#109 Divyam Goel CEO of AttainU-On disrupting the Indian education system by training people online to be software engineers at no up-front cost.

Disrupting the education system in India. 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. so please enjoy the show

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!

links

https://www.attainu.com/

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