The 42 Program
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2.0 Rating
Difficulty
Beginner
Cost
N/A
Format
Instructor Led
Delivery
In-Person
Time Commitment
1 weeks 1 hrs/week
The 42 program offers a unique, self-paced learning experience designed to prepare students for the digital world. With a duration ranging from 1 to 5 years, the program emphasizes project-based and problem-based learning without traditional teachers or classes. Students develop crucial 21st-century skills through peer collaboration, self-directed learning, and gamification to master various levels. The program's intensive 28-day on-campus coding challenge, called Intensive Basic Training, ensures merit-based admission without prior coding experience required.
Open to anyone; no prior coding experience required
Ideal for self-motivated learners seeking digital skills
Merit-based admission through a 28-day coding challenge
Self-paced, project-based learning environment
Peer collaboration with no traditional classes or teachers
Gamified curriculum with experience points and levels
Mastery of problem-solving and collaboration skills
Preparation for real-world digital careers
Access to internship and hiring programs with employers
No certifications are covered by this course.
Student 2018
So I attended 42 for 5 months before getting kicked out for posting an article on the slack from the drudge report that I thought why not since most things posted on the slack at 42 was non sense anyways and no one really relied on the slack channel for anything besides memes and what was on the menu for the cafeteria food that day (WHICH IS ALWAYS BAD.. some times you get spam in the freaking rice when they say its turkey, and then they lather it up with sweet goo from the gummy bear factory that looks awful...) and I was bombarded by hateful comments about how I was a dumbass and all this non sense that I know I shouldn't have started by posting any article from the drudge report in a leftist society but omg this place was ready to pounce on me, expelling me for "hateful and provoking comments" when I was just holding a convo on slack with no cuss words or any R-rated stuff ( don't live in California for 5 months if not prepared to live with homeless/ trans/ intolerant people).. Now about the curriculum, its awful, just plain awful, they teach you to heavily depend on your neighbor for answers and most of these neighbors have their own project and/or coding language they specialize in at a given time, based on certain projects requiring in-depth knowledge on the subject (A.I. to app development to blockchain etc) and their supposed to know exactly what your talking about and vice-versa, now I think an experienced person would fly through old projects, but what would that teach the new guy? and then they think about that and say "go figure it out" then your like ok I get I'm supposed to learn this on my own but holy fudge I just spent a month straight working my ass off to graduate the "piscine",, can you give me a little bit of an easier time learning this? the answer at 42 is nope, learn it on your own, and while your at it stay on the lab computer for 38 hours and do 2 exams a month or you can find a new 12x12 box to live in for a while. It's great for the first month but after that, if your not into living in California paying 1200$ a month for a studio and 500$ ticket for red light violations then, by all means, go for it... If you care about the world around you and your money, stay at home, get a fun job, learn it on your own (through college, local community, friends etc), take your passion to a workplace that needs a developer and love your family because that's all you have in the end. 42 is not the answer.
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