[austenallred]

Lambda School is about 1500 hours long, not including our required pre-course work - about 75% of the length, hour for hour, of the core track of a CS degree + homework. It is absolutely possible to be able to learn to solve software problems well, understanding requisite computer science fundamentals, in that time frame. Are you building on the Linux kernel at that point? No. Are you using software to solve important problems that companies will pay good money to have solved? Absolutely.

It’s still very difficult, certainly. Almost every Lambda School student will tell you it’s the most difficult thing they’ve ever done. And they’re not done learning at that point, just able to contribute to the point that they can be paid to continue learning.

Do I believe the pool of people capable of doing that is bigger than and different than the pool of people currently graduating from universities with a four year degree? Absolutely.