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Miami Entrepreneurs Determined to Make Colombia the Tech Hub of South America

by Ed Steen, on April 10, 2019

“The ability of Holberton to attract students of all genders, rich or poor, educated or not and to effectively train them on in-demand skills is exactly what’s needed,” added Simón Borrero, co-founder and CEO of Rappi .

Wall Street Wants in on Income-Share Agreements

by Sydney Johnson , on April 5, 2019

From PC to VC: Priyanka Chopra's third act

by SALIL PANCHAL, MONICA BATHIJA, on March 1, 2019

“NE-YO has been instrumental in inspiring black/African-Americans to pursue careers in software engineering at Holberton. We wanted to find a talent who could similarly inspire women. It just so happens that a very good friend of the school, Anjula Acharia, was also Priyanka’s manager. Both Anjula and Priyanka have long championed women and girls, and so our school mission and their personal missions aligned perfectly. Priyanka was eager to sign on with Holberton immediately upon learning about the school, and has been a terrific partner,”

How this woman went from a $20,000 a year Trader Joe's job to a well-paid programmer at a San Francisco startup

by Julie Bort, on January 20, 2019

And she's still working at that job today, making what she describes as "more than four times" the pay she made at Trader Joe's.

Tech entrepreneur honored after $10,000 donation for Holberton School

on January 12, 2019

Priyanka Chopra Talks Becoming a Tech Investor and Boosting Diversity in the Industry

by Hanna Howard, on January 11, 2019

I was instantly attracted to their way of thinking and operating. I was excited to learn that Holberton School teaches students from all walks of life how to code. Unlike traditional schools that cost a lot of money and can send students into lifelong debt, Holberton charges no tuition up front. Students repay the tuition from a percentage of their salaries only when they find a job. The graduates get meaningful, interesting, and well-paying jobs at companies like Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Tesla. I’m inspired by the school’s mission and am excited to show women what they can accomplish.

Holberton brings its full-stack software engineering school to Colombia

by Frederic Lardinois, on December 13, 2018

Holberton School, the full-stack software engineering school that opened its first campus in San Francisco in 2015, today announced that it is opening two campuses in Colombia, one in Bogotá and one in Medellin. This marks the school’s first international expansion and comes only a few months after it opened its first East Coast campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Applications for the programs in Colombia are now open, with the first batch of students starting in January 2019.

Income-share funds expand college finance options for low-income students

by Dennis Price, on November 15, 2018

Income Share Agreements Are an Innovative Way of Financing Tuition — and an Investment in the Workplace of Tomorrow

by JOHN BAILEY, on October 29, 2018

Based on employer reaction, the model works. “Holberton is producing remarkable, Ivy League-caliber graduates without the costs, the time, or the prerequisites,” says Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn.

SoftBank pushes the Grab gas pedal

by Shannon Bond, on October 6, 2018

The Future Innovators Index 2018

on October 3, 2018

Instead of paying tuition upfront, students who graduate and go on to make more than $40,000 a year pay 17 percent of their gross salaries to the school for three year and a half years—a way to open the door to more students who may not otherwise have a means of getting in the door with computer-science programs.

Priyanka Chopra Is a Tech Investor, Too

by Erin Griffith, on October 3, 2018

Ms. Chopra emphasized her support for Holberton’s mission to educate people from underprivileged backgrounds. Her investments will skew heavily toward companies with an element of social impact, and companies founded by women.

Ne-Yo wants to make Silicon Valley more diverse, one investment at a time

by Kate Clark, on September 29, 2018

“Little black kids growing up don’t say things like ‘I want to be a coder when I grow up,’ because it’s not real to them, they don’t see people that look like me doing it,” Ne-Yo said. “But tech is changing the world, like literally by the day, by the second, so I feel like it just makes the most sense to have it accessible to everyone.”

Are Robots Coming for Your Job? Eventually, Yes.

by Steve Lohr, on September 21, 2018

“In two years, you do learn a craft that is in demand,” said Mr. Barbier, Holberton’s chief executive. “But this is really about self-learning. If you can train yourself, you’re never going to obsolete.”

Big man, big heart

by Rich Cimini, on September 9, 2018

Kudos to left tackle Kelvin Beachum, who announced a $10,000 grant to the Holberton School -- a tuition-free software engineering school in San Francisco. His grant will help offset living expenses for students. Beachum said he picked Holberton in part because of its diverse student body and its proximity to major tech-based companies.

Calif. School For Computer Engineering To Open Conn. Campus

by Lori Mack, on September 5, 2018

“I went from someone selling potato chips to someone who was interviewing at Nike, Facebook, Apple,” Johnson said. “And just a couple of weeks ago I started a new job with this company called Pypsestream. It’s a great company and it’s doing great things. And they took a chance on me because Holberton took a chance on me.”

New tech school coming to New Haven

by Clare Dignan, on September 5, 2018

"The idea of having an advanced, world-class two-year training program means we will again start to meet the needs of our employers," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said during the announcement Tuesday. "Right now, there are thousands of unfilled jobs in Connecticut because we’re still catching up with the pipeline we need to establish."

Tech school that promises jobs comes to New Haven

on September 4, 2018

"And it works. Our students find jobs everywhere, small companies, big companies, tech companies, non-tech companies," says Julien Barbier, Holberton School co-founder.

New Haven school to be cutting edge engineering incubator

by Tony Terzi, on September 4, 2018

“And, by far the most important one is learning how to learn,” said Julien Barbier, Founder of Holberton School in San Francisco, “The second one is critical thinking - project solving, problem-solving - and the third one is teamwork.”

Holberton alternative school for software engineers comes to the East Coast

by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, on September 4, 2018

This new campus, it's hoped, will enable Connecticut to double the number of locally-based software engineer graduates in a few years. This will bring the experienced, qualified, and diverse software engineers Connecticut needs for its growing businesses.

Software Engineering School To Open Site In New Haven

by Stephen Singer, on September 4, 2018

Ne-Yo Helps Homeless Student Become Software Engineer

by Teddy Grant, on July 13, 2018

Ne-Yo, Holberton school help homeless student become a software engineer

by Sequoia Blodgett, on July 10, 2018

“Max didn’t give up for two very important reasons. One, Max’s spirit and two, the Holberton approach. Max is one of those people who has the spirit of a champion. The drive, grit, and other personal qualities that enable them to persevere through adversity. He is the real MVP,” said Ne-Yo. “Any employer is lucky to hire employees with these personal attributes because they translate so well into workplace success.”

Code Now. Pay Tuition Later.

by Lindsay Gellman, on June 30, 2018

Trump's idea to merge education and labor departments makes a lot of sense

by Peter Morici, on June 25, 2018

More formalized schools are emerging like Holberton School in San Francisco, which trains software and operations engineers in two years and the fees are 17 percent of students’ internship and first three years’ post-graduation earnings.

Working With The Holberton School Is Just The First Step For Ne-Yo

by VERONICA HILBRING, on June 18, 2018

If you want a good job, learn a skill instead of going to college

by Peter Morici, on May 14, 2018

Holberton School Scales Training to Meet DevOps Demand

by Libby Clark, on May 10, 2018

Over-investing in higher education

by Peter Morici, on April 24, 2018

Beating bias in tech with fair, affordable education

by KYLIE ANDERSON, on April 17, 2018

Holberton’s mission is to provide high-quality education for all students, regardless of experience level or financial ability. “Ivy League are obviously doing a great job, but … it’s limited to an elite. A fraction of American people can access high-quality education. … Something is wrong with that,” Kalache said.

A Silicon Valley coding school — with no teachers

by HANNAH KUCHLER, on April 17, 2018

Wearing a black hoodie and a beaded bracelet on his tattooed arm, Ian Liu-Johnston tells me how he landed his first job as a software engineer at LinkedIn.

He told the interviewers he had hacked his college, the Holberton School in San Francisco. “They thought it was awesome,” he says.

I wanted a career change

by Virginie Goubier, on April 11, 2018

"I wanted a career change," said Hedden, who struggled to make ends meet in the San Francisco area on his $22,000 teacher's salary -- a fraction of the compensation offered to software engineers.

Holberton School Raises $8.2 Million To Expand Its Engineer-Training Program

by Alex Konrad, on April 9, 2018

Peer into the elite technical ranks of companies like Apple, IBM and Tesla, and you’ll find a small but growing group of engineers who come from backgrounds far from the typical recruitment hubs of Stanford or MIT. You wouldn’t tell it from their work. But their résumés would say cashier, barista and Uber driver.

Holberton raises $8M for its full-stack engineering school

by Frederic Lardinois, on April 9, 2018

Everyone deserves a first-rate education. Students at Holberton come from all walks of life, from cashiers to musicians to poker players (as well as right out of high school) without the money, background and education needed to be 'Ivy League material'

DeveloperWeek 2018 roundup

by Badri Rajasekar, on March 22, 2018

On the student side, while traditional University Computer Science departments were well represented, it was interesting to see new “software first” alternatives like Holberton School and Make School sending roaming groups of students, who always had smart questions.

What is the Future of Work ?

by Amrit Mirchandani, on March 20, 2018

The future schools and their curriculum will resemble Holberton in San Fransico and Wildflower School in Boston.

Jeffrey Reel: Embracing change — IT’s inevitable

by Jeffrey Reel, on March 6, 2018

What comes to mind are project-based schools, many offered by technology experts, from Holberton in San Francisco, to Wildflower School in Boston (founded by former Google executive Sep Kamvar),to Portfolio in New York. These schools set the stage for what future education will look like. We will rethink the way talent is developed and deployed, and prepare students for a lifetime of learning better paced to the rapid evolution of skills.

Podcast: Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, on January 26, 2018

Your website is under constant attack

by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, on January 23, 2018

Does that sound crazy? For people, yes, but bots aren't people. They're constantly scanning the web and attacking sites over and over again. Don't believe it? Let's look at the evidence. Honeynet, an international non-profit security research organization, with help from students at Holberton School, recently set up a honeypot to track security attacks on a cloud-based webserver.

Will 2018 be the year a robot takes your job? It's not clear whether AI and automation are our allies — or our replacements

by Kevin Truong, on January 4, 2018

“We have all the knowledge you could want online. The issue isn’t access, but how to navigate it and authenticate it and learn what you need to succeed,” said Holberton School co-founder Sylvain Kalache. “I can’t tell you that in five years or 10 years you would need these specific skills, no one knows what those are. What I can tell you is that if you’re trained to learn this skill of critical thinking, whatever comes at you will be no problem.”

Higher Education Innovation Summit

on December 14, 2017

The U.S. Department of Education hosted a “Rethink School Summit” focusing on innovation in higher education. Education stakeholders from across the country talked about how moving away from traditional ways of college teaching had benefited their students and could benefit others as well.

CloudNOW reaches out to women in STEM with scholarship program

by Kylie Anderson, on December 11, 2017

Exclusive: Coding school backed by Ne-yo and Jeff Weiner doubles space with new S.F. location

by Kevin Truong , on December 4, 2017

The new 28,500-square-feet location at 972 Mission St., doubles the school's former space and sits close to tech giants like Slack, Eventbrite, Yahoo and Y-Combinator. The school has an option to take over the entire building with the eventual goal being to train more than 1,000 students a year by 2020.

This coding school in San Francisco has no fees, no teachers

on November 17, 2017

Holberton’s education model is attracting students from all walks of life, and is providing them with the skills they need to take on a job after graduation, and more importantly to be able to continually retrain their entire life to take on new opportunities

This coding school in San Francisco has no fees, no teachers

on November 13, 2017

“In their internships, students end up getting exposed to a pretty broad range of stuff at Google and that helps reinforce why they learned what they learned and why it’s important,” Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist for Google noted in an interview with Fortune.

The 19 hottest San Francisco startups to watch in 2018

by Caroline Cakebread, on November 10, 2017

Coding schools in San Francisco are easy to come by, but Holberton School sets itself apart by not charging tuition. Instead, it has graduates give back 17% of their salaries or internship pay for the first three years after graduation. It also doesn't employ formal teachers or give lectures, most of the curriculum is based around students working on specific projects and teaching each other.

Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school

by Frederic Lardinois, on October 26, 2017

Holberton’s mission going forward is pretty straightforward: Kalache and Barbier want to scale the program up from the 100 or so students they are training right now to up to 1,000. That’s more graduates than even the largest U.S. computer science programs graduate in a year, so the team has definitely set itself up for a challenge, especially as it tries to keep its group of graduates as diverse as its first couple of batches.

The Holberton School, Building the Next Generation of Software Engineers

by Jeffrey Lee, on October 3, 2017

Holberton School students engage with real software engineers and industry leaders on a regular basis. These leaders act as mentors and are on-site frequently to help students become familiar with the technical industry. This help students gain connections in the field and learn how to build their network further as well. Kalache stated that the mentors are also there to guide the school’s curriculum by adjusting the focus and keepingit up to date. After all, they are the experts in the field and the ones that will most likely hire the students as well.

Google and Friends Help Students at This Elite Tech School Defray Costs

by Barb Darrow, on September 25, 2017

Vint Cerf, chief internet evangelist for Google, also known as "the father of the internet" for his work on the internet's TCP/IP protocol, is a fan of the school and its use of industry internships. The program is impressive and helpful to students and vendor partners alike, Cerf told Fortune in an interview. "In their internships, students end up getting exposed to a pretty broad range of stuff at Google and that helps reinforce why they learned what they learned and why it's important," he noted.

Learning to Code Changed Their Life

by Giorgio Regni, on September 24, 2017

Whether they heard about Holberton through a friend, a newspaper article handed over by their father or simply by discovering it on the web, they felt it was a unique chance for them to get a foot into something fun and intellectually challenging. For Bennett, the recruiting process alone was a highlight. He originally completed the application for fun. The process got him to learn how to create his own website on a remote server – he hadn’t even started the school yet. This got him going. For Dora, who was working in a grocery store before starting Holberton, it was the variety of projects and the in-depth knowledge acquired during the course in such a short period of time that got her interested. Both Dora and Bennett agree with Electra, who says her experience at Holberton was everything she had hoped for, engaging, stimulating and fulfilling. All of them admit that it was an intensive course, staying days on end at the school and learning things they had never even heard of before.

A bash script rap? Holberton student prepares for programming career

by Mark Albertson, on September 15, 2017

It’s really cool to have a school that trusts in the education they’re going to give you,” Yeung said. “Now I can fully focus on learning C and Python.

The complete guide to not going to college

by Amy X. Wang, on August 20, 2017

Learning In The Future: 15 Early-Stage Ed Tech Companies To Watch

on July 8, 2017

Holberton is a two-year college alternative that teaches full-stack software engineering through project-based learning. It has no upfront tuition. It charges a percentage of graduates’ future incomes.

Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity

by Katie Benner, on June 8, 2017

“The main thing we’re learning is how to learn,” said Ms. Korpar.

Higher Education Seeks Answers to Leaner Years

by Jon Marcus, on June 7, 2017

Students writing code at the Holberton School in San Francisco, a nontraditional two-year program that prepares students to work in software engineering.

37 Women Who Are Disrupting the Status Quo and Championing Gender Diversity in Advertising and Tech

on June 4, 2017

As a partner at Trinity Ventures, she’s invested in a number of female-founded tech companies while working with initiatives such as the Holberton School to help diversify the next generation of engineers. “We are not one thing,” she says. “And we can’t be defined by one story, as nobody can be.”

Ne-Yo to Sponsor Kids Summer Coding Camp for Underrepresented Youth

by Samara Lynn, on June 1, 2017

Grammy Winner Ne-Yo Backs Summer Software Camp for Kids

by Barb Darrow, on May 30, 2017

The program is part of Holberton's mission to find and train minorities in software programming skills that are in high demand in the city and surrounding areas.

Ne-Yo Joins Google, Facebook Alums as Mentor at Silicon Valley Coding Camp

by John Bonazzo, on May 30, 2017

“There are so many kids out there wondering what they can do to make their mark, wondering how they can succeed, especially in San Francisco and Silicon Valley,” Ne-Yo said. “By bringing these kids in, showing them how much fun they can have, how much they can learn, I think we are giving them a great leg up.”

NE-YO Discusses His Investment In The Holberton School For Full-Stack Software Engineers

on May 30, 2017

Ne-Yo Releases Upbeat, Fun Single ‘Another Love Song’

by Trent Fitzgerald, on May 30, 2017

Ne-Yo Gets REAL!

on May 29, 2017

Tech is changing the face of the world by the second, so it does not make any sense to have this available to only a certain group of people.

Meet a rocket woman: Sravanthi Sinah, intern, NASA Frontier Development Lab

by Vinita M, on May 15, 2017

I would totally credit Holberton School for allowing me to live my dream of working at NASA/SETI.

For The People! Ne-Yo Invests In Innovative Tech School For Youth

by DANIELLE KWATENG-CLARK, on May 1, 2017

“Everybody knows that tech and all these things are the wave of the future,” [NE-YO] said. “I just love the fact of what they’re doing with the school — that they’re making it easier for underrepresented people in the world of tech. They’re giving them a platform and access to this knowledge that they probably wouldn’t get otherwise."

R&B singer Ne-Yo just invested in a radical Silicon Valley coding school that charges no upfront tuition

by Biz Carson, on April 27, 2017

"I'm very, very excited about this," Ne-Yo said at the celebration. "Let's make Holberton one of the biggest schools on the face of the planet."

Ne-Yo Backs Coding Academy Eyeing More Diversity in Silicon Valley

by Marc Schneider, on April 27, 2017

Instead of up-front tuition, Holberton asks students to pay a percentage of their salaries for their first three years of employment in tech. If they don't get hired, they don't pay anything for the two-year program, which is project based

Ne-Yo Invests in Tech Academy Aiming to Make the Industry More Diverse Read More: Ne-Yo Invests in Tech Academy Aiming to Make the Industry More Diverse

by Daryl Nelson, on April 27, 2017

“I believe that a major key to success in life is the presence of opportunity,” said the R&B crooner. “Tech is an ever-growing, evolving industry, and I want to assist in opening doors for people across the country. Holberton School is in a unique position to train people of all backgrounds to lead in the digital age. I couldn’t be more excited about Holberton’s mission and model.”

R&B singer Ne-Yo joins coding school's trustees

by Kia Kokalitcheva, on April 27, 2017

"I invested in this not even for any financial gain, really," Ne-Yo tells Axios. "It was more about believing in the cause and believing in what these guys are doing—diversifying the tech world."

Ne-Yo makes his first move into tech with an investment in a coding school

by Megan Rose Dickey, on April 27, 2017

Unlike other coding schools, Holberton doesn’t take your money until you get a job. Assuming that you do get a job, Holberton asks for 17 percent of your salary for the first three years of their new job. It’s also an IRL school that offers a two-year program, instead of a multi-week bootcamp, as well as mentors from companies like Google, LinkedIn, Uber and Instagram.

This School Has No Teachers, No Lectures, And No Tuition

by Matthew Kwiecinski, on April 14, 2017

Venture-backed schools want to disrupt education by not charging upfront tuition

by Kevin Truong, on April 4, 2017

“Our students are trained for two things, employability and efficiently right away is one,” Kalache said. “The second longer-term goal is giving them growth potential. Who knows in 10 years, the coding part of engineering may be done by robot, but our students develop the flexibility and self-teaching skills to be able to retrain and re-tool.”

Holberton School’s Growth Continues, With a $2.3 Million Financing Round

on February 21, 2017

These funds will initially help Holberton School to work in its expansion, not only in allocating more students per year, from the current 30 to 100 (in order to respond to the demand coming from students and companies), but also to reach out to more potential students.

The next revolution is here. Are you ready?

by Jérôme Lecat , on February 20, 2017

The Holberton School Secures $2.3M to Increase and Diversify Accepted Students

on February 7, 2017

The Holberton School, founded in 2015, offers those seeking careers as full-stack software engineers an alternative to college, online courses and coding bootcamps. The two-year program combines on-site project work with full-time internships at tech companies throughout the Bay Area, as well as an additional year of more specialized work.

Holberton School raises $2.3 to train software engineers

on February 6, 2017

Holberton was named after Frances Elizabeth “Betty” Holberton, one of the six programmers of ENIAC, the world’s first programmable, all-electronic computer. And in honor of its namesake the school wants to get more women into tech. Thus far it’s seen some success: More than half of those enrolled are women, Kalache said. And student ages range from 16 to 68.

New Age School Raises $2.3 Million to Train Techies

by Barb Darrow, on February 6, 2017

The program's goals are to help bright students find meaningful work and ease the shortage of programmers and software engineers in the Bay Area, a challenge that affects startups and large companies alike.

Q&A: Sylvain Kalache of Holberton School Talks Training the Next Generation of Software Engineers

by David Marshall, on December 28, 2016

Holberton School in San Francisco is among a new breed of programs training the next generation of software engineers. It's neither a traditional college nor a short coding camp. The two-year program is project-based with no teachers that encourages students to work together. It charges no tuition. Students who get jobs pay back a percentage of their income over three years. They're already placing students in jobs and internships at Apple, Dropbox, Docker and NASA.

Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

by Shauntel Poulson, on December 20, 2016

Not Your Ordinary School

on November 29, 2016

Our mission at Holberton is to train the best software engineers of their generation

Is It Time to Kill the Whiteboard Interview?

by Nate Swanner, on November 21, 2016

“Asking someone to write a piece of code on a whiteboard is not natural at all,” added Sylvain Kalache, co-founder of the Holberton School, which uses whiteboard sessions as part of its curriculum because it’s useful for identifying which candidates understand macro concepts. Kalache added: Drawing an architecture diagram (which could be a web stack composed of databases, web servers, load-balancers, caching layers, etc.) is something that will allow the interviewer to assess if a candidate has a good understanding of how [a] software system [is] working and [is] articulated, where a system’s strengths and weaknesses are, and how evolve it. That’s a skill that will be required to do the job well. Software [systems] have to be designed properly so that the product/platform will be properly working.

The Digital Transformation: Magic or Havoc?

by Jérôme Lecat, on November 21, 2016

the Holberton School and 42, both of which train coders, have dispensed with traditional teachers and courses in favor of a project-centric approach focused on coaching, collaborative peer learning, and gamification. These are prime examples of today’s pioneering techniques that will become tomorrow’s norms.

Now You Can Sell Shares in Yourself to Pay for College

by Kim Clark, on November 16, 2016

Traditional colleges, which get their tuition money up front, are focused on attracting freshmen and keeping students satisfied while in school. If, instead, colleges got some or all of their revenue only if their graduates succeeded, they’d focus on longer-term goals such as making sure their students leave with the skills they need. “We are much more motivated than a regular college,” says Julien Barbier, a co-founder of Holberton School, which is an unaccredited two-year software training progam that charges 17% of students’ income for 3-1/2 years. “If our students fail, we don’t get paid and we die. And we should die.”

This school helps inexperienced programmers land jobs at Apple

by Parija Kavilanz, on November 11, 2016

"Software engineering is a craft," Kalache said. "You're better at it the more you practice. At a four-year college, you're passively listening to teachers and improving your mind but maybe not your application skills." "We don't care about age, race, gender, past professional experience or school experience," he said. "We removed every kind of human bias from the selection process." Instead, candidates are evaluated by how they problem solve, collaborate with others and their eagerness to learn.

Consider a Career as a Software Engineer

by Jack M. Germain, on November 8, 2016

Holberton’s curriculum is based on collaborative peer-learning, a methodology where students help each other to learn and reach their goals. The school also uses a project-based approach where there are no formal teachers and no lectures. Students learn by building. This learning method guarantees that students are fully prepared to take on the most demanding jobs.

In the age of cloud, outsourcing won’t work; develop in-house software talent

by Swapnil Bhartiya, on November 7, 2016

We need fundamental change at education level. The good news is it’s already happening, there are efforts like the Holberton School that’s taking a more practical and realistic approach towards education.

Teaching Kids to Code – Is It a Bad Idea?

by Terri Williams, on November 4, 2016

Holberton School of Software Engineering also features no upfront fees and uses an automated enrollment process that is impressively close to reaching gender parity with 40% women students.

Gandi Donates Office Space to Holberton School Students

on October 23, 2016

Holberton School is a disruptive college training the next generation of software engineer, offering a two-year program to turn students into full-stack software engineers. It focuses on project and peer learning, allowing students to explore their creativity and work as a team, in order to solve practical challenges – a system that is proven and widely used in Europe.

First Hackathon for Boba Team

on October 22, 2016

Boba Team is made up of Holberton students Electra Chong, her twin sister Rona Chong and Daniel Alzugaray. This is the first Hackathon for all of them, outside of the Commando Hackathons that the school puts on for its students.

Does Calculus Block Women From Pursing STEM Degrees?

by Terri Williams, on October 11, 2016

Holberton School of Software Engineering’s student body is 40 percent women. The school achieved this feat by using an automated admissions process to remove unconscious biases.

Half of High-Paying Jobs Require Computer Coding Skills, Research Finds

by Terri Williams, on September 28, 2016

Whereas coding skills used to be required to be a software engineer, Barbier says they are now required to be a citizen of the world. “If you don’t understand code, you simply do not understand the world you are living in, and that’s why it is so important for everyone – not only computer science students – to learn how to code.”

Get Coding Skills Using Alternative Learning Methods

by Jack M. Germain, on September 21, 2016

a group of industry veterans from Apple, Docker, LinkedIn and Yahoo started a new hands-on education program called the Holberton School for training software engineers. This new type of school is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers.

From LinkedIn to NASA, indeed closer than I thought

on September 21, 2016

Create an Open Source AWS S3 server

on September 21, 2016

Cracking the Bootcamp Interview: Holberton School

on September 19, 2016

After interviewing Holberton School students, we noticed a trend: they actually enjoyed the application process for the San Francisco-based bootcamp! We wanted to find out what makes the Holberton application special and unbiased

Creating Your Own Code (2/2)

on September 15, 2016

Careers in code - Leading coding schools 2016

on September 15, 2016

At Holberton School, students become thinkers, not information processors.

Creating Your Own Code (1/2)

on September 15, 2016

Attempt Your Moonshot

on September 13, 2016

But that student, Sravanthi Sinha, was accepted into one of the most famed engineering internships in the world—NASA’s Frontier Development Lab in California. The interns, gathered from around the world, came to help NASA plan for a potential cosmic Armageddon.

Student Spotlight: Marine Dejean of Holberton School

by Lauren Stewart, on August 29, 2016

The fact that it is a hands-on program was meaningful for me because that's how I learn. You can teach me and tell me something 20 times, but I won't understand until I do it myself. Also, I enjoyed the fact that there are no courses and it is project based. There are some presentations in the morning, which are really helpful, but having Holberton School be project-based is really nice because you can manage your own time as you as long as you respect the project deadlines.

At These Schools, You Don't Pay a Penny in Tuition Until You Get a Job

by Salvador Rodriguez, on August 23, 2016

Once in the schools, few lectures, if any, occur. Rather, emphasis is placed on teaching students how to become lifelong learners who can work with their peers to solve problems. That's key in the field of software, where new programming languages are constantly rolled out and must be adopted by engineers. It's also critical to finding success in Silicon Valley, where problem-solving entrepreneurship reigns.

The Rising Need for Blockchain Pros

by William Terdoslavich, on August 16, 2016

“Every six months, we organize an event where we invite mentors to discuss courses,” Kalache added. “Depending on their arguments, we decide to keep some topics.” Students are “learning how to learn. Nobody knows what the next thing is in the next two months or three years.”

Open source and saving the earth from asteroids

by David Both, on August 13, 2016

Most of us, despite being super heroes in our dreams, never get to save the world. Sravanthi Sinha, a first-year student at newly founded Holberton School, a Silicon Valley-based computer training school, was selected to work on a team at NASA to do just that.

Open source and saving the earth from asteroids

by Swapnil Bhartiya, on August 11, 2016

“This is a different approach than traditional computer science or software education and that has some intriguing element to it," said Bill Diamond, CEO of SETI. "I think the Holberton School, from an education perspective, is very much part of the Silicon Valley DNA in terms of saying we don't have to stick to same way we have been doing things forever. We've got a different education model that I think is powerful and impactful and innovative.”

Banking Is Only The Start: 20 Big Industries Where Blockchain Could Be Used

on July 25, 2016

The Holbertson School, a California-based software skills program, announced it would use blockchain technology to authenticate academic certificates. This will ensure that students claiming they passed courses at the Holbertson School aren’t using accreditation they didn’t earn. If more schools began adopting transparent academic certificates, transcripts, and diplomas, fraud of this kind could more easily be combatted, not to mention the time- and cost-savings from avoiding manual checks and paper documents.

How one data scientist went from coding camp to defending the earth from meteorites

by Matt Asay, on July 19, 2016

A Holberton School student will be rubbing shoulders with students from Berkeley and Cambridge as part of a major NASA internship looking for meteorites.

Here are the 6 international botathon finalists that will present at MobileBeat 2016

on July 11, 2016

Real-world devops failures -- and how to avoid them

by Bob Violino, on June 27, 2016

"Working in a devops environment pushes every contributor to work and contribute to different parts of the product," Kalache says. "Having a cohesive team is super important, and this happens by making people interact and help each other."

SRE Weekly Issue #28

on June 26, 2016

Students of Holberton School‘s full-stack engineer curriculum are on-call and actually get paged in the middle of the night. Nifty idea. Why should training in on-call only be on-the-job?

How DevOps Failed 60K Users

on June 23, 2016

One of the main ideas behind DevOps is a greater sense of ownership over work responsibilities, and for that you need to give access to part of the infrastructure that developers do not generally have access to.

School 42 joins Holberton School in its mission to disrupt US Education

on June 21, 2016

We strongly believe that people from every community and background should have the opportunity to become a software engineer. That is why there is no upfront cost to attend Holberton School.

How 4 a.m. mock calls help teach DevOps

on June 20, 2016

"nowadays, well established companies like LinkedIn, Facebook and Google are also expecting developers to be fully responsible for their code in production. Having production in mind and being ready for it is something that every good developer must have, yet no school prepares students to that.” No school until Holberton, that is.

DockerCon Cool hack challenge: Tyrion Cannister neural style gui

by Dora Korpar and Siphan Bou, on June 18, 2016

As students at Holberton School, a software engineering school based in San Francisco, Siphan and I are exposed to lots of exciting technology! The main goal of the school is to produce full-stack engineers in two years. Although we are only four months into the program, we are already learning how to use the Docker platform.

DevOps Students Learn the Value of Uptime With 3 a.m. Calls

on June 16, 2016

Holberton is partnering with PagerDuty, a 6-year old IT incidents management startup, to wake students up to the reality of on-call engineering. Students will be on call, 24/7 for their personal projects but also for group projects.

Experts: The Promise of College Requires Sustainable Funding

on June 16, 2016

With income share agreements, students agree to pay a percentage of their income for a set period after graduation. This tool is already employed at Purdue University, Lumni, Holberton school, and 13th Avenue Funding.

Innovative Full Stack Engineering School Is Teaming With PagerDuty to Teach What Being a Real-Life DevOps Is Like, Sometimes at 3am

on June 16, 2016

"One of the core precepts of the Holberton School is that our students learn by doing, and being on call is a lot about experience, it is not something you can learn in a book," said school founder Sylvain Kalache

Holberton School Wakes Students up to IT Operations

by Sean Michael Kerner, on June 15, 2016

The Holberton School got its start in 2015, offering the promise of a new way to teach students how to code. Now the school is expanding further, with a new partnership with PagerDuty, an IT incident management firm, that aims to teach students the reality of modern IT. In a podcast interview, school founder Sylvain Kalache details what the new effort is all about and how he's teaching students about practices like DevOps by doing, rather than just listening to an instructor.

Student Spotlight: Zee Adams of Holberton School

by imogen Crispe, on June 7, 2016

The magic of Holberton is that they don’t require any prior knowledge of coding, so it attracted diverse people from diverse backgrounds. It makes for a very rich environment. We have good strong debates, and when we are problem solving, everybody has a different way of looking at a problem.

Building DevOps Careers part #2

by David Geer, on May 19, 2016

The Holberton School of Software Engineering uses fully practical methods with no formal teachers or lectures, only mentors. “Mentors are like managers in a workplace. I mentor, coaching students in their learning journey and giving advice when there are issues,” he says. Students engage in peer learning, working collaboratively on software projects, which encompass the skills they will need to demonstrate in their careers. Successful completion of projects, including solo projects, is proof of attaining the required skills. “Students must defend their projects with mentors ensuring that every student can present and explain the technical aspects of the project; if even one student can’t explain it, then the group fails on that project,” says Kalache.

Building DevOps Careers part #1

by David Geer, on May 17, 2016

in 2011, Sylvain Kalache was a software engineer at SlideShare, which LinkedIn acquired in 2012. Kalache was a senior systems reliability engineer (SRE) at LinkedIn, doing project management and planning, documenting and sharing knowledge tools, and adapting himself and his work to the LinkedIn organization and its technology. Today, Kalache is helping build DevOps careers as co-founder of Holberton School of Software Engineering in San Francisco, where students learn to code through “project-based and peer learning,"

What Blockchain Means for Higher Education

by Kerri Lemoie, on May 12, 2016

AI pioneer: AI will definitely kill jobs, but that's OK

by Matt Asssay, on May 12, 2016

Explaining the different approach taken by the Holberton School, Monier tells me: "Most classes assume so many years of programming and statistics and linear algebra—we don't. We teach with the goal of giving regular programmers access to an amazing new toolbox that is evolving very quickly, and will make a huge difference in their career."

How Automated Admissions Are Enrolling More Women to Become Software Engineers

by Terri Williams, on May 10, 2016

With a 3% acceptance rate, Holberton School of Software Engineering in San Francisco is one of the most selective schools in the country. The acceptance rates at Stanford, Harvard, and Yale are 5.1%, 6%, and 6.3%, respectively, as a point of comparison. And yet, Holberton is open “to anyone who is between the ages of 16 and 128, whether or not they are high school graduates.”

Schools Use Bitcoin Technology to Record Student Credentials

by Jean-Pierre Buntinx, on May 10, 2016

Schools and universities are slowly implementing blockchain technology

by Daniel Dob, on May 10, 2016

Schools are using bitcoin technology to track students

by Luke Graham, on May 9, 2016

"Because of the design of the blockchain-distributed database, it cannot go down and cannot be altered, making the data always available and secure … the blockchain does this free of charge," Kalache, co-founder of Holberton School said.

Purdue’s Fintech Experiment: An Alternative to Pricy Student Loans

by Bernadette Tansey, on April 22, 2016

How Bitcoin Technology Could Make College Credentials More Secure

by Corinne Ruff, on April 19, 2016

Holberton software school's automated admissions cuts bias, brings in more women and minorities

by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, on April 15, 2016

Having software in command of the selection-process is achieving something humans have a hard time achieving: it removes the unconscious bias that we all have.

Holberton School’s Enrollments Show How They Care About Equal Opportunities

on April 14, 2016

Holberton School is, therefore, widely establishing new paradigms. This is true not only for their disruptive curriculum and general method of teaching, but also in the way they select their students, which positively contributes to equal opportunities for everyone.

Can an algorithm remove gender bias?

by Swapnil Bhartiya, on April 11, 2016

[Barbier] added that while the industry is trying to solve the gender diversity problem, most organizations are taking shortcuts such as specifically selecting women based on their gender, having forced quotas, or offering a discounted price for women. “At Holberton, all women went through the exact same selection process, and they earned their place as much as men. And this is very important. Because if it is not the case, you put them in a position that you are trying to solve: men will think they are here not because they are good, but because they are women. And that is really bad. This is a cultural problem. And it will take a lot of time before it changes. And I believe the tech industry is really working hard to make it happen. I am confident that we (as the tech industry) will succeed.”

The Blockchain for Education: An Introduction

by Audrey Watters, on April 7, 2016

For their own part, a handful of schools have also started to experiment with the blockchain, primarily in creating cryptographically-signed, verifiable certificates. These include MIT (the Media Lab, specifically), the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, and the (unaccredited) Holberton School, an alternative, teacher-less software engineering school in San Francisco.

Engineers-turned-entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley

by Romain Serman, on March 25, 2016

Holberton is a disruptive project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers. Founded by experienced software and operations engineers, Julien Barbier, Sylvain Kalache, and Rudy Rigot, these three young visionary and execution-focused talents started the school as a result of their passion for education and community.

Julien Barbier, Co-founder of Holberton School

by Mathieu Daix, on March 24, 2016

We do not know what the Future is going to be and what the jobs are going to be in 10 years

A Project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers

by Paul Kemp, on February 29, 2016

The school is project-driven and based on peer-learning: students are not in competition, but help each-others.

With Holberton School’s Pricing Model, Students Pay When They Can

by Diogo Costa, on February 22, 2016

Opting for this pricing model, Holberton School is not only helping to drop those numbers, it is also aligning the interests of both the school and the students: the success of the students becomes the only key performance indicator of the school.

Interview of Julien Barbier, co-founder & CEO at Holberton School

on February 8, 2016

40% of our students are women

Could Computer Coding Academies Ease the Student Loan Crisis?

by John Sandman, on February 1, 2016

The Holberton School, which bills itself as a project-based alternative to traditional colleges and a peer learning software engineering school, is open for business with a tuition model that requires no upfront costs to students and no secondary school credentials. It’s a brick-and-mortar school, located in San Francisco and open seven days a week.

Cloud academy: Rudy Rigot and his new Holberton School

by Thomas Campbell, on January 25, 2016

Holberton School is a 2-year community-driven and project-oriented school, training software engineers for the real world. No classes, just real-world hands-on projects designed to optimize their learning, in close contact with volunteer mentors who all work for small companies or large ones like Google, Facebook, Apple, …

Banking Is Only The Start: 12 Big Industries Where Blockchain Could Be Used

on January 14, 2016

School in Silicon Valley aims to train more software engineers

by Bianca Spinosa, on January 4, 2016

“We believe we offer a program that is a very good alternative to college for a lot of people -- who like us when we were students -- found school boring and did not want to sit for hours in amphitheaters, but rather spend most of their time creating and building applications,” Barbier said.

TheFamily bets on Holberton School to disrupt Education!

by Alice Zagury, on December 28, 2015

Education has not changed since the 18th century. Students still sit for hours in front of a teacher telling them how to think. This model is completely obsolete. The Holberton School curriculum is 100% hands-on, challenging and exciting. Unlike bootcamps and other trendy options they train high-quality engineers that our startups need.

Holberton Wants To Be A Different Kind Of Coding School

by Frederic Lardinois, on November 27, 2015

The focus at Holberton is on hands-on learning. There won’t be any formal teachers. Instead, students will learn from peers and a large number of mentors the founders have recruited.

This software engineering school uses blockchain technology to authenticate its graduates

by Ben Kepes, on November 16, 2015

Enter the blockchain. The school becomes the world's first to deliver academic certificates secured and accessible via the blockchain. In doing so, they not only get to look very cool to their target constituency, but more importantly they ensure a high-quality certificate recognition for Holberton School students while tackling the threats of false resumes and fake certificates.

New-Age Engineering School Taps Old-School Mentors

by Barb Darrow, on November 12, 2015

Holberton School taps IBM chief technology officer Jerry Cuomo and Symfony founder Fabien Potencier to join other tech superstar mentors for first class of software engineering students.

Holberton School Offers Disruptive Software Engineering Curriculum

by Diogo Costa, on November 10, 2015

It brings a new kind of education, offering a two-year program to turn students into full-stack software engineers. The education is project-based, with a strong focus on peer learning, which allows students to unleash their creativity and work as a team to solve practical challenges.

How One School is Using Bitcoin Blockchain to Authenticate Degrees

by Kimberley Mok, on November 6, 2015

Aiming to discourage the shockingly common practice of job applicants ’embellishing’ or outright lying on their resumes, the San Francisco-based Holberton School is now using blockchain technology to authenticate the degrees that it offers, allowing employers an easier way to check candidates’ credentials.

Holberton School to Authenticate Its Academic Certificates With the Bitcoin Blockchain

by Richard Kastelein, on October 30, 2015

Holberton School announced it has become the world’s first school to deliver academic certificates secured and accessible via the blockchain, the technology behind bitcoins, ensuring a high-quality certificate recognition for Holberton School students and tackling the threats of false resumes and fake certificates.

Authenticating academic certificates on the Bitcoin blockchain

by Luke Parker, on October 27, 2015

The HireRight report revealed that 50% of employers check education verification. To make academic verification easy for employers, a school for software engineers has taken the initiative. Holberton School is to become the first academic institution to authenticate its academic certificates on the bitcoin blockchain,.

Will Blockchain Be Able to Verify Your Degree?

on October 26, 2015

With both degree and CV fraud increasing in an ever more competitive job market, this presents a fast, secure way to verify qualifications, empowering students and potential employers alike. This shift to verifiable degrees could change the employment market with wider adoption, effectively ending misleading claims on CVs.

Software School Tackles Fake Degrees Using the Blockchain

by Grace Caffyn, on October 23, 2015

It is much more efficient, secure, and simple than what you can find today in the industry. We think first about our students – we want to make sure that our certificates will always remain valid and verifiable by employers. It will also keep them safe and impossible to copy or hack.

Holberton School partners Bitproof to put diplomas on blockchain

by Maria Rudina, on October 22, 2015

Every Holberton digital certificate will be issued in a secure environment, 256 bits encrypted private key and 2 factor authentication to access the interface that will generate, sign and insert the certificate into the Bitcoin blockchain, making the certificate’s content sealed and tamper-proof,

Engineering school simplifies verifying certificates using the block chain

by Elliot Maras, on October 22, 2015

Holberton School will issue digital certificates in a secure environment. Accessing the certificate interface will require 256-bit, encrypted private key and 2-factor authentication. After the certificate has been inserted into the bitcoin block chain, the content is sealed and tamper-proof

World's First School to Issue Academic Certificates via Bitcoin Blockchain

by Erin Lace, on October 22, 2015

The blockchain is the future of certification, and we believe that in the following years, more schools will use the public blockchain to secure their certificates and diplomas.

Now Blockchain To Help In Authenticating Academic Certificates!

by Nikhil Gupta, on October 21, 2015

This step has made the [ Holberton School ] the first in the world that would be using [ the bitcoin blockchain ] for a transparent academic record. And this would certainly sound great to the recruiters

Holberton School launches programming course with veteran profs and lofty ambitions

by Dave Neal, on October 15, 2015

Hogwarts for programmers opens with stellar staffers

Industry Veterans Partner to Create a School for Software Engineers

by Swapnil Bhartiya, on October 12, 2015

Can a New School Churn Out Devs Faster?

by Michael Vizard, on October 12, 2015

Holberton School prepares to launch as 2-year program for aspiring developers

by Brendan Maynard, on October 8, 2015

Docker Founder Sets Up School to Help Next Generation of Developers

by Sean Michael Kerner, on October 4, 2015

A new kind of school tackles the software engineering talent shortage

by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, on September 30, 2015

San Francisco program to train software engineers using project-based learning

by Tara García Mathewson, on September 29, 2015

Serial co-founders Julien, Sylvain, Rudy, now launching a Software Engineering School committed to diversity

on September 29, 2015

More women developers? Hell yes, says Holberton School

by Matt Asay, on September 29, 2015

Rather than focusing on learning a particularly hot framework or development tool, the emphasis at Holberton is on how to learn.

Holberton School tackles software skills shortage with hands-on learning

by Mike Wheatley, on September 29, 2015

Pizza, T-shirts and Coding: An Education in the Human Connection

by Dan Scholnick, on September 29, 2015

Press releases

Local Tech Entrepreneur Donates $10,000 in Bitcoin to Help Offset Living Expenses for Holberton School Students

on January 7, 2019

Actor, Producer, and Social Activist Priyanka Chopra Invests in and Joins Board of Trustees of Holberton School

on October 3, 2018

“No path to success is linear, but it’s staggering that women make up half the workforce and have held fewer than 25 percent of jobs in tech for the past two decades,” says Chopra. “At the Holberton School inclusion and diversity are more than just buzzwords, they are prioritized and infused in their DNA, and I’m looking forward to joining the Board of Trustees to help further their mission and close the gap.”

Holberton School Names Director of New Connecticut Campus

on October 2, 2018

“Connecticut’s business ecosystem is a unique blend of industries, everything from aerospace to securities and investments. While the disparity in services is clear, they all have one thing in common; a shortage of tech talent,” said David Salinas, co-founder of District and chairman of the District Innovation & Venture Center, the non-profit behind the new campus. “In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a 24 percent average annual growth rate for software engineering jobs in the state through 2026. With Nadine’s deep experience and commitment to developing talent with a focus on soft skills, I am confident that Holberton School New Haven will fill those jobs with qualified, motivated Holberton graduates.”

New York Jets’ Kelvin Beachum to Help Offset Living Expenses for Holberton School Students

on September 11, 2018

“I’m committed to supporting STEM education, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or who just need an alternative approach to help them get started,” said Beachum. “Holberton is filling the gap by offering an alternative to college, making cutting-edge software engineering training available to everyone with the desire to succeed. I’m proud to be part of it.”

Changing the Face of Education, Holberton School Bringing Silicon Valley Skills to Connecticut, Expecting to Double Connecticut Software Engineer Graduates

on September 4, 2018

“According to the Computing Technology Industry Association, Connecticut’s technology industry contributed $16.2 billion to the state’s economy in 2017. With Holberton’s innovative teaching methods, we can significantly grow that figure and attract more highly-paid STEM jobs,” said Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo and, along with husband Raj, both school supporters. “As companies in traditional industries increasingly rely on software to transform their businesses, Holberton school will be training talented local students to become world-class software engineers, ready to contribute from their first day on the job.”

Holberton School Graduates Inaugural Class to Jobs with Apple, Dropbox, Docker and More

on June 5, 2018

“After trying a traditional college education, including the traditional mountain of student debt, Holberton gave me my future back,” said Mason Fish, student, now with Docker. “Holberton took me in, didn’t charge me a dime, and gave me not just an education, not just a job, but a roadmap for the rest of my life. They taught me how to learn on my own, something I’ll do forever.”

Holberton School for Software Engineering Closes $8 million in A Round Funding

on April 9, 2018

Launched in 2016, Holberton is free until students find a job. There is no upfront tuition; graduates are asked to contribute a percentage of their future salaries for the first three years of their post-Holberton employment. This enables students to benefit from the free tuition structure and focus on their studies, while also creating a virtuous cycle of alumni who pay it forward for the next generation of students. The curriculum combines project-based and peer learning, so students help each other learn. There are no lectures and no teachers. Instead, tech mentors provide guidance to the students both on the curriculum and on their careers. Students acquire practical skills and an understanding of theory through hands-on learning; guaranteeing that they possess the skills necessary for the technology industry's most demanding jobs. Holberton will soon graduate its first “cohort” of students, which are already working at companies such as Apple, Tesla, Docker, Dropbox, LinkedIn, IBM and more.

Local Software Engineering Students Receive Scholarships from Google and Accenture

on December 8, 2017

Helping defray costs while students attend the San Francisco-based Holberton School, a prestigious two-year higher education school for software engineers, the school announced that local student Kristen Loyd has been accepted for an Accenture scholarship, while Olatope Agboola, Lindsey Hemenez, and Miranda Evans have all been awarded scholarships from Google, presented by Vint Cerf, co-father of the internet and vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google.

Educating Tomorrow’s Tech Leaders, Holberton More than Doubles their Learning Space with New San Francisco School Location

on December 5, 2017

Having tripled their student population in just under two years, the Holberton School, a prestigious two-year higher education program for software capable of training up to 500 engineers, announced that they have moved into a more expansive location in SOMA. The building can eventually accommodate 1,000, graduating more qualified full-stack software engineers annually than Stanford and Harvard combined.

Holberton Student Honored with an EdSurge Independent Fellowship Position

on October 26, 2017

EdSurge Independent Fellows meet and engage with some of education's top philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and technologists. Past guests include the Founder of Quizlet, a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Founding Dean of Minerva Schools at KGI.

Prestigious Holberton School for Software Engineering Adds Docker, Upwork and CloudNOW Executives as Trustees, LinkedIn CEO as Advisor and Investor

on October 12, 2017

"Holberton is producing remarkable, Ivy League-caliber graduates, without the costs, the time or the prerequisites. I should know, we hired two of them before they even graduated,” said Weiner, LinkedIn CEO. “Talent is everywhere, but with our education system stuck in a centuries-old training format, many are not even given the chance to try. And a lot of graduates are having a hard time keeping up with the rate of change once they become professionals. Holberton’s education model is attracting students from all walks of life, and is providing them with the skills they need to take on a job after graduation, and more importantly to be able to continually retrain their entire life to take on new opportunities.”

Tuition-less San Francisco Software Engineering School Launches Scholarship Program to Pay Student Living Expenses

on September 25, 2017

Students attending the innovative Software Engineering school Holberton don’t pay for their education until after they are working. Now, thanks to a scholarship program launched today by the school with initial funds raised by Google, Accenture, Scality and the non-profit CloudNOW, many can have living expenses defrayed as well.

Grammy Winner NE-YO to Sponsor Summer Coding Camp in San Francisco

on May 30, 2017

"There are so many kids out there wondering what they can do to make their mark, wondering how they can succeed, especially in a super charged area like San Francisco and Silicon Valley,” said NE-YO, who recently joined the school’s Board of Trustees. “By bringing these kids in, showing them how much fun they can have, how much they can learn, I think we are giving them a great leg up.”

Three-Time GRAMMY Winner NE-YO Invests in Holberton School for Full-Stack Engineers

on April 27, 2017

"I believe that a major key to success in life is the presence of opportunity. Tech is an ever-growing, evolving industry, and I want to assist in opening doors for people across the country," said NE-YO. "Holberton School is in a unique position to train people of all backgrounds to lead in the digital age. I couldn't be more excited about Holberton's mission and model."

Holberton School for Computer Science and Software Engineering Founders Awarded Prestigious EdTech Digest Education Leaders Award

on March 22, 2017

Holberton, which accepts fewer than 2.5% of applicants (making it more than twice as competitive for admissions as Harvard), attracts students often under-represented in the technology industry. Today Holberton boasts a 50% class of women and nearly 50% students of color. And Holberton offers students a debt-free education, they pay a percentage of their salary after they graduate and only after and as they are employed.

Holberton School for Computer Science and Software Engineering Closes $2.3 Million Financing Round

on February 6, 2017

With less than half of their two-year program completed, the first class of Holberton students found internships and jobs at top Silicon Valley companies including Apple, Dropbox, NASA and Docker. Because students at the school are trained to "learn how to learn," companies remarked on their level of knowledge and skillset and how quickly they learned new languages and integrated with their teams. "(Holberton student) Rona Chong has been working with us for 3 months and I have been very impressed by her work," said Tammy Buttow, SRE Manager at Dropbox. "Thanks to her broad knowledge and how well she interacts with the team, she was able to make a difference very quickly."

Want to Become a World-Class Software Engineer? Holberton School Opens Admissions for January Class

on October 18, 2016

Holberton School, the two-year school for full-stack engineers, today announced it had opened the admissions process for its January class. The school's inaugural class, begun January 2016, already has half the class hired into Apple, Docker, DropBox and more -- and includes a student who received funding to start his own businesses.

Gandi Opens Its Doors to Holberton Students With Free School Space

on October 12, 2016

Holberton School, the two-year school for full-stack engineers, today announced that domain name registration company Gandi will be donating office space to the San Francisco-based school to give students a place away from the bustle of the main school space and to get students even closer to the "real world."

NASA Selects Holberton School Student for Prestigious Summer Internship

on July 21, 2016

"We are honored to be hosting this innovative research accelerator at the SETI Institute, where the integration of machine learning and planetary science is being applied to meaningful and important asteroid research." said Bill Diamond, CEO of the SETI Institute. "We're delighted to have Sravanthi representing the Holberton School in this endeavor, leveraging their creative project-based educational approach."

Innovative Full Stack Engineering School Is Teaming With PagerDuty to Teach What Being a Real-Life DevOps Is Like, Sometimes at 3am

on June 16, 2016

Holberton is partnering with PagerDuty, a 6-year old IT incidents management startup, to wake students up to the reality of on-call engineering. Students will be on-call, 24/7 for their personal projects but also for group projects. In the industry, engineers are often on-call for systems they did not build, but that they still need to support; in that situation the challenge is even trickier.

Holberton School Opens Admissions for October Class Using Diversity Enhancing, Software-Driven Process

on March 31, 2016

Holberton School today opened up the admissions process for its next class of students -- slated to start in October -- using the school's automated, software-driven admissions process, which has led to a unique (for the technology industry) 40% ratio of female students. Holberton's processes also make the school one of the most selective schools in the nation, accepting fewer than 3% of applicants (twice as hard to enter as Harvard).

New Silicon Valley Software Engineering School Expands Mentor Program to Include IBM Fellow & CTO, Symfony Founder and Top Engineers From Apple, Google

on November 12, 2015

"Holberton is doing some innovative, exciting and ultimately I believe, extremely helpful breakthrough work in training the next generation of outstanding software engineers," said Jerry Cuomo, IBM Fellow and CTO. "Helping their students, who will become the high-value engineers of the future, is an honor and I believe a responsibility for us all who work in high tech."

Holberton School to Authenticate Its Academic Certificates With the Bitcoin Blockchain

on October 21, 2015

The New Software Engineering School Now the World's First School to Deliver Secure Academic Certificates Within the Bitcoin Blockchain

Challenging Colleges, Online Courses and Bootcamps, New Bay-Area School Aims to Solve the Software Engineering Talent Shortage

on September 29, 2015

The new San Francisco-based Holberton School offers an alternative to college, online courses and coding bootcamps -- training high quality full-stack software engineers in two years by using a project-based and peer learning system already proven in Europe to scale to graduate thousands of elite engineers a year. One of the school's goal is to drive more diversity to the industry. Betty Holberton (the school's namesake) was a programming pioneer, a good reminder that women are at the core of software engineering since its inception and that more diversity in tech would have a big positive social impact. The school believes that no matter the gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity or social status, everyone should be given the chance to become the next Betty Holberton.

Colombia press

Holberton: la nueva oportunidad de los desarrolladores de software en Colombia

by Christopher Ramírez, on December 21, 2018

Colombia acoge el primer campus internacional del Holberton School

on December 19, 2018

Holberton School, escoge a Colombia para su primer campus internacional

on December 14, 2018

Articles by Holberton students

How Machine Learning Will Change Software Development

by Katya Kalache, on January 25, 2019

As AI technology matures and the number of use cases grows, you would think that developers would already be using machine learning to automate some aspects of the software development lifecycle. However, Machine Learning on Code is actually a field of research that is just starting to materialize into enterprise products. One of the pioneers of movement is a company called source{d}, which is building a series of open source projects turning code into actionable data and training machine learning models to help developers respect technical guidelines.

Roles and Responsibilities of Cloud Native DevOps Engineers

by Essence Boayue, on January 4, 2019

DevOps is not just a process or a job posting, it’s a culture of ownership.

Why AIOps is the Next Frontier for DevOps

by Max Johnson, on November 5, 2018

Algorithmic IT Operations (AIOps) is a solution-based term that describes the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks and processes that have traditionally required the involvement of a human employee. AIOps uses algorithms where known, monotonous and everyday mundane problems can be resolved with AI, while human engineers solve new and more complex problems. This whitepaper discusses the best use cases for AIOps on a root-cause analysis basis, and what benefits and solutions AIOps provides.

Anaxi App Shows the State of Your Software Project

by Robert Malmstein, on October 17, 2018

Considering that it’s already hard to keep track of the progress on one of your projects, working across several of them becomes a struggle...to help combat this, Anaxi was created to help give you all the information on the state and progress of your projects in one single interface.

source{d} Engine: A Simple, Elegant Way to Analyze your Code

by Lizzie Turner, on October 11, 2018

Because source{d} Engine uses both agnostic language analysis and standard SQL queries, the information available feels infinite.

What is Ethereum?

by Lee Gaines, on July 27, 2018

Ethereum is currently being used mostly by crytocurrency traders and investors, but there is a growing community of developers that are building dapps (decentralized applications) on the Ethereum Network.

Machine Learning: A Micro Primer with a Lawyer’s Perspective

by Evan Sznol, on July 27, 2018

With modern tools, lawyers can load the entire body of documents into one database. First, they will code a representative sample (a number of “examples”) for whether the document should or should not be included in the production of records to the government...

Machine Learning Made Easy

by Melissa Ng, on July 13, 2018

Believe it or not, “intelligent” human decisions and actions can be boiled down to just mere patterns and can be recreated utilizing math.

Cloud Computing Technologies Transforming Businesses

by Mitali Sengupta, on June 29, 2018

As companies make decisions on new technologies, it is crucial to understand which are poised for wide-scale adoption — and which will fizzle as hype. Here is a look at developers’ priorities over the next one to two years: Containers, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and cloud-native architecture rank highest in companies’ plans in the next year. This is followed by DevOps, which is currently more in use than planned, and Artificial intelligence/Machine learning (AI/ML), which is less used, but very much part of companies’ future plans.

Stack vs Heap. What’s the Difference and Why Should I Care?

by Nickolas Teixeira, on June 28, 2018

What happens with the stack when we call multiple functions? To illustrate the stack in it’s LIFO manner, let’s solve a problem using recursion. When we call multiple functions in our application, we use multiple stack frames in a last-in-first-out approach meaning that the last stack frame we’ve created on the stack is the first stack that will be released after the function is done executing its logic.

Python 3: Sometimes Immutable Is Mutable and Everything Is an Object

by Mitali Sengupta, on June 25, 2018

Think of an object in Python as a block of memory, and a variable is just something that points/references to that block of memory. All the information relevant to your data is stored within the object itself. And the variable stores the address to that object. So it actually doesn’t matter if you reassign a variable pointing to an integer to point to a different data type.

Rookie’s Guide to Ethereum and Blockchain

by Mitali Sengupta, on February 20, 2018

The main reason we even have this cryptocurrency and blockchain revolution is as a result of the perceived shortcomings of the traditional banking system. What shortcomings, you ask? For example, when transferring money to overseas markets, a payment could be delayed for days while a bank verifies it. Many would argue that financial institutions shouldn’t tie up cross-border payments and funds for such an extensive amount of time. Likewise, banks almost always serve as an intermediary of currency transactions, thus taking their cut in the process. Blockchain developers want the ability to process payments without a need for this middleman.

What Happens When You Want to Create a Special File with All Special Characters in Linux?

by Mitali Sengupta, on January 29, 2018

The first type of quoting we will look at is double quotes. If you place text inside double quotes, all the special characters used by the shell lose their special meaning and are treated as ordinary characters. The exceptions are “$”, “\” (backslash), and “`” (back- quote). This means that word-splitting, pathname expansion, tilde expansion, and brace expansion are suppressed, but parameter expansion, arithmetic expansion, and command substitution are still carried out. Using double quotes, we can cope with filenames containing embedded spaces. So this means that you can create file with names that have spaces between words — if that is your thing, but I would suggest you to not do that as it is inconvenient and rather an unpleasant experience for you to try to find that file when you need !

Student: 3 components of a non-traditional pathway that will work for my career

by Kristen Loyd, on October 27, 2017

Everything You Need to Know About GitFlow

by Samantha Scislowicz, on October 17, 2017

There are a few branching models out there for Git, and GitFlow has some similarities with them, such as using a central repository as the main communication between developers, and having developers work locally, then push branches to the central repo. The main difference between GitFlow and other models is the structure of the branches.

How to ‘Git’ Your First Contribution to the Open Source Community

by David John Coleman II, on October 4, 2017

Collaboration is the fulcrum of Holberton School, the full-stack software engineering program in San Francisco where I received my software training. We have learned to manage our software systems and code bases on the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, and we use many other open-source technologies such as MySQL, Docker, VirtualBox, HAProxy, Emacs, GCC, git, and more. With this foundation, as we neared the end of our first 9 months of training, our leaders challenged us to begin contributing to the open source community; I decided to take on this challenge.

From painting to Software Engineer at Tesla

by Anne Cognet, on September 18, 2017

I still paint in my spare time. But during the day, I am practicing my love for an art I recently discovered: coding. And now, I do it for a living, at Tesla.

Rise of the SMACK Stack

by Lisa Leung, on August 17, 2017

Modern web applications require a myriad of services in order to function properly; a site is expected to be able to store transactional data, generate dynamic web pages and manipulate the data being stored via server-side scripting. Most modern developers use the LAMP stack in order to provide these capabilities. The LAMP stack has done its job in meeting those requirements. However, as companies scale and demand more intensive processes from their infrastructure, a new set of technology has appeared—the SMACK stack. The open source community created this entirely new wave of technology out of necessity, and companies are adopting this stack at an alarming rate—for good reason.

Overview of Wireshark: A Packet Analyzing Tool

by Lisa Leung, on August 8, 2017

Wireshark is open source packet analyzing software that allows you to examine packets moving through a network. The software was developed in 1998 under Ethereal by Gerald Combs. After Combs left his job, he unsuccessfully tried to reach an agreement with Ethereal to acquire the trademark. Instead, in 2006, Combs and a development team rebranded the project as Wireshark. Wireshark is now one of the most popular packet analyzers around. We will examine the benefits and uses of Wireshark, and provide a quick overview of the software’s UI layout.

SMS Chatbot Using Twilio and API.ai

by Lisa Leung, on July 25, 2017

In this tutorial, you can set up a simple SMS chatbot using the Twilio and API.ai platforms. You will get a step-by-step process for setting up your Twilio and API.ai accounts, and integrating the two platforms together to form a simple SMS chatbot.

GitLab Outage: How to Respond to Downtime

by Lisa Leung, on June 28, 2017

Notify the public or any stakeholders in a timely manner. Nobody likes downtime. However, your users will generally be more understanding if you keep them up-to-date on the issue.

How to Design a Chatbot

by Lisa Leung, on June 21, 2017

While it sounds amazing to create a chatbot with artificial intelligence, many developers should aim to have chatbots perform straightforward tasks rather than have them achieve a certain level of artificial intelligence. The reason—Many chatbots promise a high level of conversational behavior and fall short of that promise. I am sure that some of you have encountered a bot that replies with irrelevant information.

Is Docker insecure? (Hint:No)

by Samantha Scislowicz , on June 19, 2017

Docker believes that security should be strong by default, without additional setup. That's why containers automatically start with a limited set of capabilities, dropping all Linux capabilities except those needed. To help reduce the risks of container breakout, Docker has the feature user namespacing. When a container is deployed, user namespacing allows containerized applications to run without having root permission. This means that the “root” user within a container has much less privileges than the real root user. By creating a set of namespaces for each specific container, Docker provides a simple form of isolation between containers, which prevents them from interacting with each other. Namespaces also reduce the host surface area, which in turn restricts access to the host, and protects both the host and the containers. And if you’re wondering how the Docker daemon (or server) has control, the Docker daemon will still run as root but the containers are handled separately.

How developers really spend their time (Hint: It’s not coding)

by Samantha Scislowicz, on June 8, 2017

What happens when you type in the browser?

by Swati Gupta, on May 25, 2017

Using objdump to investigate k = k++

by Elaine Yeung & Naomi Sorrell, on April 5, 2017

Testing Simple Scripts in a Docker Container

by Tim Britton, on March 13, 2017

This guide is intended to be a quick guide for first time Docker users, detailing how to spin up a container to run simple tests in. This is definitely not meant to be an exhaustive article by any means! There’s tons of documentation for Docker online, which can be a little daunting, so this is just meant to be a super short walk-through of some really basic commands. For the SRE part of the Holberton School curriculum, we’re required to write several Bash scripts that essentially provision a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 Docker container with a custom-configured installation of Nginx. The scripts are checked by an automated system that spins up a container, runs our script inside of it, and grades us based on the expected result. So obviously, the best way to check our work is to spin up a container ourselves and run the script!

Nightmare of Operations

by Bobby Yang, on March 5, 2017

I want to play ze game... Iz i = i++ ze same aaaz i++?

What's the Point? Adventures with Pointers in C

by Larry Madeo, on March 3, 2017

How to Learn to Code the Hard Way

by Samantha Scislowicz, on February 16, 2017

Take some time to look up Betty Holberton, Kay McNulty, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Jean Jennings, and Fran Bilas. The next time you’re wondering what to learn first, think about what these six talented women were able to accomplish.

Worst Abuse of the Rules

by Ian Liu-Johnston, on January 4, 2017

In 1988, the International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) decided a winner under the category of “Best Abuse of the Rules.” The C code that was submitted was a single line: #include “/dev/tty”.

Journey into the Machine: An Optimistic Killer

by Anne Cognet, on December 28, 2016

I am learning to code in C, and I find it so interesting to see how intertwined the OS and C are. I tend to always looked down on the hardware as a limitation to my creativity. But now, as I see where and get a little bit of the why it does not work, I marvel at the complexity and overall efficiency of the work the OS is doing.

Untangling Macros in C

by Anne Cognet, on December 1, 2016

As programmers, in our daily office/school life, we are expected to write code following best practice, to comment it wisely, so that when need is to re-read it, well someone can do it. To take a break from all those constraints, we can head to the IOCCC the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

Dreaming in Reverse Engineering

by Jennie Chu, on November 21, 2016

I am currently a student at Holberton School, named after Betty Holberton, one of the first female computer pioneers. It is said that Betty would often dream about coding, and solved many problems in her sleep. Like Betty, my mind doesn’t stop when the workday ends at 5:00, or even during sleep. I hope to follow in Betty Holberton’s path, and make an impact in the programming field.

我成为软件工程师的原因和经历

by Gloria Bwandungi, on November 19, 2016

Dreaming in Reverse Engineering

by Jennie Chu, on November 17, 2016

Every week at Holberton School, we are given 2-3 problem sets, which always include some advanced extra credit problems. In our fourth week, we were given an executable program, written in C, that accepts a specific password. Our task was to create a random password generator that returns credentials for the executable. The goal of this exercise is to introduce us to assembly and reverse engineering, a process where, given a piece of software, one attempts to recreate its source code. For this project, I used the GNU Project Debugger (GDB), which can disassemble a program into human readable assembly code.

CRON Log Parsing

by Daniel Alzugaray, on November 2, 2016

Dear younger self, here are four tips for reaching your goals

by Daniel Alzugaray, on September 20, 2016

Learn soft skills. But don't neglect your daily low-level programming exercises!

Using Tesseract on Ubuntu

by Bilal Ahmad Khan, on August 31, 2016

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and use Google’s Open Source OCR engine Tesseract

Beginner’s Guide to Tor on Ubuntu

by Bilal Ahmad Khan, on July 10, 2016

Create Your Own "Neural Paintings" using Deep Learning

by Bilal Ahmad Khan, on June 30, 2016

The Rise of Deep Learning in the Tech Industry

by Augustin Francis-Boeuf, on June 1, 2016

Cracking a Simple Passworded File: A Beginner’s Guide to Security

by Bilal Ahmad Khan, on May 2, 2016

4 Ways a Password Could be Hacked Using Common Linux Tools

by Rick Harris, on May 2, 2016

Why and how I became a software engineer

by Gloria Bwandungi, on April 29, 2016

International press

Holberton School, l'école "à la française" qui plaît à la Silicon Valley

by Sabrina Quagliozzi, on September 26, 2018

La Holberton School s’installe dans le Connecticut

by Capucine Moulas, on September 12, 2018

« Aujourd’hui, on a des étudiants dans toutes les meilleures entreprises de la Silicon Valley, de start-ups de deux personnes jusqu’à Tesla, Apple, Facebook, Google ou la Nasa », assure Sylvain Kalache. « Nos étudiants trouvent du travail, le feedback des managers est super positif. On s’est dit qu’on était prêts à s’étendre. »

16 avril 2027 : l'attentat qui change la législation sur les armes aux États-Unis

by Martial You, on July 24, 2018

La blockchain est un système de certification qui ne passe pas par le gouvernement mais par des milliers d'ordinateurs privés, une sorte de toile d'araignée, l'idée de cette équipe d'étudiants est donc d'inscrire dans la blockchain toutes les opérations d'achat ou de vente d'armes. Mitali Sengupta est l'une des étudiantes qui a mis au point cette solution à la Holberton School de San Francisco. Elle est aussi la présidente de l'association Students For Gun Safety.

Para todas as classes sociais, escola forma os melhores engenheiros de software no Vale do Silício

on July 5, 2018

Sediada em São Francisco, a Holberton School oferece um programa inovador de ciência da computação e engenharia de software. Com uma didática totalmente inovadora que vai além dos padrões americanos, o centro de ensino oferece uma aprendizagem baseada em projetos e entre pares têm chamado a atenção de grandes investidores, que aplicam milhões para fomentar a metodologia entre os diversos públicos.

Holberton School, l'école française qui séduit la Silicon Valley

by Guillaume Mollaret, on June 25, 2018

La Holberton School, la success story frenchie de la Silicon Valley

by Guillaume Mollaret, on May 7, 2018

Métiers d’avenir : devenir informaticien sans profs

on April 29, 2018

学費不要で完全な技術者を育てるHolbertonが$8Mを調達して学生数を増やす

by Frederic Lardinois, on April 10, 2018

Learning computer programming, with no teachers and no tuition

by Julie Charpentrat, on April 10, 2018

Pourquoi les États-Unis attirent tant les entrepreneurs français ?

on March 12, 2018

Ces francais qui apprennent aux americains a coder

by Alain Guillemoles, on March 6, 2018

Aux États-Unis, les études coûtent cher. Trois Français ont créé une école gratuite à San Francisco pour apprendre le code informatique. Et ça marche, car la Silicon Valley recrute des informaticiens à tour de bras.

Ces Français qui apprennent aux Américains à coder

by Alain Guillemoles, on March 6, 2018

La programmation, cela s'apprend

on March 5, 2018

Ces jeunes entrepreneurs français qui réussissent aux Etats-Unis

on December 13, 2017

Le 19 nuove start-up di San Francisco da tenere d’occhio nel 2018

by Caroline Cakebread, on November 15, 2017

Le scuole di programmazione a San Francisco sono facili da trovare, ma la scuola di Holberton si distingue perché non fa pagare per le lezioni. Al contrario, chiede ai laureati di restituire alla scuola il 17% dei loro stipendi o tirocinio remunerato per i primi tre anni dopo la laurea. Non utilizza neanche insegnanti formali e non dà lezioni, la maggior parte del corso di studi si basa su studenti che lavorano su progetti specifici e si insegnano a vicenda. Attraverso questo modello scolastico, la scuola spera di portare più diversità nell’industria tecnologica e di educare coloro che altrimenti non potrebbero ricevere una formazione tecnica. Alcuni dei suoi studenti sono già stati assunti da aziende come Google, LinkedIn e NASA.

Geek is the new chic : Rencontre avec la Holberton School

on October 4, 2017

Aucune connaissance en informatique requise. Scolarité gratuite. Pas de cours mais du tutorat. Fondée par trois ingénieurs français, la Holberton School dépoussière les codes de l’éducation traditionnelle. Basé au coeur de la Silicon Valley, le modèle a rapidement convaincu de prestigieux investisseurs, parmi lesquels Jerry Yang, ex-patron de Yahoo. Avec déjà plusieurs promotions à son actif, Sylvain Kalache, co-fondateur, revient sur les raisons du succès.

VivaTech, Futur en Seine, Station F... Paris, le prochain spot du futur?

by Laure Beaudonnet, on June 19, 2017

Holberton School, une école d’ingénieurs, créée par des Français, récompensée par un Award

on March 24, 2017

La Silicon Valley reste l’eldorado des informaticiens français… malgré Trump

by Françoise Payen, on March 14, 2017

« D’ici à 2025, les Etats-Unis vont avoir besoin d’un million de nouveaux développeurs », prévient Julien Barbier, CEO et fondateur, avec un autre français, Sylvain Kalache, de la Holberton School, école située au cœur du Financial District de San Francisco et dont l’ambition est de former en deux ans des développeurs « full stack », en s’appuyant essentiellement sur un système d’apprentissage par les pairs.

Holberton School lève 2,8 millions de dollars pour son développement

by Céline Bruneau, on February 8, 2017

Daphni et Reach Capital investissent 2,3 millions de dollars dans Holberton School

on February 7, 2017

Les Frenchies de la Holberton School lèvent 2,3 millions de dollars

on February 7, 2017

Fare le elezioni online e altri 9 modi di usare la blockchain oltre i bitcoin

on December 14, 2016

Su una rete condivisa potrà essere più facile registrare diplomi di laurea e altre certificazioni scolastiche e allontanare il rischio di frodi o falsi certificati. È quello che già stanno sperimentando alcune università americane, come la californiana Holberton School, la prima al mondo a fornire documenti e certificazioni via blockchain.

全国3D大赛首推“区块链”第三方数字认证

on November 30, 2016

霍伯顿学校(Holberton School)是一所软件工程师培训学校，该校宣布将利用比特币区块链技术向学生颁发学历证书。该校对待这一探索非常严肃，它已经与一家专门利用区块链技术进行文件验证的初创公司Bitproof开展合作。该校也成为世界上第一个使用区块链技术记录学历的学校。

Holberton School ouvre une seconde classe avec Gandi

on October 27, 2016

La plupart des élèves de la première promotion ont trouvé un travail à Apple ou Dropbox. D'autres sont en stage à la NASA ou à Docker. Les inscriptions pour la classe de janvier sont ouvertes.

La capacité d’adaptation est la compétence-clé

by Laure Belot, on October 18, 2016

NASA selects students for summer internship

by Guilli Arnason, on July 25, 2016

NASA has selected Holberton School first-year student Sravanthi Sinha to intern at the NASA Frontier development lab, joining students from such universities as UC Berkeley and Cambridge.

Fracasos de devops en el mundo real -y cómo evitarlos

on July 24, 2016

Blockchain for education … the, next big thing“?

by Matthias Rohs, on July 17, 2016

Die größten DevOps-Katastrophen

by Simon Hülsbömer & Bob Violino, on July 5, 2016

École 42 vs. Holberton School : «Nous ne considérons pas l’école de Xavier Niel comme une concurrente»

on June 28, 2016

Au-delà de la question purement business, nous adorons l’équipe de l’école 42. Xavier Niel, Florian Bucher, Nicolas Sadirac, Kwame Yamgnane et l’équipe 42 sont des gens extrêmement brillants. Nous partageons de plus des valeurs importantes : nos deux écoles sont ouvertes à tous, quel que soit le niveau social ou niveau d’études, et aucun de nos étudiants ne paye pour accéder à notre éducation de qualité

La Région veut attirer Google

on June 13, 2016

Ici, les élèves cherchent des réponses sur internet, s’entraident, s’apprennent des choses, souligne Sylvain Kalache, l’un des cofondateurs. Les échanges sont encouragés parce que ça se passe comme ça dans les entreprises. Ici, s’entraider, ce n’est pas tricher !

Laurent Wauquiez dans la Silicon-Valley

by Maurice Duchesne, on June 11, 2016

Ecole numérique de la Silicon-Valley, la Holberton School préfigure l’état d’esprit dans lequel pourra évoluer le projet de campus européen du numérique. Totalement innovante, cette école forme des codeurs et des développeurs.

Une délégation d'Auvergne Rhône-Alpes en Californie

by Daniel Pajonk, on June 11, 2016

MBA: ces campus de qualité auxquels vous n’auriez pas pensé

on June 5, 2016

la Holberton School, créée par trois jeunes Français à San Francisco [...], vise sans prérequis de diplôme à former des ingénieurs en deux ans par la pratique de gestion de projet.

Ils exportent le savoir-faire francais avec succes

by Ariane Fery, on May 24, 2016

Tout est fondé sur la communauté. Il n’y a pas de cours formel. 100 mentors exercant dans la Silicon Valley viennent partager leur expertise. Ainsi, pas de risque d’obsolescence des connaissances et technologies, et une prise directe avec les préoccupations, pratiques et besoins des entreprises. Nos cours sont aussi ouverts au public.

Silicon Valley. L’école 42 à la conquête de l'Ouest

by Céline Authemayou, on May 20, 2016

Loin de s'inquiéter de l'arrivée de la massive 42, les fondateurs de l'établissement se sont au contraire fendus d'un message de bienvenue à destination de leur consœur. " Nous accueillons l'arrivée de 42 avec enthousiasme, explique Sylvain Kalache, cofondateur de la Holberton School. 42 va nous aider à diffuser ces méthodes d'enseignements novatrices, qui sont la clé pour former la force de travail de demain." Bienvenue dans l'Ouest !

Interview avec Julien Barbier, co-créateur d'Holberton School

by Guillaume Grallet, on May 20, 2016

Xavier Niel is opening 42 School in Silicon Valley

by Ysis Percq, on May 18, 2016

“Holberton School is excited about School 42 opening in Silicon Valley” says Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School Co-Founder. Our curriculum is quite similar, using both project-based methodology and peer-learning. “We will be stronger by being two players, the amount of work to train enough skilled software engineers is huge”!

Holberton School: Schule setzt auf Blockchain

by Stefan Kienle, on May 12, 2016

Aufgrund der Konstruktion der Blockchain-Datenbank, kann diese nicht abstürzen oder gehackt werden, was die Daten sicher und ständig zugänglich macht… die Blockchain macht das kostenlos. Für Arbeitgeber bedeutet dies, keine zeitintensiven Telefonate mit den Universitäten und somit eine Kostenersparnis bei der Kontrolle der akademischen Zeugnisse der Bewerber.

火币网比特币价格回落在2950附近徘徊

on May 11, 2016

Sylvain et Holberton School, une école pour former les ingénieurs de demain

by Aurélie Pérez, on May 10, 2016

Le but est de former des personnes pour répondre aux besoins des grandes entreprises de la Silicon Valley. Les fondateurs privilégient donc une pédagogie qui permet de résoudre des problèmes plutôt que de retenir par cœur des concepts souvent vite dépassés.

Investir dans l’éducation sans grever les budgets publics

by Thierry Weil, on May 9, 2016

La sélection repose en grande partie sur la capacité de progrès et surtout le sens de la coopération des candidats : on leur propose des défis et on observe la manière dont il font usage des forums d’entraide et de discussion mis à leur disposition, qu’il s’agisse de s’appuyer sur la communauté ou d’apporter de l’aide à ceux qui en ont besoin. Cette sélection traite les candidats à l’aveugle (sans indication de leur nom ou d’autres caractéristiques), avec un résultat notable : les femmes représentent 20 % des candidats et 40 % des reçus.

Πως η τεχνολογία των blockchains μπορεί να βοηθήσει την εκπαίδευση

on April 12, 2016

Το Holberton School στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο, ήδη χρησιμοποιεί τα blockchain για την αυθεντικοποίηση πτυχίων από πιθανούς εργοδότες. Χρησιμοποιεί το bitproof, μία εφαρμογής για την ηλεκτρονική επικύρωση εγγράφων.

Après la révolution bitcoin, la blockchain s’attaque à l’éducation

by Celine Authemayou, on April 8, 2016

"Aujourd'hui, les recruteurs dépensent de plus en plus de temps et d'argent pour vérifier les curriculum vitae des candidats", constate Sylvain Kalache, cofondateur de l'école d'informatique Holberton School, installée dans la Silicon Valley. L'établissement, créé en 2015, a décidé d'inscrire tous les diplômes de ses étudiants sur la blockchain.

Holberton School renforce sa diversité grâce aux algorithmes

by Maryse Gros, on April 7, 2016

Basé sur des tests informatiques, le programme de sélection semi-automatisé de l'école de développeurs Holberton School, à San Francisco, a permis aux trois co-fondateurs français de l'établissement de réussir haut la main leur pari de diversité sur la première promotion d'étudiants et d'en porter à 40% la proportion de femmes.

Reportage à Holberton School

by Anne Degenne, on April 6, 2016

Fondée en 2015 par 3 Français, Holberton School est une école d’informatique pas comme les autres. Rudy Rigot (ex-Apple), Sylvain Kalache (ex-LinkedIn) et Julien Barbier (ex-Docker) ont pensé une école sans horaires, ni professeurs. Reportage à Holberton School en plein coeur du Financial District de San Francisco.

Nouvelle rentrée des dev de la Holberton School

on April 4, 2016

La structure, qui revendique 40% de femmes parmi ses étudiants, a récemment ouvert son processus d'admission pour sa prochaine classe d'étudiant en octobre. Son taux d'acceptation est de 3%.

Those French who want to teach Americans how to code

by Jérôme Marin, on April 2, 2016

Three french people living in Silicon Valley started this project. They quitted there job at Apple, LinkedIn and Docker. They are now working on training Americans how to code using a methodology made in France. More specifically created by EPITECH and then followed by School 42 started in 2013 by Xavier Niel, Iliad CEO.

Frais de scolarité : des modèles alternatifs made in USA

by Jessica Gourdon, on April 1, 2016

Holberton, une école d'ingénieurs en informatique montée par des Français à San Francisco, propose un modèle innovant, fondé sur la gratuité. En contrepartie, l'étudiant s'engage à verser 17% de son salaire à l'école pendant trois ans après sa sortie. "Le succès de l'école est donc proportionnel au succès de ses étudiants", résume Sylvain Kalache, l'un des fondateurs d'Holberton, qui accueille sa première promo cette année.

Holberton School distribue ses certificats uniquement dans le blockchain

on March 2, 2016

Sertifikat Akademis Dengan Blockchain

on February 18, 2016

French opening a coding school in Silicon Valley

by Charles Bret, on February 2, 2016

Holberton School is not a regular school. Over there, no teachers, no classrooms, but rather a Facebook or Google atmosphere with cozy resting area, sofas and fancy decoration. Believe me or not, but it is truly a school that we are talking about, a project started by French entrepreneurs.

La Holberton School, une école d'ingénieurs nouvelle formule : Entrevue

on January 28, 2016

French crew is launching a coding school in Silicon Valley

by Jérôme Marin, on January 23, 2016

Mentors are replacing teachers who “are often disconnected from industry practices”, according to Sylvain Kalache, co-founder of the school. All volunteers, mentors are working in the most successful Tech companies (Google, Facebook, Microsoft) or other startup from the are. They will come up with projects, will coach students or will talk about their experience. “Thanks to this, we are making sure that our curriculum is constantly in sync with what the industry needs”.

12 branscher som blockchain-tekniken kan förändra i grunden

on January 22, 2016

Holberton School i San Francisco, som är en utbildning för mjukvaruingenjörer, har meddelat att man kommer att testa blockchain-teknik. Syftet är att verifiera studieintyg för att ingen falskeligen ska kunna hävda att den klarat av kurser vid skolan.

Une école de code à la française en Californie

by Ysis Percq, on January 22, 2016

Dans une grande pièce lumineuse, décorée façon loft, les ordinateurs sont prêts, alignés et flambants neufs. Le vendredi 22 janvier, ils ont été pris d’assaut par la première promotion de la Holberton School. Si cela ressemble à une rentrée en bonne et due forme, le contenu du programme pédagogique, lui, n’a rien de classique. Peu de théorie, mais beaucoup de pratique pour les 33 élèves de tout âge, dont 40% de femmes, et en guise de professeurs, plus de 80 mentors issus des géants du web (Google, LinkedIn, IBM…).

12 industien, die durch blockchain revolutioniert weden konnten

by Yi-ji Lu, on January 21, 2016

Die Blockchain lässt sich zudem für die Verifizierung von akademischen Leistungen einsetzen. Die Holberton School in den USA setzt bereits die Blockchain-Technologie ein, um das Zertifikatssystem transparenter und effizienter zu gestalten und Betrugsfälle zu verhindern.

La Holberton School is open

on January 5, 2016

Située à San Fracisco, la Holberton School va former les étudiants à plusieurs outils de développement. Le modèle économique de l’école est basé sur un pourcentage de la rémunération des développeurs, une fois qu'ils sont recrutés à l'issue de leur formation. En somme, un concept bien différent de sa fausse jumelle française, l'école 42 de Xavier Niel.