Topics 00:05 - What is Make School? 00:45 - How is their intensive track different than a traditional college course load? 1:55 - How are their students differentiated from students educated in a traditional CS program? 2:45 - Interacting with the parents of Make School students 7:45 - William Triska asks - What are some ways to encourage greater independence and autodidactic behavior in students pursuing technical skills and knowledge? 9:35 - The autodidact myth 15:30 - Two stakeholders making purchasing decisions: potential students and parents 19:40 - The education landscape 20 years from now 23:30 - Education stacking 24:35 - Vikram Malhotra asks - When are we going to do away with degrees? 32:15 - Evan Ward asks - Should liberal arts colleges consider adopting ISA's? 34:50 - Are there instances of predatory ISAs? 37:00 - Make School students who want to be entrepreneurs 40:00 - Advice for people in YC
I appreciate the commentary on positioning the ISA as an incentive-aligning tool, such that the ISA can be misused when not implemented as such (ie, as pseudo-scholarships).
It's not just tech. Google has hired quite a few sales reps without degrees. I think it's mostly about the profession requiring skills that can be easily demonstrated (and not having regulatory barriers that mandate specific credentials).
Prediction: Colleges and degrees will be around for the next 100 years (as long as the government keeps doing what it's doing). Great book: "The Case against Education" by Brian Caplan
Hi I just finished my two years at Make School, they use to provide a hardware track but they stopped providing it. Currently, they have an applied computer science track, iOS applications track, frontend web development, and backend development. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions
@@nerdatnite420 ... I want to know how knowledgeable you were with coding prior to attending, how fast you normally pick up new concepts not related (and related) to coding. Some people can say they successfully graduated bootcamps having no experience in coding to start, but if they’re the type of individuals able to grasp the materials quickly, I would consider them unique outliers versus another newbie that truly struggles to learn. The first individual may be an expert at graduation while the second individual may question if $70,000 plus dollars tuition was worth it. You can have an extremely hard working individual where things simply doesn’t click (or doesn’t click as fast) versus another smarter individual.
Topics
00:05 - What is Make School?
00:45 - How is their intensive track different than a traditional college course load?
1:55 - How are their students differentiated from students educated in a traditional CS program?
2:45 - Interacting with the parents of Make School students
7:45 - William Triska asks - What are some ways to encourage greater independence and autodidactic behavior in students pursuing technical skills and knowledge?
9:35 - The autodidact myth
15:30 - Two stakeholders making purchasing decisions: potential students and parents
19:40 - The education landscape 20 years from now
23:30 - Education stacking
24:35 - Vikram Malhotra asks - When are we going to do away with degrees?
32:15 - Evan Ward asks - Should liberal arts colleges consider adopting ISA's?
34:50 - Are there instances of predatory ISAs?
37:00 - Make School students who want to be entrepreneurs
40:00 - Advice for people in YC
Without this podcast, I would never have heard of Make School! That’s what I love about YC! Thanks for sharing this!
I appreciate the commentary on positioning the ISA as an incentive-aligning tool, such that the ISA can be misused when not implemented as such (ie, as pseudo-scholarships).
It's not just tech. Google has hired quite a few sales reps without degrees. I think it's mostly about the profession requiring skills that can be easily demonstrated (and not having regulatory barriers that mandate specific credentials).
Very insightful, thanks
Someone should tell Andrew Yang about this
Great content. Keep it up.
From the thumbnail, I thought Keanu Reeves came to the podcast!
Prediction: Colleges and degrees will be around for the next 100 years (as long as the government keeps doing what it's doing).
Great book: "The Case against Education" by Brian Caplan
This is very nice
Hi my major is going to ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONIC engineering in 2020, does this school have any fast phased like 1-2 year courses for people like us.
Pretty sure they just currently provide Computer Science. I think in the future they want to provide other courses though!
My guess is that they are avoiding majors that require lots of hardware for cost reasons
Hi I just finished my two years at Make School, they use to provide a hardware track but they stopped providing it. Currently, they have an applied computer science track, iOS applications track, frontend web development, and backend development. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions
Matthew Stevens thanks for the detailed reply!👍🏼
@@nerdatnite420 ... I want to know how knowledgeable you were with coding prior to attending, how fast you normally pick up new concepts not related (and related) to coding. Some people can say they successfully graduated bootcamps having no experience in coding to start, but if they’re the type of individuals able to grasp the materials quickly, I would consider them unique outliers versus another newbie that truly struggles to learn. The first individual may be an expert at graduation while the second individual may question if $70,000 plus dollars tuition was worth it. You can have an extremely hard working individual where things simply doesn’t click (or doesn’t click as fast) versus another smarter individual.
Woah!❤