
About Hacker School The basics Hacker School is a free, full-time, immersive school in New York for becoming a better programmer. We're like a writers' retreat for programmers. People come from around the world to spend 12 weeks writing code and growing as programmers. We run three sessions a year, called batches, and each batch has about 60 people. We make money by helping companies hire our alumni. Our pedagogy Hacker School is a "school" in the sense that it's a place people come to learn, but we intentionally forgo many of the trappings of traditional schools. We don't have grades, degrees, classes, or a fixed curriculum. Instead, Hacker School is largely unstructured, self-directed, and project-based. That's because we value internal motivation over external motivation, and self-direction over coercion. We believe people learn best when they have the freedom to explore their interests and passions, surrounded by friendly ...