u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Yeah it's a good point that with COVID we've forgotten the intensity of the commute in addition to already long hours. Their in-person cohort had applications opened beyond the deadline so I suspect many people feel this way too.
I'm concerned the staff will want to go in person too. I help run Formation and it's been a blessing we can hire some incredibly talented people across the country to help make Formation awesome. And if we were limited to just San Francisco, it would be very hard to find such amazing people in a smaller pool who also wants to commute every day. Very curious if they end of going hybrid with their staff, while requiring students to be in the office 11 hours a a day. At the end of the day the staff are key... you aren't paying $20K to work with some friends through some online materials.
But they leased a nice office in Manhattan (the most expensive real estate in the country) so presumably they feel confident about this and I'm looking forward to see how people find it!
In theory though, there is a dynamic in person you can never get online between peers, and it could be a wonderful thing for those people!