Coding school 42 plans to educate 10,000 students in Silicon Valley for free

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/17/coding-school-42-plans-to-educate-10000-students-in-silicon-valley-for-free/

by brianchu • 10 years ago

13 7 10 years ago

Oh cool, it's just like Hunger Games. The kids love Hunger Games!

powera• 10 years ago

So they have a 4-week coding competition, and then at the end, the best students ... get to study programming for 3-5 years? Aren't those the students that don't need to spend 3-5 years studying programming and could just get a job now?

sgift• 10 years ago

If one believes programming is an "art" then it could make sense to behave like art schools: To get in you need to proof "talent" and only those with most "talent" get in. If one thinks of it as an engineering discipline .. then it makes far less sense. Take your pick.

regi• 10 years ago

So I spent 3 years in Epitech, which forked into 42, and the first 4 weeks aren't a competition but more like an onboarding thing. You basically learn C in 4 weeks, with coding tests pretty much every day. It sets the base and it turns out to be a great way to quickly know if you really wanna be a software engineer. After these 4 weeks, students start working on group projects and regular CS classes (although teachers are senior students).

detaro• 10 years ago

dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11713423

dilemma• 10 years ago

What's the catch aka business model?

sjhart• 10 years ago

Living in San Francisco for 4 weeks or 4 years costs a lot.

Coding school 42 plans to educate 10,000 students in Silicon Valley for free

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