Thank you to everyone who provided feedback last week! I was so surprised and thankful for the amount of thoughtful replies that I received.

Nothing is changing with the newsletter. Going to stick with the status quo of 2x week for now and try to be as transparent as possible with future guests regarding the growing backlog.

As always, reply to these emails with any thoughts or feedback. I love to read and respond to them.

-Ryan (@rjgilbert)

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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!

Inside Austen’s Workspace

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.

Gym Side:

• Tonal (weight lifting)

• Peloton (biking)

• "Pelotonal" hanging organizer (for Tonal + Peloton accessories)

• Heater (this isn't normally out but I use it for the few weeks in Southern Utah when it gets cold)

Office Side:

• Desk: Uplift standing desk (given to me from someone who had an extra)

• Computer: iMac Pro

• Keyboard: Apple Magic Keyboard

• Mouse: Apple Smart Trackpad

• Chair: Herman Miller Aeron (I hate it, but not enough to buy another expensive chair)

• Nest Wifi

• Camera: Opal camera (recently replaced my DSLR, which is still behind it)

• Microphone: Shure SM7B (connected to a Scarlett 2i2, which is stuck to the underside of the desk)

• Light: Keylight Air

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Thanks for reading another edition of Workspaces! As I mentioned, I have a growing backlog of spaces but I will continue to share them as they come in.

See you back here tomorrow! 🎉

-Ryan (@rjgilbert)