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https://twitter.com/Austen/status/997604313362034689 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/997604313362034689 > My experience: everything I own in one suitcase, he

https://twitter.com/Austen/status/997604313362034689 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/997604313362034689 > My experience: everything I own in one suitcase, here’s my sleeping situation. Would shower at YMCA and work at coworking space. $300/mo personal burn. If you could combine the two you’d fill it 100% and make SF possible again. https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1093540469022195712 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1093540469022195712 > Lambda School wouldn't exist without Gumroad. > We bootstrapped for the first several months without salaries from the proceeds of the book I sold there. Gave us enough runway to try the crazy “pay back when you’re hired” things. Thanks Sahil! Wanna try again?

disown 6y ago
> Wanna try again? No need. Everything you linked is self proclaimed tweets. By someone obviously very good at selling himself. I'm sure I can link to Zuckerburg tweeting about how concerned he is about privacy issues. Does that make it so? I've actually lived like the guy claimed and even worse. You certainly don't have time and energy to write a book. Certainly don't take pics. Seems more like the guy was hipster "slumming" for cred rather than someone truly struggling. So a classic dropout bum who magically sells a book to start a startup? Like I said, " Either [he is] extremely privilege and/or extraordinarily lucky." Do you want to try again? If his story is true, he is extremely privileged and/or extraordinarily lucky. How about this, if every college student dropped out and lived like a bum, what percentage of them would be able to raise $120 million? Also, lambdaschool isn't a new idea. The idea of tech training school has been around at least since the 90s.
- bergstromm466 6y ago
  > lambdaschool isn't a new idea. The idea of tech training school has been around at least since the 90s Yep, and the apprenticeship model even longer (which I'd argue is a category lambdaschool falls under)
austenallred 6y ago
You’re saying because I wrote a book and sold it I have credentials?
- exolymph 6y ago
  No, opposite, I was defending you.

disown 6y ago

> Wanna try again? No need. Everything you linked is self proclaimed tweets. By someone obviously very good at selling himself. I'm sure I can link to Zuckerburg tweeting about how concerned he is about privacy issues. Does that make it so? I've actually lived like the guy claimed and even worse. You certainly don't have time and energy to write a book. Certainly don't take pics. Seems more like the guy was hipster "slumming" for cred rather than someone truly struggling. So a classic dropout bum who magically sells a book to start a startup? Like I said, " Either [he is] extremely privilege and/or extraordinarily lucky." Do you want to try again? If his story is true, he is extremely privileged and/or extraordinarily lucky. How about this, if every college student dropped out and lived like a bum, what percentage of them would be able to raise $120 million? Also, lambdaschool isn't a new idea. The idea of tech training school has been around at least since the 90s.

bergstromm466 6y ago
> lambdaschool isn't a new idea. The idea of tech training school has been around at least since the 90s Yep, and the apprenticeship model even longer (which I'd argue is a category lambdaschool falls under)

austenallred 6y ago

You’re saying because I wrote a book and sold it I have credentials?

exolymph 6y ago
No, opposite, I was defending you.