Divyam Goel CEO of AttainU-On disrupting the Indian education system by training people online to be software engineers at no up-front cost.
Today I chat to Divyam Goel CEO of AttainU a new school teaching software with zero upfront fees you only pay after you get a job.
He talks about, why he wants to disrupt the Indian education system, how it all works, having a quarter life crisis, his past experiences of working in the Bay area and his biggest challenges so far.
In this conversation we also talk about:
- The deferred payment model
— $30 billion industry
— Why 70%-90% of students coming out of education are unemployable.
— Who is this for?
— Dealing with negative feedback.
— What does success look like?
— A love of swimming!
— Have strong convictions — ignore the buzzwords and do your research
— Good book recommendations — Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo,
and much much more!
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