In this episode of the Curiosity Podcast, Immad and Raj explore the next evolution of education with Austen Allred, Co-Founder and CEO of BloomTech. Austen shares his unlikely journey to founding an education start-up, and how our current education system is failing students. This conversation explores how to mitigate the risks inherent with pursuing a degree, changing trends in student behavior, and how AI will change tomorrow’s education and programming landscape. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on the future of computer science education.

Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Intro

[00:07:25] Prolific writing and reading

[00:10:18] Learning to code in Silicon Valley

[00:14:22] Life-changing income transformations

[00:17:29] AI revolution in engineering

[00:24:40] Predispositions to programming

[00:27:30] Learning to code through trial

[00:30:40] Career orientation vs. social life

[00:34:20] Rethinking Traditional Education

[00:38:16] Rethinking the value of degrees

[00:44:29] Struggles and triumphs of fatherhood

[00:45:47] Life-changing job offers.

[00:50:20] How AI is transforming job search

[00:56:23] Programming and AI integration

[00:58:42] The evolving role of engineering