No. 148 · April 23, 2022

Austen Allred

Co-founder and CEO of BloomTech

Austen Allred is the co-founder and CEO of BloomTech (Bloom Institute of Technology), formerly known as Lambda School. BloomTech is an online coding school where you train remotely to become a software engineer or data scientist. What sets BloomTech apart from other coding schools is that you don’t pay until you land a job paying you at least $50,000.

📢 Austen’s ask: He is on the lookout for great acoustic treatment + soundproofing advice. Let him know if you have any tips!

His workspace is ~150 sq feet, built in the back of his garage on top of rubber gym flooring.

He will soon be replacing the back wall with a glass door to liven up the view a bit.

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Austen’s gear

13 items.

On the desk13

Accessories Tonal (weight lifting)
Accessories Peloton (biking)
Accessories "Pelotonal" hanging organizer (for Tonal + Peloton accessories)
Accessories Heater (this isn't normally out but I use it for the few weeks in Southern Utah when it gets cold)
Desk Uplift standing desk (given to me from someone who had an extra) Shop
Computer iMac Pro
Keyboard Apple Magic Keyboard Shop On 26% of the desks we’ve published
Mouse Apple Smart Trackpad Shop
Chair Herman Miller Aeron Shop
I hate it, but not enough to buy another expensive chair
On 11% of the desks we’ve published
Accessories Nest Wifi Shop
Camera Opal camera (recently replaced my DSLR, which is still behind it) Shop
Speakers Shure SM7B (connected to a Scarlett 2i2, which is stuck to the underside of the desk) Shop
Lighting Keylight Air Shop