u/wulfcastle17 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This! Michael you run a damn business which charges more than most bootcamps! Why are you here in this space? Why not go to cscareerquestions instead? This whole shtick you and Sophie run about “championing diversity” is fooling no one. You took a bunch of vc money and are target
u/michaelnovati replied ·
"People like you", I don't know you and you clearly don't know me.
Sophie and I have had $0 salaries since day one. Sophie has pledged paying forward gains she makes from founder stock in the future, if any.
You don't know our leads investors, like Kapor Capital, you want to shit on them too - THE preeminent investor in companies championing diversity? A16Z is indeed a huge, classic VC, and that's a fair call out, but you don't know us or our investors and you might be surprised how some of the biggest critics in the industry have invested in us after spending a significant amount of time getting to know us and what we do.
I was bullied my entire life for being a "loser" and a "fat kid", and given my lunch money to "people like you", and I won't be bullied by you. I'm here authentically and confident in who I am, my strengths and my weaknesses, and what I stand for.