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"The candidates must be between 18 and 30 years of age (18 - 45 in Silicon Valley).[14] No previous diploma is required." Age discrimination at its best. Cap it at 45? How many people over 30 (45 in the US) are trying to retool and get educated on programming?
Any 42 silicon valley grads here on HN? How was it?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
There’s no age restrictions for the Silicon Valley campus, you’re more than welcome to apply.
45 is the cap.
> I AM NOT BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 45. CAN I COME TO 42?
> Yes! We are looking for learners who are motivated. In establishing the school in the US, we focused first on the age range we’re familiar with, then expanded to include high school, and will continue to expand. It’s important to develop a program that supports the success of students while still challenging them. You can apply to 42 if you’re older than 45, but please know that most students here are younger and that Intensive Basic Training is tiring.
"The candidates must be between 18 and 30 years of age (18 - 45 in Silicon Valley).[14] No previous diploma is required." Age discrimination at its best. Cap it at 45? How many people over 30 (45 in the US) are trying to retool and get educated on programming?
Some previous meta-discussion about a reddit post that made some very critical claims about 42: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189670
I’m a current student at 42, myself and my fellow students all had a pretty good laugh at much of their comments. We didn’t really see an accurate representation of our school, and much of it came across as a bitter student who wasn’t accepted. For example, there is a cat at the Paris campus and the students are asked to ignore it and not pet it. That guidance turned into the ‘rule’ that if ‘the cat touches you, you…
what did the cat do to them?
is 42 anti cat?
just kidding. see how easily conspiracy theories form?
This kind of discussion will end up being the typical (French) disdain between people learning engineering in the public schools v/s the ones learning in these "practical teaching" private schools and vice versa. There are good engineers in both, both have different approach to teach which fit different people. Both do generally good in the private sector after they're done with it. As usual the people graduating fro…
I'd say that it seems like it's easier to make it as an average/mediocre person if you're doing epitech, 101, 42, etc.
If you're very good, it seems like you'll do better with a more beefy theoretical background