Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's free until you get a job

Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's f... by movedx on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:50PM (#15013726)

> ... if they don't get a job that pays $50k+ they don't pay us. Also, if you ever lose a job, your payments stop until you're back on your feet.

This is how it works in the UK and Australia with normal student debt. It's deferred until you're earning enough money and then is taken directly out of your pay cheque. Collection of the debt is also held off until you're earning a certain amount (in any field.)

> ... each student submits a form to the IRS that will essentially copy us on their taxes.

So it's not a truly universal online training environment, then? As a British citizen living in Australia, I can't file a form with the IRS, nor would I give the IRS my details for obvious reasons.

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Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's f... by austenallred on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:55PM (#15013769)

We're still figuring out the details outside of the US.

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Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's f... by movedx on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:58AM (#15017738)

Thanks.

Honestly as someone who never went to university (I never finished school), is self-taught in C, assembly, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Go, and so on, and is now a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, I think your product is excellent. I was even considering asking to see what jobs you have on, but I don't have a degree, so yeah.

Keep up the good work. I hope you're successful.

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Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's f... by _kyran on Monday August 14, 2017 @08:19PM (#15014290)

You might find the value proposition a bit different where governments pay for student tuition.

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Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's f... by austenallred on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:46AM (#15016484)

While that's generally true, the proposition of 6 months vs 4 years is also valid.

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