A few clarifications, since I don't think it comes through clearly in the press we've gotten so far: 1. Our goal is to help people who love programming become

A few clarifications, since I don't think it comes through clearly in the press we've gotten so far: 1. Our goal is to help people who love programming become even better programmers. We don't aim directly for employability or hiring. 2. We explicitly don't focus on web apps, prototypes, or products. Instead, most of the code people write at Hacker School is code for other programmers, e.g., frameworks, libraries, command-line utilities, etc. People at Hacker School work on projects that are technically interesting and one step beyond their current skill level. 3. Hacker School is three months, not a couple weeks. And we don't think people can become great hackers in three months. We do, however, think people can improve dramatically in that time if that's their primary focus and they're surrounded by smart, motivated and intellectually curious people who also love coding and want to grow.