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Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" | E1039

This Week in Startups · 161.8K views · 2020-03-24 · 1:10:27

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Journalist Vincent Woo discusses his New York Magazine piece on Lambda School's misleading promises, including its income share agreements and placement claims, in an interview on This Week in Startups. The host questions him pointedly.

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HN cites it in Lambda School threads as a revealing interview that lends credibility to Woo's reporting.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2024

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adroitboss · 2024-04 · Strong recommendation

I remember seeing you debate Jason Calacanis from the all in podcast on this week in startups on this exact topic. You are probably one of the most confident, well spoken people I have ever heard on a podcast. You also don't derive your comfort from the people around you, so you didn't feel the need to laugh away awkward moments. It's a great watch. [VIDEO]

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digianarchist · 2021-10 · Recommendation

Vincent's interview with This Week in Startups on Lambda School is also very interesting despite the weird McCarthyist line of questioning the host goes down. [VIDEO]

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eachro · 2021-04 · Reference

Note that the author of this piece was the founder of Coderpad, not some industry entrenched journalist. After watching his interview with Jason Calacanis( [VIDEO] ), where they discuss the content of his piece, I'm more inclined to believe what Woo wrote.

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