Released Episode 61 of the So This Is My Why podcast featuring Austen Allred: co-founder & CEO of Lambda School.

Highlights covered:
3:17 Growing up in a Mormon family
6:12 Learning HTML at age of 11
10:06 Going on a mission trip in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine
15:18 Founding Stubtopia
25:27 Dropping out of college
29:44 Vagabonding around China
31:22 Writing the viral 2012 article, “Successful Entrepreneurs Are Usually Liars”
33:49 Blogging while homeless in Silicon Valley (which led to his first job in Silicon Valley & investment for his own startup!)
38:24 Noticing the discrepancy between Utah & Silicon Valley in terms of opportunities & pay
39:31 How the concept of Lambda School came about
51:21 The right time to raise VC money
54:58 Getting into Y Combinator
59:13 Biggest takeaway from working with Geoff Ralston (now President of Y Combinator) & Daniel Gross
1:03:54 Issues surrounding the Income Sharing Agreements (ISA)
1:06:47 How COVID-19 has impacted Lambda School

📍Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/61

🎙️Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442?i=1000539074968

🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KL15RtObw4Q7KYQE4A8LB?si=NvqNvX1ZSti7cnVQLKtutg