E1039: Independent Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, “Lambda School’s Misleading Promises”, shares insights on what drew him to the story, where Lambda School went wrong, how they can be b

0:45 Jason intros Vincent Woo, who wrote "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" for New York Magazine

2:21 What drew Vincent to this story? What wrongdoings did he discover?

6:02 Vincent describes Lambda's ISAs and how they were sold

14:24 How Vincent approached Austen Allred as an investigative reporter & clip from Vincent's interview with Austen

16:19 What is Lambda's school actual placement rate? How does it compare with other coding bootcamps?

20:06 Getting Lambda's former Director of Student Placement on record to speak about the placement rates

23:43 Why ISA coding schools should exist

29:18 How Lambda's remote-only approach differentiates them & how opportunity cost plays into their issues

35:06 Where did Lambda School go wrong?

45:51 Does the business model work in broad strokes if opened up to everyone?

53:54 What does Lambda School need to do now?

58:21 Where is the blindspot in most entrepreneurs?

1:00:57 Vincent also writes about local political corruption in the Bay Area