Is who you are on Twitter = who you are IRL? (Guest: Austen Allred, Founder/CEO of Lambda School)

Austen Allred is the Founder/CEO of Lambda School - a company pioneering the ISA model (Income Share Agreement) wherein students only pay for their education after they successfully land employment. Austen is also a prolific Tweeter and thought leader in Silicon Valley. We discuss the future of Lambda, the future of journalism and more in this wide ranging interview. 

Austen is spending quarantine in Southern Utah - we talk to him a bit about his perspective on how long things will last, and how life is in Utah, away from Silicon Valley. We talk to Austen about differences between peoples' online personalities and offline personalities. Notably, Austen does throw in a controversial tweet here and there - we ask him about his thought process before tweeting and what his expected responses generally are.

Austen share his perspective on the future of education, shares his thoughts on why some consider the model of Lambda to be controversial, and the potential unbundling of education. 

We talk to Austen about the growing rift between technology and technology journalism and whether there is a 'path' to resolve conflict amongst both sides. We ask Austen about journalists he respects and follows on a regular basis.

All in all this is an incredibly lively interview with lots of fun tidbits about education, tech, VC and everything in-between. Enjoy the latest episode and apologies for audio issues - we recorded this remotely with two people joining via phone.