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Uhhhhh.... BloomTech launched "Gauntlet AI" - free 12 week bootcamp, paid to live in Austin, TX, 100 hours a week, guaranteed $200K job if you finish??? Popcorn ready.

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u/MathmoKiwi wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

> They are charging like $50K per hire though and I don't think that will last - it's because supply and demand problem. As others come onto the scene and fulfill the demand I don't know where Gauntlet will end up, but they have a first mover advantage. This is insane that it wo

u/michaelnovati replied ·
My personal opinion - it works because you have to have a 90th percentile (or something) or higher IQ AND you have to work 100 hours a week to show you have grit. Really they are finding those people. If it wasn't the entry bar then why wouldn't companies pay Gauntlet far less to up skill their current engineers and instead are buying new ones.