopify to see if there has been any progress in 2023 in terms of helping their customers (website owners) prevent ADA website litigation and thereby increasing access to people with disabilities to those websites.
The findings: no accessibility statement is published on the homepage, overlay widgets / plugins are still featured on the app store, access to people with disabilities is not among the social causes listed, there are two guides on accessibility, and an accessibility policy as mandated for AODA compliance.
Shopify website owners have been sued ad nauseam over website accessibility for years (most of my client...
2023-11-2410 min
"In The Arena"E2: Austen Allred on BloomTech’s Saga and Transformation: Lawsuits, RIFs, and Founder RabbitholesAusten is the CEO and founder of BloomTech, an education platform famous for pioneering income sharing agreements instead of charging tuition. His company has forever altered thousands of students' lives for the better, but having a huge positive impact doesn't make actually running and growing a company easy. Host Jesse Genet and co-host Erik Torenberg talk to Austen about navigating legal and regulatory minefields, shifting internal culture amidst layoffs, and mental models for resilience.RECOMMENDED PODCAST:The HR industry is at a crossroads. What will it take to construct the next generation...
2023-06-281h 01
Smart FriendsStartup To Scale, What CEOs Learn - Austen Allred (Bloomtech) and Al Doan (Missouri Star Quilt Co)Links:Austen on TwitterAl on TwitterBloomtech (Formerly Lambda School)Becoming Trader Joe by Joe CoulombeRolling.funRolling Fun Podcast episodes:Rolling Fun Ep. 1Rolling Fun Ep. 2Rolling Fun Ep. 3Rolling Fun Ep. 4Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the PodcastSponsors:Athenago.comMadeByBread.com
2023-02-141h 27
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalAusten Allred On Raising $100 Million To Create A Proven Path To A Well-Paying JobAusten Allred is on a mission to help people level up their skills and incomes, and his startup is helping thousands of them find new roles in tech fields, online. The venture, BloomTech, raised funding from Gigafund, a top-tier financier.
2023-02-0240 min
Digital Learning TodayIs K12 Preparing Students Properly for Postsecondary Education and the Workforce?
In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes BloomTech CEO Austen Allred on the program to discuss how alternative education, such as online tech training programs, can be a reliable and faster path to a high-paying job. He says that education shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all, and nontraditional education can be the best option for many people—from recent high school graduates to career changers.
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2022-08-2331 min
The Daily Job HuntDJH Interview: Austen Allred on Breaking Into TechIn this interview edition of the Daily Job Hunt, Joel sits down with Austen Allred to discuss the pathway for breaking into tech in 2022. Austen is the founder of online coding bootcamp Bloomtech (formerly Lambda School).
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In this episode:
Moving out to Silicon Valley and sleeping in a car
How Bloom Tech has evolved over the years
Bloom Tech’s unique admissions process
Bloom Tech’s “job driven” curriculum
The path for breaking...
2022-07-2526 min
Disrupt Education Podcast235 - Learn. Graduate. Get A Job - Or Owe Nothing.Austen Allred, co-founder and CEO of online tech education company BloomTech, has been an investor in more than 100 startups and leader of the company that is redefining the vocational and career training experience. Austen shares his perspective on improving postsecondary education and enabling economic mobility.
Austen designed Bloom Institute of Technology to serve people of all backgrounds and help them gain in-demand tech skills via a more direct, lower risk program. This is especially important for those who are underserved by conventional higher education—and who wouldn’t otherwise benefit from the opportunities and economic mobility that a wel...
2022-07-2029 min
On BalanceOn Balance with Austen AllredDr. Rod Berger sat down with Austen Allred, the co-founder and CEO of Bloom Institute of Technology (BloomTech). A native of Springville, Utah, Austen’s start-up journey began in 2017 with him living in his two-door Civic while participating in Y Combinator, a San Francisco-based seed accelerator. This experience became the foundation of BloomTech’s rapid growth.
BloomTech, believes there is a better way to approach education. Instead of asking its students to bet on it, Bloomtech bets on its students first. This paradigm-shifting model allows BloomTech to align the incentives of the school with the incentives of its...
2022-05-1027 min
Red Beard Radio with Brian Keith#128: How Bloomtech's Outcomes-Based Loans Change College Financing Forever | Austen AllredAusten Allred is the co-founder and CEO of BloomTech Institute of Technology. A native of Springville, Utah, Austen's start-up journey began in 2017 with him living in his two-door Civic while participating in Y Combinator, a San Francisco-based seed accelerator. This experience became the foundation of BloomTech's rapid growth. Before founding BloomTech, Austen was the co-founder of media platform GrassWire. He co-authored the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce, which became a best-seller and provided him the personal seed money to build BloomTech. Austen's disruptive ideas on the future of education, the labor market disconnect, and the...
2022-01-2526 min
Go Fund Yourself Podcast by SeedrsFrom homeless to multi-million Edtech company with Austen AllredAusten Allred is CEO and co-founder of Bloomtech, an online platform that educates future software engineers and scientists for free. In exchange, Bloomtech alumni give a share of their future income for two years.Austen also never enjoyed or appreciated academia. A native of rural Utah, it was not something he felt connected to. But one thing he knew for sure was that he wanted to live and work in Silicon Valley. Oh, and work in tech.But he didn’t have the money to do that. So what did he do?He mo...
2022-01-2439 min
The Edtech PodcastPioneering Educational ModelsWhat's in this episode? This episode, recorded for the Reimagine Education Conference 2021 with Lumina Foundation and Bloom Institute of Technology (formerly known as Lambda School), is about pioneering new education models. In this episode, we chat about The value of credentials and why they matter Whether regulation is fit for new business models to evolve Whether there is a risk of the 'haves and have nots" aligning with campus / virtual ed How to ensure equal scrutiny of all education models to ensure value for the learner People: Dr Courtney Brown, Vice President for...
2021-12-1036 minThe Edtech PodcastPioneering Educational ModelsWhat's in this episode? This episode, recorded for the Reimagine Education Conference 2021 with Lumina Foundation and Bloom Institute of Technology (formerly known as Lambda School), is about pioneering new education models. In this episode, we chat about The value of credentials and why they matter Whether regulation is fit for new business models to evolve Whether there is a risk of the 'haves and have nots" aligning with campus / virtual ed How to ensure equal scrutiny of all education models to ensure value for the learner People: Dr Courtney Brown, Vice President for...
2021-12-1036 min
LEVELS – A Whole New Level#50 - Changing the economics of an industry (Austen Allred & Ben Grynol)Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Austen Allred, CEO of Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, to discuss his approach to career-focused and lower-risk education and how it leads to rewarding jobs.
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2021-12-0659 min
Homeroom PodcastEp. 22 - Austen AllredAusten Allred is the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School - rebranded to the Bloom Institute of Technology.
Lambda School is an online program that helps you break into the tech industry by teaching you how to code - and get your first software engineering job. Lambda is free until you get hired. In this episode, we discuss Austen own story of entrepreneurship and how his early beginnings molded him into who he is today.
Homeroom is hosted by Cassius Felicella.
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2021-11-1127 min
So This Is My WhyEp 61: Austen Allred (Co-Founder & CEO, Lambda School) - Building the Next-Gen Coding School with ISAsAusten Allred is the co-founder & CEO of Lambda School: a virtual coding school that is completely free to attend, until its graduates earn at least $50,000/year. Lambda School is betting on its student’s success as its success, and has seen its graduates go on to work as developers in Fortune 100 companies and prominent startups including Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and more.But even prior to founding Lambda School & being accepted into Y Combinator, Austen has had a wealth of interesting experiences. From working for two years as a Mormon missionary in Eastern Ukraine - where every fo...
2021-10-251h 09
The Quest Pod with Justin KanAusten Allred: Lambda School, Y-Combinator, Free Education, Programming and CodeAusten Allred is the founder and CEO of Lambda School, an online coding school that doesn’t charge students tuition until they get hired. Growing up Mormon, Austen worked as a missionary and lived out of a car before applying to Y-Combinator. These experiences taught him about resilience, which kept him laser focused on candidate success through media praise and controversy. Austen’s mission to democratize education really resonates with me. In this episode, we discuss moving to the Valley, going through Y-Combinator and being caught in the political tensions surrounding free education. We dive into t...
2021-08-1055 min
No CS DegreeChanging lives with Lambda School - an Austen Allred interviewYou can apply to learn to code at Lambda School here (affiliate) https://lambda-school.sjv.io/JrJg5vFull transcript available and more interviews on No CS Degree: https://www.nocsdegree.com/austen-allred-interview-lambda-school/Support the podcast - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nocsdegree
2021-07-2853 min
The VITALIZE Podcast: Venture Capital | Startups | Angel InvestingAusten Allred, Co-Founder & CEO at Lambda School | Episode #010Austen Allred is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Lambda School, an online coding school that invests in the students by offering free tuition. Founded in 2017, the Lambda School is currently helping graduates land jobs at Fortune 500 companies to some of the top startups globally.Austen was formerly the co-founder of Grasswire and co-author of the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce. Austen's ideas on the future of work have been featured on TechCrunch, WIRED, The Harvard Business Review & more.
2021-07-0853 min
The NFX PodcastAusten Allred (Co-Founder of Lambda School) & James Currier (NFX) on The New American DreamIn this episode, James Currier, Austen Allred, and Kristen O'Brien discuss the societal pressures of higher education and the American Dream. They explore Lambda School's role in reshaping education, and the importance of aligning school incentives with student success. The trio compares international education systems, particularly Germany's, and the history and future of online education. They delve into the role of community in education, misunderstood aspects of startup success, and future educational decisions for today's five-year-olds. They wrap up by predicting future job markets.
The new American dream is underway. The current US educational industrial complex is not serving...
2021-04-2232 min
Policy PunchlineAusten Allred: Lambda School, Y Combinator, and Democratization of VC InvestingAusten Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda School. It is an online platform that trains you remotely to become a web developer or a data scientist. The user pays no tuition until hired. Austen’s start-up journey began in 2017 with him living in his two-door Civic while participating in Y Combinator (YC), the famous San Francisco-based seed accelerator. This experience became the foundation of Lambda School’s rapid growth. Before founding Lambda School, Austen was the co-founder of media platform GrassWire. He co-authored the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce, which became a best-seller and provided him the personal seed...
2021-04-051h 27
The Independent AdvisorsThe Independent Advisors Podcast Episode 89: Spikes & Dives : Rates and StocksMark & Matt Discuss the Following on Episode #89:
American Rescue Plan Becomes Law
NASDAQ Corrects >10%
How has inflation historically impacted stocks?
What to consider when refinancing your mortgage
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2021-03-1936 min
Intellectual SoftwareAusten Allred on Lambda School, $400 Billion Clubhouse, Peloton replacing religion, the death of Silicon valley, first principles thinking and moreAusten Allred is the founder of Lambda School and one of the smartest entrepreneurs trying to fix education. We talked about Austen's fascination with reading history in the context of business, his deep interest in shareholder letters and internal memos of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Disney, and other great companies, and his thoughts on first principles thinking. He also shared how a Mormon mission he went to at age 19 in Eastern Ukraine has shaped Lambda, how he built his network in silicon valley, and putting 100% of his net worth in Tesla. He put out his bear and bull case for C...
2021-02-2138 min
Future of Learning & Work#4 Austen Allred - Bootcamps, Early Childhood Education, & Optimizing EmploymentAusten Allred is the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School. Lambda is one of the leading software engineering bootcamps. In this conversation we touch on bootcamps, universities, early childhood education, optimizing employment, & the power of Twitter.
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2021-02-0931 min
Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement157: Study now, pay later - Austen Allred, CEO and co-founder Lambda SchoolAusten AllredCEO Austen Allred was inspired to co-found Lambda School after spotting the major disconnect between a labor market in need of specialized talent, and the inaccessibility of training programs designed to fill that gap. His solution is a fully remote tech school with Income Share Agreements; rather than pay the Lambda School for training upfront, students pay a portion of their income after they've graduated and secured a job.Lambda School trains people to be software engineers at no up-front cost. Instead of paying tuition, students agree to pay a percentage of their income after they’re employed, and on...
2021-02-0941 min
POD OF JAKE#41 - AUSTEN ALLREDAusten is co-founder and CEO of Lambda School. Lambda School is an online coding school with an income share agreement (“ISA”) model in which students only pay tuition if and after they get a job. Prior to Lambda School, Austen wrote a book called Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide. He previously worked at LendUp and co-founded Grasswire.
[0:10] - The basics of Lambda School
[4:00] - Lambda’s use of the ISA business model
[10:56] - Austen's experiences growing up with an entrepreneurial spirit
[16:15] - Lessons learned from Austen’s religious mission in the U...
2021-01-2651 min
Leveling Up with Eric SiuHow To Get An $85,000 Job Without Paying For Tuition (With Austen Allred From Lambda School)Today’s guest is Austen Allred, CEO at Lambda School, the online web development and data science academy that students pay no tuition for until they are hired. In this episode, we talk to Austen about overcoming the challenges that Lambda’s unique payment structure presents, what he is focusing on to optimize the business, and the path he has taken personally to get where he is today. Lambda gets paid retrospectively from their hired students via income shared agreements and Austen shares about what it took to get the school off the ground and keep it afloat when they...
2020-12-2830 min
Leveling Up with Eric SiuHow To Get An $85,000 Job Without Paying For Tuition (With Austen Allred From Lambda School)Today’s guest is Austen Allred, CEO at Lambda School, the online web development and data science academy that students pay no tuition for until they are hired. In this episode, we talk to Austen about overcoming the challenges that Lambda’s unique payment structure presents, what he is focusing on to optimize the business, and the path he has taken personally to get where he is today. Lambda gets paid retrospectively from their hired students via income shared agreements and Austen shares about what it took to get the school off the ground and keep it afloat when they...
2020-12-2830 min
Building RemotelyHow to attract the best remote talent with Austen Allred from Lambda SchoolWhat are the effects of remote work on the current job market? Teaching the next generation of software engineers himself at Lambda School, Austen Allred experiences first hand what it takes to hire the best of the new remote workforce. In this episode, he shares his experience with cultivating the best engineering talent and the flaws in the current recruitment process.Find the full transcript here!
2020-12-0239 min
The Genuinely Interested PodcastEp 61 - Austen Allred - Online Learning 2.0Austen is the co-founder and CEO of Lambda School. Austen was born with an entrepreneurial spirit and has been starting businesses since his teenage years. His latest company, Lambda, an online coding 'boot camp', is out to change the way we learn coding, or at least change the financial model of it. Paying nothing upfront to enroll, and then paying a % of your monthly salary, ONLY after you find a job in your field - is substantially better than the current college model that leaves you in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. This seems to be a no...
2020-11-2357 min
The Investors First PodcastAusten Allred & Steve Curley, CFA: Lambda School's CEO on Disrupting Education & Income Sharing AgreementsOur guest today is Austen Allred, co-founder & CEO of Lambda School, which provides students a computer science education funded by an Income Share Agreement (ISA). Lambda School recently raised $74M, valuing the company at over $150M. In this episode we discuss the structure of Lambda School's year-long program, the current issues within the education system, and how income sharing agreements work and provide students with an alternative to student loans. Our local co-host today is Steve Curley, CFA, CIO of WaterOak Advisors and current President of the CFA Society of Orlando. Please enjoy the episode. ...
2020-11-0559 min
My First Million#117 Austen Allred - Lambda School's Founder Brings His Best IdeasSam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Austen Allred (@Austen) on the pod today. Austen is the founder of Lambda School (@LambdaSchool). In today’s episode you’ll hear: Austen gives background on Lambda School and explains the challenges and opportunities in the education space (1:05) Shaan asks Austen to explain his rise from sleeping in a car in San Francisco to running Lambda School (14:00), Austen talks about how his Mormon mission prepared him for a life in business (20:28), Austen breaks down how colleges make money off of application fees (28:35), The guys talk about the big business of c...
2020-10-071h 01
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Lambda School Founder, Austen Allred on How To Assess Your Relationship To Risk and Money, Why San Francisco Is A Case Study For The Greatest Squandering of Wealth in History & Why Complexity Increases Exponentially with Scale Austen Allred is the Founder & CEO @ Lambda School, the startup that remotely trains people to become a web developer or data scientist and the students pay no tuition until they are hired. Just last month, Lambda's $74M Series C was announced led by Gigafund bringing their total funding to date to over $129M with prior investors including Stripe, Bedrock, GV, Gigafund and GGV to name a few. Prior to founding Lambda, Austen was Senior Manager for Growth @ LendUp and before that co-founded Grasswire. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: ...
2020-09-1832 min
Startup HandMeDownsEpisode 90: Austen Allred Founder and CEO of Lambda School - Transforming Education and How We Learn(Rerun) This week we sat down with Austen Allred of Lambda School, Fit Marketing, Grasswire, and Lendup. On this episode we discuss: - Growth marketing galore - The free upfront model - When to invest Austen Allred has a super interesting origin story, having dropped out of university himself, he went on to co-found his own school and pushing the envelope for the future of education. For those of you who are out of the loop, Austen created Lambda School, a coding school that asks for no money up front in an exchange for a percentage of your salary...
2020-09-1647 min
2 Cent Dad PodcastHigher Education Disruption with Austen AllredAusten wasn't happy with school, there wasn't something that quite fit him and he saw a lot of options that weren't practical for a 18-22 year old. He saw a huge gap in education, but also in the ever changing landscape oof education. That is where Lambda school was born. Austen talks about what it is like being a dad while building and education system that is ever changing and growing.
2020-08-1124 min
This is Your Life in Silicon ValleyIs who you are on Twitter = who you are IRL? (Guest: Austen Allred, Founder/CEO of Lambda School)Austen Allred is the Founder/CEO of Lambda School - a company pioneering the ISA model (Income Share Agreement) wherein students only pay for their education after they successfully land employment. Austen is also a prolific Tweeter and thought leader in Silicon Valley. We discuss the future of Lambda, the future of journalism and more in this wide ranging interview. Austen is spending quarantine in Southern Utah - we talk to him a bit about his perspective on how long things will last, and how life is in Utah, away from Silicon Valley. We talk to Austen a...
2020-05-1151 min
Village Global PodcastAusten Allred and Rishi Mandal on Turning In-Person Experiences into Digital FormAusten Allred (@austen), CEO of Lambda School, and Rishi Mandal (@rmandal), founder of Future, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- How Austen took education that typically happened in person and transformed it into digital form at Lambda School.- How Rishi is taking fitness training that happened in person and transforming it into digital form with Future.- What Austen calls the “skeuomorphic” way of translating experiences into digital form and why it doesn’t work.- How they ensure motivation and accountability on each of their platforms.
2020-05-0351 min
Inspired with Alexa von TobelHow to Turn Feedback into a Business Model, with Austen Allred of Lambda SchoolAusten spotted a major disconnect: a labor market in need of specialized talent and inaccessible education programs to train future employees. Enter Lambda School, a fully remote tech school with Income Share Agreements (ISAs) at its center. Rather than pay up front, students pay a portion of their income after they're hired. Austen shares how a customer survey led him to a brand-new business model, how growing up in small-town Utah has given him a unique view on scalability, and what it feels like when your role models become your peers.
2020-04-2229 min
a16z ShowAre ISAs the Solution to Student Debt?A bold proposal: You go to college for free, then pay back the school after graduation—but only if you get a job in your field of study and make a high enough salary to afford it. It's called an income share agreement, and Austen Allred, the CEO and cofounder of Lambda School, thinks it's the future of education.Student debt currently stands at more than 1.5 trillion dollars, which makes it the second-highest consumer debt category behind mortgage debt. The crisis has saddled much of a generation, with far reaching effects. Income share agreements, or ISAs, have be...
2019-12-1927 min
Forward Thinking Founders047 - Francis Larsen (Ascen) on Hiring Remote TalentIs this episode Francis covers some of these questions:What is Ascen?Why do you believe that remote work is the future?How would I use Ascen for my own recruiting needs?How did the remote work adoption come to fruition and become as popular as it is?How do you find talent around the world to come on your platform?What other areas of life do you think the internet will improve?Where are people coming into your platform getting their skills from?What was it like cofounding Leif?What was Austen Allred like when you first...
2019-11-1933 min
Forward Thinking Founders043 - Jack Morrison (Scythe Robotics) On Autonomous LawnmowersIt was so nice to reconnect to Jack Morrison to talk about his company, Scythe Robotics. Scythe builds autonomous lawnmowers to sell to commercial lawn care companies. Jack and I first got connected at Boulder Startup week in 2016, and three years later, here we are. On this episode, we dive into questions like:What are you building at Scythe?What fundamental problems does Scythe help solve?Is the lawnmower owned by the city, a family, or a commercial company?What knowledge did you have going into Scythe?What goes into...
2019-11-1631 min
Forward Thinking Founders042 - Justin Zheng (Matrix) On ESportsThis was a fascinating conversation with Justin who is the creator of Matrix, which is a venture-backed ESports team. This was a deep dive into this space, and it was super interesting to talk to a pro like Justin who is on the ground floor making it happen. He answers questions such as:What is Matrix?What are Esports?How are Esports growing so quickly?How did you get into Esports?How does someone make a team within Esports?What elements make up a team? Coaches, players, sponsors...
2019-11-1428 min
Forward Thinking Founders041 - Hamza Zia (GitStart) On Hiring Great DevelopersI had a great time talking to Hamza Zia, who is the CEO of GitStart. They are creating a whole new way that companies can recruit technical talent + a new way to engage developers looking for work. He also has many insights on the future of education in this awesome conversation. Today, we dive into: What is GitStart?How does the model work for companies? For developers?Is GitStart considered a coding competition?How do you pay fort coding tasks within GitStart?Your model feels ripe for blockchain technology. Have...
2019-11-1334 min
Forward Thinking Founders040 - Elena Nadolinski (Beanstalk) on BlockchainThis was a great conversation with Elena Nadolinski, who is the CEO and founder of Beanstalk. She is a whiz and super insightful person when it comes to blockchain, crypto, and all the way to remote work. She is also a Pioneer, like many of my other guests. ———Quick note - You’ll hear a sound in the background for the first third of the video. This will go away in the middle of the recording.—————In this conversation I ask her some of the following questions: Can you dive into your backgrou...
2019-11-1236 min
Forward Thinking Founders039 - Neal O'Grady (Demand Curve) On Startup Growth TacticsNeal is a legend at growth. Period. He co-founded Bell Curve, a premiere agency to help startups with growth that have worked with Outschool, Clearbit, Envoy, and many others. From there, he co-founded Demand Curve, a company aimed to teach founders how to do growth themselves, for a fraction of the cost of an agency. On this episode, we dive deep into many topics, including: What is Demand Curve?What is the origin story of Demand Curve?What was it like transitioning from an agency to a tech startup. Is there a difference?
2019-11-1132 min
Forward Thinking Founders038 - Chris Ronzio (Trainual) on Training New EmployeesIt was such a blast to have Chris, the CEO of Trainual, on the podcast. Chris is a friend from the Phoenix startup scene and is one of the nicest guys out there. He is also one of the most successful, with Trainua being one of the hottest companies in the valley. In our conversation, he answers some of these questions:What is Trainual? How does Trainual work for users?How did you get the idea?How did you get your first users? What is it like building a rocketship...
2019-11-1122 min
Forward Thinking Founders037 - Hanna Marie Asmussen (Localyze) On International Employee RelocationHannah was a blast to talk to. She is the Founder and CEO of YC backed company, Localyze, which helps international employees relocate without needing to deal with dozens of websites to stay compliant. Localyze does it all. In this conversation, we dive into:What is Locayze?What is the current way that people relocate for a job?How does Localyze improve the process?What’s the origin story?What is your big vision for Localyze?What industries interest you outside of what you’re actively working on?
2019-11-1026 min
The Futur with Chris DoA Coding School that Invests in You — with Austen Allred
Higher earning. Lambda is designed for student success. They don't get paid until you do, so they’re in this together, from your first day of classes to your first day on the job — and beyond. At first it sounded crazy—a school without tuition. But when you dig deeper into how Austen Allred structures the Lambda School, you start wonder why all schools aren't structured this way. Shouldn't schools make an investment in students? Well, that's the premise. If Lambda guesses incorrectly, they lose their investment in their students. Learn more about your ad choices...
2019-09-1548 min
Forward Thinking Founders009 - Alex Bouaziz (CEO of Deel) on the Future of Compliance With FreelancersThis week, I jammed with Alex Bouazi, the CEO of Deel. Deel is a product that helps companies pay their freelancers in one click. They also handle compliance, which most remote companies aren't thinking about right now. In this episode, Alex and I talk about:- All about Deel- The process of payments and compliance in the future of work?- Dive into the mission of Deel- How crypto ties into the future of work
2019-05-2221 min
Go Time: Golang, Software EngineeringGo for beginnersHow do beginners learn Go? This episode is meant to engage both non-Go users that listen to sister podcasts here on Changelog, or any Go-curious programmers out there, as well as encourage those that have started to learn Go and want to level up beyond the basics. On this episode we’re aiming to answer questions about how to learn Go, identify resources that are available, and where you can go to continue your learning journey.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join to...
2019-05-151h 07
Smash NotesMay 6, 2019 - Weekly summary of the best podcasts on the internetIn this episode we have the story of Justin Kan drowning in the Pacific Ocean, Chamath Palihapitiya telling his investors that he's not a slave, Lambda School founder Austen Allred sharing his story on going from broke to woke in one simple Kickstarter, the startup boy Naval Ravikant sharing his wisdom on wealth, and more.
2019-05-0608 min
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, LeadershipZero up-front costs for a CS educationWhat would be the impact on the world if a Computer Science education was available to you completely free of charge until you get a job in that field paying $50,000 or more? That’s the question that drives Austen Allred and the team behind Lambda School. Lambda School is a revolutionary new school that invests in its students and they completely align their interests with their students. Seems like a novel idea, right? But Austen’s path to Silicon Valley was where things began for him, so that’s where we’ll start today’s conversation.
Leave us a comme...
2019-04-1945 min
The Pomp LetterThose that control the audience, control the futureJoin thousands of others who receive this daily analysis of crypto markets & news in their inbox every morning - subscribe now.Founders are realizing that transparency, audience, and engagement are significant advantages in today’s business environment.The invention of the internet, and the adoption of social media specifically, has led to a new set of tools being available to entrepreneurs as they build their companies. Rather than operating behind closed doors, a new crop of companies are using these tools to build highly defendable moats. Here are a few examples:* Austen Allred and...
2019-04-1704 min
Forward Thinking FoundersAusten Allred (CEO of Lambda School) on the Future of EducationIn this episode, I am VERY excited to have on Austen Allred, CEO of Lambda School. In this action packed 25 minute conversation, we cover a lot of ground. Some of the questions Austen answers are:- What is Lambda School?- What is an ISA and how it affects education in the future?- What do you tell anxious parents when they heart about Lambda School and their kid not wanting to go down the traditional path?- Do you see yourself as an investor?
2019-04-1722 min
Magna Vita with Alex Olsen#14 - Fitness & TimeThis week the best podcasts talked about fitness and time - two things critical to building a great life:
Tony Robbins Podcast with Michael Phelps (Fitness/Time): https://apple.co/2IthTp1
The Minimalists Podcast with Ben Greenfield (Fitness): https://apple.co/2U52Rb8
The Art of Manliness with Laura Vanderkam (Time): https://apple.co/2FZvWjd
Y Combinator with Austen Allred: https://apple.co/2YSa3L8
The Jimmy Rex Show with Jordan Romero: https://apple.co/2KjYQzI
2019-04-0919 min
Y Combinator Startup Podcast#120 - Austen AllredAusten Allred is the CEO and cofounder of Lambda School.Lambda School provides a CS education that's free until you get a job. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC.You can learn more about Lambda School at lambdaschool.com.Austen is on Twitter at @austen.The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.***Topics00:00 - Intro1:01 - Encouraging people to do something that they're scared to do5:16 - Where did the insight for Lambda School come from?
2019-04-031h 00
InceptionGuest Austen Allred, CEO of Lambda SchoolAusten Allred is CEO of Lambda School, the online software engineering training school for no up-front cost. In this episode, Austen shares the powerful personal story behind founding his company, what it feels like to have a bullet in your back, the one big worry that keeps him up at night, and more.
2019-03-2932 min
Product Hunt RadioThe future of education with Lambda School's Austen AllredOn this episode, Abadesi talks to Austen Allred, co-founder and CEO of Lambda School. Lambda School is a pioneer in the income-sharing agreement (ISA) space. They offer live online courses in software development, data science and design that are free until you get a job, at which point you re-pay a capped portion of your income to Lambda School.
In this episode we talk about:
Austen's adventures abroad prior to starting Lambda School, including what he learned through his travels as a missionary in Ukraine, and the time he booked a one-way ticket to Shanghai on...
2019-03-1300 minThe Daily Job Hunt8 - Austen Allred on Launching Lambda School and Learning From FailureAusten Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lamda School, a 9-month, immersive program that gives students the tools and training to launch new careers in tech—from the comfort of your own home. Students only pay once they are hired after the program, so Lambda is completely accountable for the results they promise.
Austen joins the podcast to talk about launching his career in marketing and founding Lambda School.
In this episode:
- What is Lambda school?
- Moving to San Francisco and living in his car to launch his career...
2019-03-1116 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Lambda School Founder, Austen Allred on Why Unemployment Is An Optimisation Problem That Will Be Solved Over The Next 20 Years, Why The Speed and Quality of Decisions Are Not Mutually Exclusive & The 1 Question All Founders Must Ask Themselves BeforAusten Allred is the Founder & CEO @ Lambda School, a 9 month, immersive program that gives you the tools and training you need to launch your new career—from the comfort of your own home. As a Lambda student, you pay nothing until you’re earning $50k or more. And if you don’t, it’s free. To date, Austen has raised over $48m with Lambda from a personal favourite of mine Bedrock, GGV, GV, Stripe and Ashton Kutcher just to name a few. Prior to founding Lambda, Austen was Senior Manager for Growth @ LendUp and before that co-founded Grasswire. In Today...
2019-03-0836 min
Mission DailyHow To Solve Complex Business ProblemsAusten Allred is the founder and CEO of Lambda School. As a college dropout, Austen never expected to start his own business, let alone one in the education sector. But Austen saw a problem that no one else was willing to fix, and decided to do something about it. Listening to Austen’s journey, you’ll learn why you can’t let a lack of “credentials” stop you from building and growing your business, how to figure out the real problem you’re customers are facing, and simple strategies you can use to find solutions to your biggest busi...
2019-03-0713 min
The All Turtles Podcast049: The Lambda School’s cofounder and CEO Austen AllredAusten Allred is the cofounder and CEO of the Lambda School, a coding academy that provides free training for students to become software engineers and data scientists in exchange for a percentage of their income for two years. It’s a model that has moved people from low income to high income salaries. Austen talks through the school’s pedagogy, shares what students need to succeed in the program, and explains why one of the most valuable aspects of the school is the community. Show notes Conversation with Austen Allred (0:48) The Lambd...
2019-02-2834 min
The JourneyProblem Solving with Austen Allred, Founder and CEO of Lambda SchoolAusten Allred (Twitter, LinkedIn) is the founder and CEO of Lambda School (Twitter). As a college dropout, Austen never expected to start his own business, let alone one in the education sector. But Austen saw a problem that no one else was willing to fix, and decided to do something about it. "We started Lambda School to solve the problem of how to get a high-quality job-enabling education to folks who otherwise couldn’t afford it.” Listening to Austen’s journey, you’ll learn why you can’t let a lack of “credentials” stop you from building...
2019-02-2612 min
Problems SightedAusten Allred - Help solve the problems in educationWhether you are in primary school, higher education, or one of the many up and coming alternatives, I think it's clear for many that education is filled with problems. We sat down with Austen Allred, CEO of Lambda School, to talk about these problems. Austen highlighted problems in education curriculum, the misalignment of incentives, and what he and his team at Lambda School still need to help education.Austen highlighted three big problems that people need to work on and fix. From tapping into India's labor market, making immigration easier, and making income verification better in the many areas...
2019-02-0534 min
Disrupt Education Podcast#93 How to make a risk free entirely online education work.In this episode, Lambda School co-founder and CEO Austen Allred talks about his journey in education and the creation of the innovative Lambda School. Check out www.lambdaschool.com to find out more about this 30 week immersive program.
Hello, my name is Peter Hostrawser and I am the host of a podcast called Disrupt Education.
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2019-01-2808 min
The Global Startup Movement - Startup Ecosystem Leaders, Global Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Market InnovationLambda School's Austen Allred on the future of educationAusten Allred is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lambda School. Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers at no up-front cost. Instead of paying tuition, students can agree to pay a percentage of their income after they're employed, and only if they're making more than $50k per year.
On this episode you'll learn:
-Why have investors and VC's avoided investing in Edtech during this last wave of startups?
-When and why we reached peak university.
-What does the future model of education and workforce development look like?
2019-01-1500 min
Tech Stories from HackerNoonE18 - Hacking The Job Market via Lambda School with Austen AllredEpisode 18 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Austen Allred, the CEO and founder of Lambda School.
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In this episode Trent Lapinski and Austen Allred discuss learning programming and how Lambda School trains software engineers.
“We want to get the point where 90% of our students are hired within 90-days of graduation.”
“For us, it is very important that when you graduate from Lambda, we want to say, ‘this person has a stamp of approval th...
2019-01-1522 minVillage Global PodcastDisrupting Education with Austen Allred and Ray BatraErik is joined by his co-host for this episode Ray Batra (@reesesandcoke), founder of Shift_Up, a platform for in-person learning that Ray calls “gyms for learning” and Austen Allred (@AustenAllred), co-founder and CEO of Lambda School, a pioneer in the income-sharing space. Their computing science program is free until a student gets a job, at which point they pay back their schooling with a percentage of their income (up to a capped amount).By the way, we apologize for the audio quality of this interview. We had to catch up with Austen over the phone while he was...
2019-01-1133 min
Axios Re:CapThe Fight To Fix Student DebtOn today's show, Dan talks about how one company (Lambda School) is trying to help people get a college education without the debt, with their CEO Austen Allred. Also, in the "Final Two" Dan dives into President Trump's latest folly and the official end of a great American retailer.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-01-0809 min
Portfolio Career PodcastAusten Allred - Teaching Students to Code And GrowQuotes:
-“We look for people that are willing to put in the work”
-“Everything we can do is help you break through the signal barrier. We help you create that signal”
-“It's not enough to just do stuff and to learn stuff, you have to exhibit that in some way”
-"How can we get people from low-income to high-income, and code was an obvious answer. In the long run, Lambda will not just be a code school."
-“The impact we have is very very tangible. We take that responsibility very seriously...
2018-12-2128 min
The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startupSpecial: Exploring a Revolutionary Revenue Model for Education w/ Austen Allred, CEO @ Lambda SchoolJoining me on this special episode of the Backbone is Austen Allred, Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda School - a training program specializing in coding, computer science, and web development, with a revolutionary tuition model that asks graduates to pay once they land a successful job.I chat with Austen about:1. His journey so far and how it was instrumental in the founding of Lambda School in 2016.2. Lambda School and what it's all about. How Lambda School challenges traditional the university structure?3. Employers, credentialing candidates and educating employers to focus on hiring candidates whos...
2018-12-1918 min
The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startupSpecial: Exploring a Revolutionary Revenue Model for Education w/ Austen Allred, CEO @ Lambda SchoolJoining me on this special episode of the Backbone is Austen Allred, Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda School - a training program specializing in coding, computer science, and web development, with a revolutionary tuition model that asks graduates to pay once they land a successful job.
I chat with Austen about:
1. His journey so far and how it was instrumental in the founding of Lambda School in 2016.
2. Lambda School and what it's all about. How Lambda School challenges traditional the university structure?
3. Employers, credentialing candidates and educating employers to focus on hiring candidates whose experiences and skills best suit them for...
2018-12-1918 minStartup HandMeDownsEpisode 51: Transforming Education and How We Learn with Austen Allred Founder and CEO of Lambda SchoolThis week we sat down with Austen Allred of Lambda School, Fit Marketing, Grasswire, and Lendup.
On this episode we discuss:
- Growth marketing galore
- The free upfront model
- When to invest
Austen Allred has a super interesting origin story, having dropped out of university himself, he went on to co-found his own school and pushing the envelope for the future of education. For those of you who are out of the loop, Austen created Lambda School, a coding school that asks for no money up front in an exchange for a percentage of your salary after you...
2018-12-0747 min
React Round UpRRU 039: Lambda School with Ben NelsonPanel: Nader DabitLucas ReisCharles Max Wood Special Guests: Ben Nelson In this episode, the panelists talk with Ben Nelson who is a co-founder and CTO of Lambda School. The panelists and Ben talk about Lambda School, the pros & cons of the 4-year university program for developers, and much more. Check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – Kendo UI 0:33 – Chuck: We have Nader, Lucas, and myself – our special gust is Ben Nelson! 0:50 – Guest: Hi! 0:54 – Chuck: Please introduce yourself. 0:58 – Guest: I love to ski and was a developer in the Utah area. 1:12 – Chuck: Let’s talk about Lambda School, but I think explaining what the school is an...
2018-11-2752 min
Education TrendsAusten Allred: How to Create Job-Enabling Education with No Upfront Student CostsAusten Allred saw a problem: students were becoming less willing to take a risk on higher education because they weren’t guaranteed a job in the other side. The solution? Lambda School. In this Mission Daily crossover episode, Allred explains how, as CEO, he helps implement a new model of code school by offering the best possible education with no upfront costs. Education Trends is brought to you by our friends at Vemo Education. Vemo works with higher education institutions to develop and implement income-based finance programs. Want help designing an ISA program? Vemo has yo...
2018-11-1628 min
Mission DailyAusten Allred: Why Schools Need to Place Priority on Job PlacementOn this episode of the Mission Daily, CEO and Co-Founder of Lambda School Austen Allred joins the show to discuss designing a more affordable education system and why schools need to place priority on job placement for graduates. To view the full show notes and more, go to themissiondaily.com The Mission publishes the #1 newsletter for accelerated learning. Join our community of hundreds of thousands at themission.co/subscribe The Mission creates custom media for world-class companies. To connect with our team of creatives, please reach us at info@themission.co
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2018-11-1528 min
The Practical Wealth ShowLambda School: Faster, Cheaper And Better with Austen AllredQuality education made affordable, that's the objective that our guest Austen Allred set out to accomplish when he decided to co-create the "Lambda School", a training program specialized in coding, computer science, and web development, that introduces a revolutionary tuition model asking graduates to pay only when they've landed a successful job. Join us as we get a firsthand glance into Austen's incredible story of overcoming the crippling debt left over from supporting his own business that drove him to share with others in his book the lessons learned through his experience, selling over $250,000.
2018-10-3124 min
The Startup LifeAusten Allred (Co-Founder of Lambda School)Is the way we pay for higher institution learning about to fundamentally change? One founder surly thinks so! In this episode of The Startup Life, we talk to Austen Allred, Co-Founder of Lambda School. He shares with us his early beginnings in Utah and selling things on eBay. Next, he shares with us how one of his greatest challenges was understating the importance of instructional design in the beginning. Lastly, before the break, he shares with us that students at Lambda school not only learn how to code but they also go through a financial boot camp t...
2018-10-2900 min
Square One: Conversations with the Best in Business22: Austen Allred, Founder and CEO of Lambda SchoolEducation is broken. Since 1996, only three sectors have materially risen when adjusted for inflation. Construction is a bit more expensive than the inflation benchmark, healthcare and childcare prices have risen ~2x the benchmark, and college education has risen 4x inflation! This rising cost is having a significant impact on the economy - millennials are less likely to start businesses, own homes and are taking longer to "settle down" due to the crippling impact of student loans. A lot of companies have been trying to disrupt the higher ed space; one of the companies I've been most impressed by in the space...
2018-10-1038 min
Breaking Into Startups#102: Austen Allred - CEO of Lambda SchoolAusten Allred is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lambda School. Recently coming out of Y Combinator, Lambda now has thousands of students. Prior to this, he served as a Growth Expert at LendUp.
Lambda School is an online bootcamp that gives students the tools and training they need to launch their career in software engineering at no upfront cost. Their end goal is to eliminate all the distractions related to income, living expenses & time so students can focus on transitioning into their dream careers.
They also don’t get paid, unless you get a job!
2018-10-0900 min
The Times Tech PodcastLambda School's Austen Allred: "Go to university - if you can pay for it in cash"The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Austen Allred, founder of Lambda School, to talk about how he moved to Silicon Valley and lived in his car (2:50), getting his first job (5:05), his first failed startup (6:05), trying to kill payday loans (9:05), landing on his current startup idea of offering free university in exchange for a cut of students’ income (9:50), the education problem (11:50), going to Y Combinator (113:50), expanding the model into other industries (15:00), soaring university costs (17:35), the reasons behind it (21:30), why education has been overlooked as a target for disruption (23:00), the cultural role of university (24:25), how he chooses students (27:45), how universities have resp...
2018-10-0543 min
Portfolio Career Podcast with David Nebinski#16 - Austen Allred - Teaching Students to Code And GrowQuotes:
-“We look for people that are willing to put in the work”
-“Everything we can do is help you break through the signal barrier. We help you create that signal”
-“It's not enough to just do stuff and to learn stuff, you have to exhibit that in some way”
-"How can we get people from low-income to high-income, and code was an obvious answer. In the long run, Lambda will not just be a code school."
-“The impact we have is very very tangible. We take that responsibility very seriously...
2018-09-2128 min
Future of LivingAusten Allred - Pioneering New Paths for Higher EducationAusten Allred (@austenallred, TW) believes higher education has it all backward. Students shouldn’t be investing in the school, the school should be investing in the students. With that core belief, he co-founded Lambda School to pioneer a new model for higher education and find untapped or underutilized talent and train them for the most in-demand jobs in the world: computer science. Lambda School strives to make entry into the computer science fields more accessible than ever. Allred is a prolific author, speaker, and YCombinator S17 alum. Prior to co-founding Lambda School he oversaw growth at LendUp, co...
2018-09-2023 min
North Star PodcastAusten Allred: The Future of EducationListen Here: iTunes | Overcast | PlayerFM Click Here to Keep Up With the North Star Podcast My guest today is Austen Allred, the founder of Lambda School — a revolutionary new school. Here’s how it works: Lambda School trains people to be software engineers at no up-front cost. Instead of paying tuition, students agree to pay a percentage of their income after they're employed, and only if they're making more than $50k per year. If you don't find a job, or don't reach that level of income, you'll never pay a cent. So, how does tuition work? The...
2018-09-1350 min
Building Infinite RedExperience or Education?In this episode of Building Infinite Red, we talk about the importance of education and experience when starting out in software development and how things change when you move from making your products to running your business. From books and online resources to bootcamps and higher education programs, Jamon, Ken, and Todd share their stories, insights, and opinions for every level of professional.
Show Links & Resources
Lambda School
Austin Allred on Twitter
Epicodus
Airtable
Episode Transcript
TODD WERTH: Today's topic is education. I actually don't recall what this topic's about. Ken, do...
2018-07-0500 min
Indie Hackers#046 – Building a Life-Changing Business with Austen Allred of Lambda SchoolAusten Allred (@austenallred) was in debt after watching his company implode. Learn how he used his entrepreneurial experience to turn things around, and then went on to create Lambda School — a successful business that changes people's lives for the better. He dives into the details behind how to align your business' success with your customers' happiness, how to decide whether or not to raise money, the future of education, and the lessons he's learned from Charlie Munger and Jeff Bezos.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/046-austen-allred-of-lambda-school
2018-03-231h 17
The Kobestarr Digital PodcastEpisode #001 *Explict Version* Vincent Dignan of Magnific talks to Kobestarr DigitalHey guys and welcome to the first ever Kobestarr Digital Podcast! Episode #001 features Vincent Dignan! I met Vincent about a year ago when he was speaking at an event in London where he just proceeded to give away all of his secrets about growth hacking and how to grow your company quickly. I was surprised at how candid he was and He’s now gathered quite a following doing them! As we spoke he was set to do his second tour of the US from LA to New York and every plac...
2016-05-1000 min
The Kobestarr Digital PodcastEpisode #001 *Clean Version* Vincent Dignan of Magnific talks to Kobestarr DigitalHey guys and welcome to the first ever Kobestarr Digital Podcast! Episode #001 features Vincent Dignan! I met Vincent about a year ago when he was speaking at an event in London where he just proceeded to give away all of his secrets about growth hacking and how to grow your company quickly. I was surprised at how candid he was and He’s now gathered quite a following doing them! As we spoke he was set to do his second tour of the US from LA to New York and every plac...
2016-05-1000 min