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We're going to try another experiment.

Any Lambda School Course - Web/iOS/Android Dev, Data Science or UX Design

You get a $1,000/month living stipend (7 months)

You pay *$0* until you're making $50k+, then 17% of salary for 3 years, capped at $40k.

Apply, mention experiment3
To receive the stipend you must have 95%+ attendance.

Available only to US Citizens.
Acceptance will be very limited while we prove this out and get it ready to scale
Applications are at lambdaschool.com, and Lambda School is entirely remote, so you can attend from anywhere, but it is structured and interactive, not self-paced. 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific, Mon-Fri for 30 weeks (7.5 months)
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A lot of talk about Lambda School today, and most of it I'll ignore.

One I'm going to respond to - that Lambda School is "creaming" - removing the best students from other schools and locking them into ISAs.

This is a tweetstorm full of student stories, so buckle up.
J is a single father, high school dropout with two kids (1.6 GPA), had been working in a warehouse for four years. We noticed in our intro courses he was doing well at programming, and decided to invest.

He attended Lambda, now makes software for warehouses, making $80k+/yr
S had to drop out of school when she couldn't afford the payments on her archaeology degree. She was living in a car when she applied to Lambda School.

She was also hired at an $80k rate.
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There are more than 10x the students starting Lambda School today as 18 months ago.

NPS is higher across the board, student skill is higher across the board, and it goes off without a hitch.

Hats off to the Lambda growth, admissions and student success teams.
NPS schoolwide for Lambda School is in the high 60s. We're working on getting it to the mid/high 70s right now.
(NPS = Net Promoter Score) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Promo…
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Have always been curious about this.

DM me one thing that you would never dare tweet but believe to be true, and I’ll reply to this thread with the messages but without identifying who they’re from (and I promise to always keep it a secret)
First I need to make it crystal clear that I do not endorse any of these opinions in any way whatsoever
“Not everyone should be parents. Better to have (mental) test of some sort to determine if one is suitable to be parents.”
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1. Use the language of missions, bets, outcomes, etc. *alongside* whatever ppl are currently used to (output, dates, features, etc.). A trojan horse! No one will stop you. #proddev #ux #design
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