Why Do People Choose College Over Code Schools

Colleges do a great job marketing their programs, and our society in the last couple of decades come to believe that if you go to college and get a degree you will be successful, but often that is not true. In fact, many successful people do not have fancy degrees.

Y Combinator · Austen Allred of Lambda School · at 6:30 · April 3rd, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

Who Is Austen Allred at 0:16
How Do You Encourage People To Do Something They Are Scared To Do at 2:20
Is Lambda School And Computer Science Work Just For Rich People at 3:49
Why Do People Choose College Over Code Schools at 6:30
What Inspired Austen Allred To Start Lambda School at 6:32
How Do Help Code Camp Graduates Benefit From The Same Network Value That College Graduates Get at 10:15
Is There Value In Traditional Liberal Arts Education at 12:47
What Are Some Reasons Why A Funding Round For A Startup Might Fail at 20:02
How Can You Turn A Startup Failure Into A Success at 22:17
How Much Can I Get Paid at 24:08
Is There A Ceiling To How High A Salary Can Go at 28:25
Are There Non-tech Opportunities To Train Employees at 30:28
What Made Lambda So Successful Despite Other Code Bootcamps Having Difficulties In Online Education at 41:55
Why Would You Persevere When Everyone Is Telling You To Stop at 43:30
Why Are Some Students Unsuccessful In Completing Their Education at 43:43
How Is Lambda School Curriculum Different From A Typical University Computer Science Course at 46:44