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Holberton School – a project-based alternative to college for software engineers

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Post by vinch » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

Holberton School – a project-based alternative to college for software engineers
holbertonschool.com

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Post by vtllr_ » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

I know these guys: they are awesome! Unfortunately ... I am already a techie :(

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Post by julien421 » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:08 PM UTC

vtllr_ wrote: post #2

I know these guys: they are awesome! Unfortunately ... I am already a techie :(

Thank you :)

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Post by julien421 » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:09 PM UTC

Hello everyone! I am one of the three co-founders, please LMK if you have any question!

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Post by cryoshon » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:13 PM UTC

Do you plan to allow students to attend remotely, or not? What is the grading system like, if your school isn't accredited?

How do you plan on making your students well rounded in the way that traditional colleges are supposed to?

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Post by jtr1 » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:13 PM UTC

julien421 wrote: post #4

Hello everyone! I am one of the three co-founders, please LMK if you have any question!

Hi Julien - would you mind talking a little about what you see as the value difference to a student completing your two year program vs completing a bootcamp program and say, jumping into an apprenticeship or learning on the job somewhere?

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Post by loukan42 » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:14 PM UTC

Congratulation guys ! You rocks !

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Post by philjeudy » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

Congrats!

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Post by wasd » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

Just a heads up to any holberton school developers, the site is throwing 502s on every page.

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Post by stevepm » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

julien421 wrote: post #4

Hello everyone! I am one of the three co-founders, please LMK if you have any question!

Hi, I just wanted to let you know about a typo here: https://www.holbertonschool.com/education#projects

Valerie Tching, Senior Sfotware Engineer at LinkedIn.