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I'm cofounder of Hacker School. I'm happy to answer questions about the residency program or Hacker School in general.
What's the youngest age of any student you've ever had? I'm a high school student but I'd love to do this over the summer?
I'm cofounder of Hacker School. I'm happy to answer questions about the residency program or Hacker School in general.
What's the acceptance rate? I'm design-focused (currently at CCA) but I'd really love to do this to cement my programming skills.
I think we accept the majority of people who a) really enjoy programming, and b) have a clear idea of what Hacker School is and is not. If you meet those two criteria, your odds of getting in are quite good :)
Hope this helps!
This sounds awesome! I've just started learning about Clojure and Clojurescript and have encountered a lot of David Nolen's work. It'll be amazing to be able to hack with and learn from him for those 3 months.
He's a great and very smart guy - definitely take advantage of his time while you have it. His work on the core.logic and ClojureScript has been a serious boon to the community.
I'm cofounder of Hacker School. I'm happy to answer questions about the residency program or Hacker School in general.
I'm cofounder of Hacker School. I'm happy to answer questions about the residency program or Hacker School in general.
Hello! I was actually looking into applying for this a few days ago. However, I am new to development in general -- I only have knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery. Would this prevent me from being accepted?
In short, you need to have programmed enough to know that you actually enjoy it. We look for people who are smart, friendly, intellectually curious, enjoy programming, and want to get significantly better.
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Hello! I was actually looking into applying for this a few days ago. However, I am new to development in general -- I only have knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery. Would this prevent me from being accepted?
My cofounder wrote a blog post earlier this year about this: https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/2-do-you-have-enough-exper... In short, you need to have programmed enough to know that you actually enjoy it. We look for people who are smart, friendly, intellectually curious, enjoy programming, and want to get significantly better.
I wonder how hard is to find such a room for someone who's not an US citizen and doesn't live there. Anyone who's been in that situation care to provide more info? Do you just go to craigslist/AirBnB and try to book a room for 3 months?
I'd love to apply to Hacker School, but currently I don't think I could afford 3 months in NY without any income.
I took a break from my startup and PhD in EE at Stanford as well as 6 years of work at Apple to do hacker school. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I would do it again if I could. There were people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences during my batch--from programmers who learned how to code before they could speak :) to a baker who had only started programming a month bef…
I took a break from my startup and PhD in EE at Stanford as well as 6 years of work at Apple to do hacker school. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I would do it again if I could. There were people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences during my batch--from programmers who learned how to code before they could speak :) to a baker who had only started programming a month bef…
Cool. How old were you when you did this? At some point I may do a sabbatical, and decide for hacker school than a more traditional school
I took a break from my startup and PhD in EE at Stanford as well as 6 years of work at Apple to do hacker school. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I would do it again if I could. There were people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences during my batch--from programmers who learned how to code before they could speak :) to a baker who had only started programming a month bef…
Cool. How old were you when you did this? At some point I may do a sabbatical, and decide for hacker school than a more traditional school