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Ask HN: Should I Attend Hack Reactor or Fullstack Academy?
Hey folks! Over the past few weeks I've immersed myself in Javascript, and have managed to gain acceptance to both Hackreactor and Fullstack Academy! I'm in a fortunate position, and I would love to know which I should attend? Some details: I'm a graduate student studying Neuroscience, and Hack Reactor is offering a part time 9 month course that would work well! On the other hand, Fullstack offers a great window over the summer for me, and I love their openness. I've heard phenomenal things about both school.
- justrp 10y agoI graduated Hack Reactor in 2013 and have worked on the leadership team since then, so my point of view on our program would be no surprise, however there are few 'competitors' that we hold in as high regard as Fullstack. It's one of very few schools I have never heard a serious complaint about, and we've never had a Fullstack graduate need to go through Hack Reactor afterwards to get a job. My advice would be to disregard the minor differences in the specifics of each curriculum etc, and decide based on the pace at which you'd like to absorb the material. On the one hand, many who find it difficult to focus, myself included, benefitted from getting through the course intensively with nothing else to distract us. On the other, the most common complaint I hear about all the better immersion schools (including Hack Reactor) is students never have enough time to fully absorb the material in a sprint before moving on to the next project. It's a personal preference of very little consequence. You are unlikely to go wrong either way!
- hsikka 10y agoAwesome, thank you my friend! The advice about absorption and spending specific time on each sprint is great, I'm considering it carefully.
- arturm 10y agohttp://breakingintostartups.com http://breakingintostartups.com You can find both alumni and founder interviews on this podcast. Hope this helps