All the applicants get interviewed. Hard to believe the facilitators wouldn't say, "So hey, you quit programming for five years. What's up?" Also, I know tha

All the applicants get interviewed. Hard to believe the facilitators wouldn't say, "So hey, you quit programming for five years. What's up?" Also, I know that they're not necessarily looking for work experience--if someone loved programming but waited tables for five years, they'd still probably have some personal projects for fun they'd have worked on. If not, they probably wouldn't be a good fit for Hacker School anyway. Plus, and I'm only going on my own experience and observations, the mentally-deranged fit right in at Hacker School.