u/solidnomad wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Just saw this on the local news here in Austin. "We only take the top 2 percentile as consideration for hire". Thinking these people are just working the long con, or using these competitors to monitor, record, and/or steal the efforts of the competitors. He then followed by nam
u/michaelnovati replied ·
They are exploiting a short term market inefficiency and I don't think it's a scam.
But I'm concerned that it will be Lambda School all over again. It works super well at a small scale so grow as fast as possible and degrade everything.
For example, if their product works for top 2% IQ people, that's one thing. But they are charging $30,000 for a six week course paid by your employer that is NOT for top 2% IQ people.
If the secret sauce is choosing top 2% IQ people and the program itself is normal, it's not worth $30,000 and that might downward spiral everything.
So we'll see. I'm in the "Gauntlet isn't a scam" bucket, but I have my concerns like any reasonable person should.