Episode: #131 – Jeremy Rossmann
Episode pub date: 2019-06-19
Jeremy Rossmann is the cofounder of Make School. Make School is a college for computer science headquartered in San Francisco. Make School students don’t pay until they have a job after graduation. They were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch.
You can find MakeScool on Twitter @MakeSchool.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
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Topics
00:00 – Intro
00:32 – What is Make School?
01:12 – How is their intensive track different than a traditional college course load?
2:22 – How are their students differentiated from students educated in a traditional CS program?
3:12 – Interacting with the parents of Make School students
8:12 – William Triska asks – What are some ways to encourage greater independence and autodidactic behavior in students pursuing technical skills and knowledge?
10:02 – The autodidact myth
15:57 – Two stakeholders making purchasing decisions: potential students and parents
20:07 – The education landscape 20 years from now
23:57 – Education stacking
25:02 – Vikram Malhotra asks – When are we going to do away with degrees?
32:42 – Evan Ward asks – Should liberal arts colleges consider adopting ISA’s?
35:17 – Are there instances of predatory ISAs?
37:27 – Make School students who want to be entrepreneurs
40:27 – Advice for people in YC
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