nappybrainiac

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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
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 p
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
I'm not sure that a comparison between bootcamps and college is viable. College is not just about learning to code. You also learn to deal with professors and how to get the best grades out of them. You figure out how much you can drin
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
>I think one key aspect that is missing is that boot camp graduates aren't straight off the barista lineup. It seems like everyone is forgetting this. Since coding is becoming important for a tech driven World, no matter what our ba
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
I agree! In my class (I go to Holberton School) the average age is 29 as well. I wonder if this says something more about how life is lived now, and the choices we get to make because of opportunity. Most of us are college grads, and our sc
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
I'm sure that if they are looking for a change in career, taking some time off to make that change is not really a choice. I'm 43, and enrolled at Holberton School, which is project based. Granted, I'm only taking 2 years off
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
San Francisco is unmatched when it comes to accessing mentors who have been entrenched in technology. I'm a student at Holberton School, which is project based (like Ecole 42) and community driven. For example, one of our mentors in th
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by nappybrainiac 10y ago
Indeed they should be able to! I'm a student at Holberton School in SF and we use the same methodology - project based, peer-learning - and our student body is made up of people who range in age from 17 to over 50. I'm 43. Coding