Dan Pickett comes on to discuss how he went from running a software consultancy to founding a code school that emulates the real-world environment.
Show Notes
Topics Discussed:
- Dan Intro
- Launch Academy founding
- Flaws in the traditional education model
- “Practice like you play”
- The cost of hiring junior engineers
- Measuring student success
- Systems for progress tracking
- Student Intervention
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