Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#1

Post by guidum80 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 6:49 PM UTC

I had a couple of friends recently asking me about alternatives to colleges without teachers to learn software engineering (Holberton [0] and 42 [1]). I first wasn't a big fan of the idea, but yesterday I stumbled upon an article [2] and it actually seems to give great results.

What do you think about these new two schools? Any students there on HN? Is there any other school like this in the US, not in the Bay Area?

[0] https://www.holbertonschool.com/ [1] https://www.42.us.org/ [2] http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/12/technology/holberton-school-tech-education/index.html

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#2

Post by fbucher » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:04 PM UTC

No need to trust. We all know that it works ! Ask all Epitech, Holberton, 42 or others schools like this one on HN :-)

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#3

Post by gautie_a » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:07 PM UTC

I'm personally from Epitech, and I think this is just the perfect way to learn in Computer Sciences: by yourself :)

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#4

Post by vico35 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:07 PM UTC

I'm a french student from EPITECH, and I can confirm that this kind of learning methode is way better.

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#5

Post by nicolqs » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:08 PM UTC

gautie_a wrote: post #3

I'm personally from Epitech, and I think this is just the perfect way to learn in Computer Sciences: by yourself :)

I totally agree!

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#6

Post by julien421 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:10 PM UTC

vico35 wrote: post #4

I'm a french student from EPITECH, and I can confirm that this kind of learning methode is way better.

You don't have teachers at all too at Epitech? I went thought Epitech 10 years ago, we had a couple :)

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#7

Post by wowow4242 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

42 and co c'est génial :-)

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#8

Post by nappybrainiac » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

Any students on HN? Yes! We're here.

Holberton School is project based and community supported, which means that we get the best of two worlds. 1. We get to discover answers ourselveswhile were solving problems in order to complete a project. 2. We have had the privilege of interacting with seasoned and highly skilled professionals who have made themselves available to us and are dedicated to our success.

I believe it is a great alternative to education in the software engineering field.

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#9

Post by wowow4242 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

42 and co c'est génial :-)

Re: Ask HN: Do you believe in a coding school without teachers?

#10

Post by bipbip42 » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

"Learning software development without a teacher" is not totally accurate. There is no regular teachers, like a lecturer feeding students knowledge (at least for Holberton School). Students have to dig in and make their own knowledge, and confront it with their peers. Mentoring is very important, by staff or people from the industry. I know there is a lot of mentor at Holberton, I guess 42 must have something like it.

What's really important is to experiment and do real work in "normal condition". That's how you become operational and ready to bring value to a company. Go for it.