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Who is funding this project? Hard to believe anyone would run a free 7-week course because they like to teach. This is similar to a course taught by General As
by paul_f 13y ago
Who is funding this project? Hard to believe anyone would run a free 7-week course because they like to teach.
This is similar to a course taught by General Assembly here in the US, but that course costs $11,500.
- dsofer 13y agoWe have a bit of funding from Collective, which is a project in Camden Town offering free workspace and support to creative startups, which is in turn funded by the Mayor of London. I am not sure that what we are doing is exactly comparable to an offering like General Assembly, which is a very well-structured course and has many links with industry. What we are doing is much more seat of the pants. We are grabbing learning resources off the web and stitching them together into a patchwork of useful learning exercises and projects and holding it all together with daily seminars, paired programming and code reviews. We hope some of our students will be ready to apply for membership of Collective when they finish the course and can bring new creative ideas and energy to Camden Town.
- alixaxel 13y agoThis is so cool, well done!
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- jschuur 13y agoThere's a General Assembly here in London too. Their 12 week, full time web development course clocks in at £8,000 (about $13,500).
- Alex3917 13y ago"Hard to believe anyone would run a free 7-week course because they like to teach." Seth Godin ran a full-time free six-month MBA program because he likes to teach. There are a ton of smart people who really enjoy teaching, most just don't have the money to do it full time for free.