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This is obvious self-promo, but with that out of the way I'm genuinely curious what you think about something like Lambda School - https://lambdaschool.com/isa

This is obvious self-promo, but with that out of the way I'm genuinely curious what you think about something like Lambda School - https://lambdaschool.com/isa https://lambdaschool.com/isa

jessehorne 7y ago
I have an extreme amount of respect for Lambda School. One of their funds helped me get out of a bad place. I just haven't written the follow-up article. As far as their model, I absolutely love it. It's at the very least, in my opinion, a great step in the right direction.
- austenallred 7y ago
  Oh my goodness you’re that Jesse! Hope the car helped - from your LinkedIn it looks like you were able to get back on your feet.
  - jessehorne 7y ago
    It was a literal life-saver. There was still quite a journey to go from where I was, to where I am now, but without help from you guys I would still be knee-deep in the struggle. I've been able to find stability, this past year. I hope that I can pay it back, one day. I owe LS and this community a great deal.
ac29 7y ago
Its massively expensive @ $30k for 9 months. A year at a reasonably good California State University is <$8000 (http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf), or <$32k for 4 years (that price doesn't include housing or other living expenses, but neither does lambda school). Yes, you wont pay $30k if you don't get a decent paying job - you'll just waste your time. https://twitter.com/lzsthw/status/1212284566431576069 https://twitter.com/lzsthw/status/1212284566431576069
- mjfl 7y ago
  The payoff of 1 year at a reasonably good California State university is $0. You have to attend for 4 years and spend $32k in order to get a degree / payoff. Lambda school is saving you $2k and 3 years of time. (and btw I have no affiliation to lambda school)
  - mywittyname 7y ago
    Some college produces better outcomes than no college. I bet most people here that have "no degree" do have "some college" under their belt. A year of college is enough to get an internship, and an internship is enough to get a job in many cases.
    - mjfl 7y ago
      If you're enough of a go-getter to turn 1 year of first year gen-eds into a high paying job you probably don't need school.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  > Its massively expensive @ $30k for 9 months. A year at a reasonably good California State University is <$8000 (http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf), or <$32k for 4 years The time is a cost, not a benefit. If you're choosing between spending $30k and nine months to get an education, or $32k and four years, the first one is obviously and vastly superior to the second. You may be thinking that the education you get at the CSU is better than what you get at Lambda School, but "higher price, better product" is the opposite of the argument you actually made.
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    That relies on the faulty assumption that you will learn just as much in 9 months as in four years. If that were true, saving time would be great. It isn't.
    - 7y ago

This is obvious self-promo, but with that out of the way I'm genuinely curious what you think about something like Lambda School - https://lambdaschool.com/isa https://lambdaschool.com/isa

jessehorne 7y ago

I have an extreme amount of respect for Lambda School. One of their funds helped me get out of a bad place. I just haven't written the follow-up article. As far as their model, I absolutely love it. It's at the very least, in my opinion, a great step in the right direction.

austenallred 7y ago
Oh my goodness you’re that Jesse! Hope the car helped - from your LinkedIn it looks like you were able to get back on your feet.
- jessehorne 7y ago
  It was a literal life-saver. There was still quite a journey to go from where I was, to where I am now, but without help from you guys I would still be knee-deep in the struggle. I've been able to find stability, this past year. I hope that I can pay it back, one day. I owe LS and this community a great deal.

ac29 7y ago

Its massively expensive @ $30k for 9 months. A year at a reasonably good California State University is <$8000 (http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf), or <$32k for 4 years (that price doesn't include housing or other living expenses, but neither does lambda school). Yes, you wont pay $30k if you don't get a decent paying job - you'll just waste your time. https://twitter.com/lzsthw/status/1212284566431576069 https://twitter.com/lzsthw/status/1212284566431576069

mjfl 7y ago
The payoff of 1 year at a reasonably good California State university is $0. You have to attend for 4 years and spend $32k in order to get a degree / payoff. Lambda school is saving you $2k and 3 years of time. (and btw I have no affiliation to lambda school)
- mywittyname 7y ago
  Some college produces better outcomes than no college. I bet most people here that have "no degree" do have "some college" under their belt. A year of college is enough to get an internship, and an internship is enough to get a job in many cases.
  - mjfl 7y ago
    If you're enough of a go-getter to turn 1 year of first year gen-eds into a high paying job you probably don't need school.
thaumasiotes 7y ago
> Its massively expensive @ $30k for 9 months. A year at a reasonably good California State University is <$8000 (http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/faso/docs/1920_COA_ugrd.pdf), or <$32k for 4 years The time is a cost, not a benefit. If you're choosing between spending $30k and nine months to get an education, or $32k and four years, the first one is obviously and vastly superior to the second. You may be thinking that the education you get at the CSU is better than what you get at Lambda School, but "higher price, better product" is the opposite of the argument you actually made.
- diffeomorphism 7y ago
  That relies on the faulty assumption that you will learn just as much in 9 months as in four years. If that were true, saving time would be great. It isn't.
  - 7y ago