I actually went to a free bootcamp here in Bosnia that works simmilarly to this and I can tell you it was awesome expirience. I even got a job after 8 months!!
Lol this can be a double edged sword for some companies though. I have an app on several old phones that I have reset, and put their own email addresses were the app gives me points for free gift cards and they gain useless data from those devices; they never leave my house, they don't have apps installed aside from he manufacture apps, and their new emails with nothing on them except google stuff (obviously). Just one example. btw I get about 30-50 bucks every 4 or so months, not bad.
I'm Chamith from sri lanka. Really love this work. There is so many people out there want to learn to code but don't have money, or a Computer or both. I wish if i was born in USA. Unfortunately it's not also i don't have money to go to USA, How ever thank you guys for leting me know , there is very good people in this world. Keep This Up.
Yes Willems. I'm coding all day. but it's so hard to find a job in Sri Lanka. But i never give up. I do my best to go to USA. unFortunately it's required a lot money. it's can take few years to collect that money. but i do my best.
I read lots of critiques like "Nothing is free blablablabla" First of all, this project is not free, it is privately financed by a french business man named Xavier Niel... You might like the guy or not (it doesn't really matter). And his objective is quite clear... that the students leaving this university help it finance it afterwards. That simple... not free. But as a young student, you are not in debt and certanly not obliged to pay for many of the stupid things universities force you to. I almost forgot, if you don't want to finance it... you don't have to. However, it turns out, most people will give a hand. It seems to be a good alternative, or at least interesting. Oh... and the piscine is not at all a summer camp, many students fail it and have to leave. So the selection is quite harsh. We will see the results in a near future I hope. And if this model works out properly, it will be an interesting experiment.
Let's see what happens. Not trying won't answer the question anyways. If it fails, then be it. If it succeeds, good for them. The US is different indeed... it is not even homogenous inside its borders. So it might work in some places while failing in others... Again, experimenting is the only way of knowing, or at least collect some usable data.
Well, you geography makes a difference, but I was more thinking of this: As I understand it people in the US need to work to get rid of their student debt or just to life. If in the US you'd want to attend the free School 42, you'd need to have money up front to do so. Because School 42 is not recognized by the government as a real school. Just attending School 42 is thus easier in many European countries enough of a social safety net exists which hopefully allow you to focus on just School 42.
This is a good idea, it was recently implemented where I live by a similar group of people. However, I think there should be some sort of tutoring, something like a book written by the school or something that takes you through the very basics because if I were for example to take the initiative to learn thermodynamics on my own I wouldn't know where to begin or how to proceed.
Funny you should use the example of thermodynamics, back when I was in my first year in high school I taugh myself high school thermodynamics to teach my sister for her college admission exam. I believe it was the only thing I taugh myself in high school, for the most part based in tests and their correction, but also on the handbook. I will be going to 42 next semester, then I'll know more about what kind of books or manuals they use, but as far as I am aware it is just problems and the whole internet. That is likely enough.
From tech companies and government probably... Technology advancing so fast... There's idiotic demand for developers in all skill levels and all kinds of fields... US literally needs for example 1million developers by 2020.. and nowhere to get em.. even my small country Esotnia needs 20k developers 2030... all the Unis IT degrees even cant produce graduates not even 10% by that year.. since 80% of IT students drop out first year... Coding is hard :>
I think part of the reason for the success of this idea is that it puts old wine in new bottles. It reminds me very much of the experience felt by students doing a PhD.
I did the Piscine, but failed. I had no C coding experience and did not pass one assignment or exam. I had a few roommates who worked together. They had passed almost every assignment and exam. They did not pass the Piscine. I had a friend who did the Piscine in 2016 with no C coding experience. He passed the Piscine, but I don't know what his experience was like. Alot of people there doing the Piscine had either prior coding experience or prior Piscine experience. Networking is a major component or else you will fall.
Yeah, don't be an island, and the single most important decision you make there if you are coming in without knowing anyone and with limited coding experience is picking your roommates correctly. If a potential roommate prospect has more experience than you, make sure they are somewhat selfless. If a potential roommate prospect has equivalent experience or less experience than you, make sure that you two get along and that they seem like a hard worker. You bunk with 3 other people, and you pick the Sunday of the start so get to the check-in early and start talking with people. The other people won't realize that they have to pick roommates there and then, but you will because you read this. During the piscine, don't expect questions answered or help from the staff because you won't get it. In fact, you won't even see them ever- they'll be ghosts. It was eerie. Make sure you have a sense of the Mac- I had a learning curve that I never fully got acquainted with. Go 24/7 coding. Make friends during meal breaks. The criteria for getting in isn't clear-cut but I've heard that you need to pass at least the final exam. I've seen people who got in that surprised me. I've seen people who didn't get in that surprised me (ie my two roommates who knew eachother previously and had prior coding experience & worked hard as hell but didn't network much). A third of pisciners are foreign, a third are from California attempting the piscine a second or third time, and a third are from other places in the States. Everybody can be social-engineered to be helpful so use that to your advantage because you'll need it.
I've considered it, but money is a factor and I'm near dead broke at the moment (minus broke if you include student loans) and I have a stable job in an industry that I've been very interested in for some time. If the stars align and I find myself financially solvent with passive income where I have a month or two straight to dedicate to studying for it and for whatever reason I find myself in a position where I would be willing to leave my current job, I just might. A few things I would do differently: have enough money to eat and not think about money, bring a car for easy trips into town + that car allows for easy networking if other people want to go into town, network everyday every minute, and come in prepared so I can somewhat stand on my own even if I fail some assignments. Currently, I'm in the distributed ledger space as a business development consultant for a systems integrator, so I'm learning javascript and solidity on my own a bit for smart contract development which I believe will allow me to progress into the field of distributed ledger programmers well. I think I have a greater respect for C after the Piscine, where I'm beginning to understand the importance for meticulous awareness about data storage of each byte. By the way, everybody isn't as chill as they seem in these promo vids: the piscine gets intense.
@@devonrusinek5807 Piscine you mean 1 month program? if i right understood the main attractive thing is that you build networking? how networking helps you at the moment? did you get fundamental knowledge in terms of technological skill set? I'm interested in applying for that school but sure if you want to gain knowledge in programming is only for selfdevelopment path.
Well it's awesome that this is free but truth be told I went to sign up and there seems to be an age requirement of 18 to 30. So this is not exactly an equal opportunity situation. As a former Combat Engineer in the Army that was devastating being a 40 yr as bright as anyone can be. Well se lavie.
I just passed the evaluation and have to do check-in. Age requirement is 18-30 because the brightest minds are apart of that age group. Also, younger people are more attractive/appealing to hiring companies
you people are very lucky, I have lack of this type of environment even I know all the coding but just some places are there which are weak of mine and needs to be strong , once I found this environment, I will be one of the top programmer of the world and I will prove it.
This is so cool :D Wish we had it here. Sure i know some basic coding already but id love to study with like minded people around me. Also, if this was possible here i wouldn't need to waste 2-3years getting my grades up prior to study what i want.
This is great! My book talks about the importance of each company having a community of developers available to help you as a new employee working remotely. Nice work! If any of your visitors have questions about how to work remotely or make more money, sooner, as a junior developer, I'd be happy to answer any questions!
This must be the proudest achievement of France for the last decades. The original parisian 42 school is a goddamn revolution in our archaic academic programs
The "piscine" and learning coding with peers has been present for decades in Epita though. And when I was there, I thought it was an "american" way of teaching, giving students autonomy instead of the passive way of teaching in french universities.
Really depends on the university, every case is different as they are autonomous. I've had two experiences with french universities as a computer science student, the first one we had many projects to do, the second one not so much. In both cases you have to be 100% autonomous as the teachers won't be behind you trying to help you succeed and not all teachers are good at teaching so you have to get the material by yourself. I agree it would be better throwing the old system in the trash, lecture courses are often boring and projects are much more interesting, also a mix of reseacher/professional would be great to have (I've only had researchers as teachers and I found they lack the job's market vision of computer science (seems logical)). Still if you want to get very advanced theoretical knowledge, universities are the best and you get to speak to top researchers in their respective fields but yeah, absolutely need deep changes to be relevant and interesting to more students.
It was the same in Epitech and Epita wayyyyy before 42 did it. Actually 42 was created by the founders of epitech and xavier niel who is the CEO of "Free" wich is a huuuuuuge french ISP
Marcus Lee: I was thinking the same. And yes, we were right, he is a Buddhist monk. That's not suprising to me (i'm French), there Buddhist temple in France (in the capital Paris too [that I didn't know]).
College is academic, you will learn the full spectrum of CS or IT. 42 is purely focused on problem solving, that's why there is no degree. A lot of students end up dropping out because they found a job or choose a particular stack and don't need the training anymore.
It's not supposed to be easy, as being able to code in c or c++ will be something you will need later on it is better to know if you have the patience and mindset to do it. Besides you're not really supposed to actually solve everything, developing your learning is far more important.
George Karanja 42 was started in France by Xavier Niel the CEO of Free one of France's key ISP. He started and funded it, not for profit but in an almost patriotic move, he wanted France to catch-up on its lack of talents in the digital industry. His point was the money put in 42 is investment for the long term (more tech talents in France will import more tech business in France) Now I don't know who funds 42 US but he's probably in the loop.
SlamminGears There's none actually. Xavier Niel is funding 100% of this school (He is the CEO of a huge ISP in france) Obviously he tries to get the new code genuises but there's no catch what so ever.
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I actually went to a free bootcamp here in Bosnia that works simmilarly to this and I can tell you it was awesome expirience. I even got a job after 8 months!!
what was the name of the bootcamp ?
Same story bro!
You know, when i was a kid, my Father always used to tell me this one thing
"Nothing is free in this world"
There are things that look like they’re obvious to be free but one day the probably won’t.
*_"If so you are the product"_*
Lol this can be a double edged sword for some companies though. I have an app on several old phones that I have reset, and put their own email addresses were the app gives me points for free gift cards and they gain useless data from those devices; they never leave my house, they don't have apps installed aside from he manufacture apps, and their new emails with nothing on them except google stuff (obviously). Just one example.
btw I get about 30-50 bucks every 4 or so months, not bad.
*ahem* FACEBOOK *ahem*
You brief Air and have every day free light from Sun. Some are lucky to have free drinking Water.
I watched this video before I went to the piscine and after it, it was more good than I have expected
I'm Chamith from sri lanka. Really love this work. There is so many people out there want to learn to code but don't have money, or a Computer or both. I wish if i was born in USA. Unfortunately it's not also i don't have money to go to USA, How ever thank you guys for leting me know , there is very good people in this world. Keep This Up.
Why did you type a comment on youtube. You should be typing code in an editor.
Yes Willems. I'm coding all day. but it's so hard to find a job in Sri Lanka. But i never give up. I do my best to go to USA. unFortunately it's required a lot money. it's can take few years to collect that money. but i do my best.
The original 42 school is in Paris. ;) if it's a little closer for you :')
I read lots of critiques like "Nothing is free blablablabla"
First of all, this project is not free, it is privately financed by a french business man named Xavier Niel... You might like the guy or not (it doesn't really matter).
And his objective is quite clear... that the students leaving this university help it finance it afterwards. That simple... not free. But as a young student, you are not in debt and certanly not obliged to pay for many of the stupid things universities force you to. I almost forgot, if you don't want to finance it... you don't have to. However, it turns out, most people will give a hand.
It seems to be a good alternative, or at least interesting.
Oh... and the piscine is not at all a summer camp, many students fail it and have to leave. So the selection is quite harsh. We will see the results in a near future I hope. And if this model works out properly, it will be an interesting experiment.
Seems to work pretty well in France, but doesn't mean it will in the US. society is very different.
Let's see what happens. Not trying won't answer the question anyways.
If it fails, then be it. If it succeeds, good for them.
The US is different indeed... it is not even homogenous inside its borders. So it might work in some places while failing in others...
Again, experimenting is the only way of knowing, or at least collect some usable data.
Well, you geography makes a difference, but I was more thinking of this:
As I understand it people in the US need to work to get rid of their student debt or just to life. If in the US you'd want to attend the free School 42, you'd need to have money up front to do so. Because School 42 is not recognized by the government as a real school. Just attending School 42 is thus easier in many European countries enough of a social safety net exists which hopefully allow you to focus on just School 42.
This is a good idea, it was recently implemented where I live by a similar group of people. However, I think there should be some sort of tutoring, something like a book written by the school or something that takes you through the very basics because if I were for example to take the initiative to learn thermodynamics on my own I wouldn't know where to begin or how to proceed.
I agree there should be a written tutorial that within the lines of "how to teach yourself". Anything else is up to you.
Funny you should use the example of thermodynamics, back when I was in my first year in high school I taugh myself high school thermodynamics to teach my sister for her college admission exam. I believe it was the only thing I taugh myself in high school, for the most part based in tests and their correction, but also on the handbook. I will be going to 42 next semester, then I'll know more about what kind of books or manuals they use, but as far as I am aware it is just problems and the whole internet. That is likely enough.
0:34 anyone else notice the "windows logo" on the mac?
yeah, but it's the actual mirrored window xD
Thats a real window....
the windows paradox
Campus is currently closed for the remainder of 2021.
This is my dream of a collaborative society coming true!
So many iMacs! That also for free. Great Initiative! But How they get money to maintain it? From where they pay electricty bills, internet bills,etc?
From tech companies and government probably...
Technology advancing so fast... There's idiotic demand for developers in all skill levels and all kinds of fields...
US literally needs for example 1million developers by 2020.. and nowhere to get em..
even my small country Esotnia needs 20k developers 2030...
all the Unis IT degrees even cant produce graduates not even 10% by that year.. since 80% of IT students drop out first year...
Coding is hard :>
Microphunktv Yeah,But,We have here millions of coders and developers in Asia(Indian subcontinent,China,Southeast Asia)
There are lots of coders in the world. The problem is that there are not enough "good" coders.
The school is both founded AND funded by French Billionaire Xavier Niel... I'm pretty sure he has money laying around to spare lol
Yep and with people who gave donation to the school
I think part of the reason for the success of this idea is that it puts old wine in new bottles. It reminds me very much of the experience felt by students doing a PhD.
I did the Piscine, but failed. I had no C coding experience and did not pass one assignment or exam. I had a few roommates who worked together. They had passed almost every assignment and exam. They did not pass the Piscine. I had a friend who did the Piscine in 2016 with no C coding experience. He passed the Piscine, but I don't know what his experience was like. Alot of people there doing the Piscine had either prior coding experience or prior Piscine experience. Networking is a major component or else you will fall.
Yeah, don't be an island, and the single most important decision you make there if you are coming in without knowing anyone and with limited coding experience is picking your roommates correctly. If a potential roommate prospect has more experience than you, make sure they are somewhat selfless. If a potential roommate prospect has equivalent experience or less experience than you, make sure that you two get along and that they seem like a hard worker. You bunk with 3 other people, and you pick the Sunday of the start so get to the check-in early and start talking with people. The other people won't realize that they have to pick roommates there and then, but you will because you read this. During the piscine, don't expect questions answered or help from the staff because you won't get it. In fact, you won't even see them ever- they'll be ghosts. It was eerie. Make sure you have a sense of the Mac- I had a learning curve that I never fully got acquainted with. Go 24/7 coding. Make friends during meal breaks. The criteria for getting in isn't clear-cut but I've heard that you need to pass at least the final exam. I've seen people who got in that surprised me. I've seen people who didn't get in that surprised me (ie my two roommates who knew eachother previously and had prior coding experience & worked hard as hell but didn't network much). A third of pisciners are foreign, a third are from California attempting the piscine a second or third time, and a third are from other places in the States. Everybody can be social-engineered to be helpful so use that to your advantage because you'll need it.
so, you can try the piscine more than once? are you gonna try again?
I've considered it, but money is a factor and I'm near dead broke at the moment (minus broke if you include student loans) and I have a stable job in an industry that I've been very interested in for some time. If the stars align and I find myself financially solvent with passive income where I have a month or two straight to dedicate to studying for it and for whatever reason I find myself in a position where I would be willing to leave my current job, I just might. A few things I would do differently: have enough money to eat and not think about money, bring a car for easy trips into town + that car allows for easy networking if other people want to go into town, network everyday every minute, and come in prepared so I can somewhat stand on my own even if I fail some assignments. Currently, I'm in the distributed ledger space as a business development consultant for a systems integrator, so I'm learning javascript and solidity on my own a bit for smart contract development which I believe will allow me to progress into the field of distributed ledger programmers well. I think I have a greater respect for C after the Piscine, where I'm beginning to understand the importance for meticulous awareness about data storage of each byte. By the way, everybody isn't as chill as they seem in these promo vids: the piscine gets intense.
Piscine yes. 42 School no.
@@devonrusinek5807 Piscine you mean 1 month program? if i right understood the main attractive thing is that you build networking? how networking helps you at the moment? did you get fundamental knowledge in terms of technological skill set? I'm interested in applying for that school but sure if you want to gain knowledge in programming is only for selfdevelopment path.
So... it’s not a school. Just an exclusive hangout.
Well it's awesome that this is free but truth be told I went to sign up and there seems to be an age requirement of 18 to 30. So this is not exactly an equal opportunity situation. As a former Combat Engineer in the Army that was devastating being a 40 yr as bright as anyone can be. Well se lavie.
There are people over 30 in 42US, it's not an absolute ban on people over 30...
Fauna Not absolute? Why should there be _any_ age restrictions?
I just passed the evaluation and have to do check-in. Age requirement is 18-30 because the brightest minds are apart of that age group. Also, younger people are more attractive/appealing to hiring companies
Correct! The brightest minds ARE apart of that age group! ;)
Christopher Carr At 42 France u have to be 18-30 yd apart special programs but at 42 US you can join after 30 yd.
Using this as my opportunity to do a career path change from administration to development. I am so excited for whats to come! Class of June 26
^?
How was it?
he dead
may his good sole rest in peace
KeAnte' Hoyett how was it
you people are very lucky, I have lack of this type of environment even I know all the coding but just some places are there which are weak of mine and needs to be strong , once I found this environment, I will be one of the top programmer of the world and I will prove it.
This is so cool :D Wish we had it here. Sure i know some basic coding already but id love to study with like minded people around me. Also, if this was possible here i wouldn't need to waste 2-3years getting my grades up prior to study what i want.
the ultimate answer to the ultimate question
42 was great! I went there over the summer and vlogged most of the experience.
Kassannova
Gonna check out the videos
This is great! My book talks about the importance of each company having a community of developers available to help you as a new employee working remotely. Nice work! If any of your visitors have questions about how to work remotely or make more money, sooner, as a junior developer, I'd be happy to answer any questions!
42 - the meaning of life
This must be the proudest achievement of France for the last decades. The original parisian 42 school is a goddamn revolution in our archaic academic programs
The "piscine" and learning coding with peers has been present for decades in Epita though. And when I was there, I thought it was an "american" way of teaching, giving students autonomy instead of the passive way of teaching in french universities.
Really depends on the university, every case is different as they are autonomous. I've had two experiences with french universities as a computer science student, the first one we had many projects to do, the second one not so much.
In both cases you have to be 100% autonomous as the teachers won't be behind you trying to help you succeed and not all teachers are good at teaching so you have to get the material by yourself. I agree it would be better throwing the old system in the trash, lecture courses are often boring and projects are much more interesting, also a mix of reseacher/professional would be great to have (I've only had researchers as teachers and I found they lack the job's market vision of computer science (seems logical)).
Still if you want to get very advanced theoretical knowledge, universities are the best and you get to speak to top researchers in their respective fields but yeah, absolutely need deep changes to be relevant and interesting to more students.
It was the same in Epitech and Epita wayyyyy before 42 did it. Actually 42 was created by the founders of epitech and xavier niel who is the CEO of "Free" wich is a huuuuuuge french ISP
4:03 That guy in the red shirt is like. After I am done listening am gonna tell her to do a 100 push-ups.
Wow. This is a beautiful settings.
Is it opened to international students? How do I register?
You guys are doing great just make sure to keep up
They already closed down
i love that idea ,and want to learn form that school .
this fantastic idea helps US great again, man. Good guys.
4:38 see that background guy :|
Why walk when you can use the chair to move around?
Is this an option for international students as well?
this is so so impactful!
It's like a dream turning into true
This sounds absolutely good
2:27 Lol gotta love a note from a programmer.
Is this program only for US Citizens???
is it really completely free ?
Where is it, it is a big opportunity ,I mean wich state
why use C?
Need something like this in India
Such a facility all the country
Hello, a question please
Is it possible to do this entirely online? There is no 42 school in my country :(
Also there is the covid
In my school all the piscines were hold online so far, so you could do them from your home, just make sure you are free for a month
Free things are the most expensive thing in the world.
this video is awesome!
Where do I apply??
wish their was one in NY
The first guy on the video 0:21 Lou Guenier, he looks like a monk? bald and his monk attire?
Marcus Lee: I was thinking the same. And yes, we were right, he is a Buddhist monk. That's not suprising to me (i'm French), there Buddhist temple in France (in the capital Paris too [that I didn't know]).
Yes he's a monk.
if it heal the real exist, could you share via online please
So this is Internet but locked behind a test ?
Omg brilliant idea of coding education.
what language u learn
Looking kinda empty for how great of a deal this is, and compared to the one in Paris
Am from India!!! Coding was the best sub i discovered in my 10th grade how to get here?
4:47 if -> argv[1] == NULL ur program seg fault
Is that Windows programming?
Is this like a college or should you go to college and then come here and can you get a degree
you don't need to have a degree, but you must be 18 to 30 years old and pass the tests.
College is academic, you will learn the full spectrum of CS or IT. 42 is purely focused on problem solving, that's why there is no degree. A lot of students end up dropping out because they found a job or choose a particular stack and don't need the training anymore.
Watching vid from the same school in Kazakhstan
Wow i want to go there!!!!!
how to sign up?
Omg i wish i could join this its amazing
This is beyond interesting
big thanks but thy should also make free a graphics and video editing school
I learn coding ......but how sir
I just finished a #wethinkcode Bootcamp in Joburg South Africa, pretty fun.
C for noobs is too difficult to start. plus they only learn code on Mac...
do the same for vb.Net and windows and it would be even more successful.
It's not supposed to be easy, as being able to code in c or c++ will be something you will need later on it is better to know if you have the patience and mindset to do it. Besides you're not really supposed to actually solve everything, developing your learning is far more important.
Came here from Gandalf and Epic Sax Guy
Us school is so great
How's it funded....? 😬
Is this Hare Krishna coding school? I remember those outfits from the movie "Airplane."
There should be a university also in india
Great stuff.
Hey guys I'm from Pakistan can I get there?
This is amazing!
hope Someone is going to established such school in pakistan
Always knew that the Spoon Boy in The Matrix was a leet hacker in disguise.
l335 hacker, you mean ;-)
we need this in canada
go to US and get it
You can still come to 42 if you're from Canada. Get over here!
Not advisable to more from Canada to America. Especially since California is super expensive and America isn’t the best right now
How can all this be free?
George Karanja 42 was started in France by Xavier Niel the CEO of Free one of France's key ISP. He started and funded it, not for profit but in an almost patriotic move, he wanted France to catch-up on its lack of talents in the digital industry. His point was the money put in 42 is investment for the long term (more tech talents in France will import more tech business in France) Now I don't know who funds 42 US but he's probably in the loop.
Thank you. very insightfull information.
Is that buddhist coder monk or am i hallucinating? :D
i though so . monks are pretty genius these days.
Microphunktv: Lou Guenier is buddhist, yes.
So awesome
Wow, all computers are MACs
1:35 is that ninja?
As a software developer, Windows is a lot better to learn on. Also, They keep saying free. There is 100 percent a catch
SlamminGears There's none actually. Xavier Niel is funding 100% of this school (He is the CEO of a huge ISP in france) Obviously he tries to get the new code genuises but there's no catch what so ever.
There is no catch. You're paranoid.
Heyyy, That's pretty good
Pourquoi il est habillé comme le dalai lama?
Car comme le Dalaï Lama c'est un moin bouddhiste tibétain.
is it even imp ???
put this in the Philippines, lots of diamonds in the rough there.
They probably start playing dota.
Wish i would born there
Wohhhhhhhhh! It's awesome
I wish all countries provide good thing like this.
it's the same in morocco we have 1337
ديك المدرسة كتبان ليا غاشي سبام xDD
@@ban-dono4006 That wasn't very helpful.
Does that mean we are the product ....
love it!
Dear Trump,
Can I come to USA. This school is heaven 😍
Who pays for this?
Is it real ? 😍
We must need in india
great intiaitve
is this heaven?
it is awesome
!!!!!!!
cool!
hmmmm kinda not believing it.
Why do they teach those poor souls C++? :-I
It's C. They are using C to teach programming in general and not a programming language in particular.