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Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Re: Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Post by nicholasjbs »

codegeek wrote: post #2

Is Hacker school in some way affiliated/linked to YC ? The homepage design looks very close to ycombinator's.

We were YC S10, and yes, we copied YC's site design significantly (we acknowledge this on our FAQ: https://www.hackerschool.com/faq).

Re: Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Post by avolcano »

It's a bummer that they don't do the interviews/final answers until after the first couple weeks of January.

I'd love to take a semester off and do this, but since there's no guarantee I'd get into Hacker School, I would want to have my usual classes to fall back on, and the payment for that is due the first week of January. If I did get into Hacker School, I'd rather not drop the university classes I'll already have paid for.

Maybe this summer the timing will work out better. I'm sure I could learn more in three months there than I ever would here :I

Re: Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Post by codegeek »

nicholasjbs wrote: post #4
codegeek wrote: post #2

Is Hacker school in some way affiliated/linked to YC ? The homepage design looks very close to ycombinator's.

We were YC S10, and yes, we copied YC's site design significantly (we acknowledge this on our FAQ: https://www.hackerschool.com/faq ).

ok thx.

Re: Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Post by vitno »

avolcano wrote: post #5

It's a bummer that they don't do the interviews/final answers until after the first couple weeks of January. I'd love to take a semester off and do this, but since there's no guarantee I'd get into Hacker School, I would want to have my usual classes to fall back on, and the payment for that is due the first week of January. If I did get into Hacker School, I'd rather not drop the university classes I'll already have…

as someone who was in the last summer batch and in a very similar situation... I can attest to learning more there than I have at University.

3 months in a stimulating environment filled with curious people all working on getting better at programming? yes please.

Re: Hacker School Winter 2013 Applications are Open

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Post by nicholasjbs »

avolcano wrote: post #5

It's a bummer that they don't do the interviews/final answers until after the first couple weeks of January. I'd love to take a semester off and do this, but since there's no guarantee I'd get into Hacker School, I would want to have my usual classes to fall back on, and the payment for that is due the first week of January. If I did get into Hacker School, I'd rather not drop the university classes I'll already have…

(Hacker School cofounder here)

Please apply anyway, and include a note that you need an early admissions decision :) We'll do our best to get you a final answer before the first week of January (and if it turns out we can't, we'll let you know before then, too).

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