Zero up-front costs for a CS education (Founders Talk #63)

What 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.

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Featuring:

• Austen Allred – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Lambda School
• Lambda School is giving an $18,000 stipend to select students
• No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) - The New York Times
• How Much Is Your Education Worth? Depends How Much You Make - Bloomberg

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