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Hacker School is a great thing to do during a sabbatical or career break. I got pretty burned out on my previous job (of 6 years) in the Midwest. I was also a b

Hacker School is a great thing to do during a sabbatical or career break. I got pretty burned out on my previous job (of 6 years) in the Midwest. I was also a bit lonely since there wasn't much of a tech community in the area. I came out to New York for the Winter 2013 batch, and it was exactly the kick in the pants I needed. By the end of the batch, I had renewed vigor, job prospects, and a bunch of new friends. I ended up moving permanently to NYC for a new job (which Hacker School facilitated). The Hacker School experience and community are fantastic. I'd highly recommend it to any other software engineers having a quarter-life crisis ;-)

jrs99 13y ago
you were programming for 6 years before hacker school?
- StefanKarpinski 13y ago
  Hacker School has a really broad range of programming experience and knowledge. It's definitely not just for beginning programmers, although there are many who have been programming for a year or less. The common denominator is enthusiasm for programming and becoming better programmers. The idea behind the residents program [1] was to make sure that no matter your level as a Hacker Schooler, there would always be someone you can go to and bounce hard problems off of. [1] https://www.hackerschool.com/residents https://www.hackerschool.com/residents