42 Silicon Valley was awarded the Gold Award in the Social Impact category for its innovative work in education at the French American Business Awards last week. Over the last year, 42 has been working to bring opportunities to America’s youth through industry-leading, quality programming education at no cost to students. The campus follows from … Read more 42 Silicon Valley Wins Gold For Social Impact at French American Business Awards
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Japanese scholar checks out our innovative educational model
A Japanese management scholar flew to Silicon Valley to check us out: we’re that awesome. Today, we’re excited to have Mr. Masanano Kawakami, a reputed Management Scholar in Japan, here on campus to get a real-life look at 42 Silicon Valley. Having heard about the school Dr. Ohmae who visited 42 in November of last year … Read more Japanese scholar checks out our innovative educational model
To publish (openly), or not to publish, that is the question: John Dove shares his insights.
42 was delighted to welcome John Dove to the community on Wednesday for a presentation on open-source and open-access publishing in relation to programming. Earlier in the day, he was consulting at the California Digital Library before coming down to the 42 community. Delighted to have you back, John! With extensive experience in publishing, particularly … Read more To publish (openly), or not to publish, that is the question: John Dove shares his insights.
Recruit Top Tech Talent at Our Upcoming Intern/Career Fair
Recruiting Software Developers, Engineers, and Interns Looking to recruit software developers? In need of talented interns this summer? Then join us for our upcoming events at 42 Silicon Valley. 42 has an established campus in Paris and a relatively new campus in Silicon Valley. With endorsements from leading tech companies, 42 is an innovative, tuition-free … Read more Recruit Top Tech Talent at Our Upcoming Intern/Career Fair
42 Silicon Valley to Offer Additional Resources, Top Tech Network, and Free Accommodation to Select Y Combinator Startups in S17
42 Silicon Valley, an innovative tuition-free coding university with a new Silicon Valley campus, is excited to support Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s leading accelerators and startup funds. The project brings together the startup world with talented, creative programmers and software engineers in an open and innovative community while at the same time offering a … Read more 42 Silicon Valley to Offer Additional Resources, Top Tech Network, and Free Accommodation to Select Y Combinator Startups in S17
Co-Founder and CTO at Side.co, Hugo Michalski
For our next Alumni profile, I introduce you to Hugo Michalski, Co-Founder and CTO of the now funded start-up Side.co. As described on their website, this company allows you to: “Work on the Side—Earn Money and Experience While Working to Your Schedule.” Filling positions and meeting the increased demand for hiring within the corporate staffing … Read more Co-Founder and CTO at Side.co, Hugo Michalski
Infrastructure Engineer at eShares, Daniel Duong
We found a second alumni profile victim by reaching out to Daniel Duong, 25 years old, who provided us with further evidence that another one of our graduates has emerged from the 42 experience with a valuable skill set, which he has been able to draw from in the workplace. Having started at 42 in … Read more Infrastructure Engineer at eShares, Daniel Duong
Once in a Lifetime: How Did 42’s Pedagogy Get Here?
In the Talking Heads’ song Once in a Lifetime, David Byrne once posed a salient rhetorical question, “well, how did I get here?”. Similarly, we may ask ourselves, “How did we get here?” In fact, the question that had been asked by the Co-Founders of 42 more than 20 years ago was, “How do we … Read more Once in a Lifetime: How Did 42’s Pedagogy Get Here?
Student Intern at Uber, Balthazar Gronon
Ecole 42’s coder training program started in Paris in March of 2013. For this posting, we interviewed one of the members of the first class (or “promotion” en français), who is now in his last stage of his 42 experience—the final internship. Taking the time to answer our questions, he allowed us to gauge the … Read more Student Intern at Uber, Balthazar Gronon
Scaling the Branches of the 42 Silicon Valley Project Tree
Editor’s note: To give folks an idea of what the day-to-day life of a typical student at 42 looks like, in this post, we describe a few of the projects that one might encounter at a computer terminal within the Soul of Code building on our Silicon Valley campus. It is true that many of … Read more Scaling the Branches of the 42 Silicon Valley Project Tree