COHORT 14 - STARTS 6 OCTOBER
Sixteen weeks.
Then you are employable.
Full-time, in one cohort, with the same twenty-four people the whole way through. No self-paced option, because the people who finish are the ones who cannot quietly stop.
16
Weeks
Full-time, Monday to Friday
24
Seats
Nine already taken
6
Projects
All of them shipped, none of them toys
0
Prior experience
Cohort 13 had a chef and a nurse
A week in the cohort
The same shape every week, so the work is the only thing that changes.
- Monday 09.30
Brief
The week's project, read aloud and argued over.
- Tuesday - Thursday
Build
Pairs, rotating daily. Mentors on the floor until 18.00.
- Wednesday 14.00
Code review
Somebody else reads your code, and you read theirs.
- Friday 11.00
Demo
It runs in front of the room, or it did not ship.
- Friday 15.00
Retro
What slowed you down, written down, fixed by Monday.
The six things you build
All of them go on a public repository with your name on it.
| Week | Project | Stack | Assessed on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | A command-line tool | Python, argparse | Does it handle bad input |
| 4-6 | A REST API with auth | Python, Postgres | Is it safe to deploy |
| 7-8 | A front end for that API | JavaScript, no framework | Does it work without JS |
| 9-11 | The same, in a framework | React, TypeScript | Can somebody else read it |
| 12-14 | A team project | Chosen by the team | Did you use version control properly |
| 15-16 | Your own | Whatever you argue for | Did you finish it |
Where the time goes
Measured on cohort 13, averaged over the sixteen weeks.
Writing code 58%
Roughly 23 hours a week
Reading somebody else's code 17%
The skill nobody teaches
Lectures 12%
Short, and recorded
One-to-one review 8%
Weekly, with a mentor
Interview practice 5%
Every week from week nine
Cohort 13, one year on
Twenty-four started, twenty-one finished, and here is all of it.
| Outcome | People | Median time | Median salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hired as a developer | 16 | 11 weeks | 38,000 |
| Hired in a related role | 3 | 8 weeks | 31,000 |
| Still looking at 12 months | 2 | - | - |
| Did not finish the course | 3 | - | - |
Short courses, if sixteen weeks is too much
Live from the catalogue.
I was a nurse in week one and shipping an API in week six. Nobody made it easy - they made it clear what the next hard thing was, every single Monday.
The awkward questions
Can I work while doing it?
No, and we will talk you out of trying. It is thirty-eight scheduled hours a week plus whatever you need on top.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes, over twelve months at no interest. There is no income-share agreement and there never will be - they are a bad deal dressed as a kindness.
What if I fall behind?
Weeks four and ten have catch-up days built in. If you are still behind after week ten we will tell you honestly whether to continue.
Do you guarantee a job?
No. Nobody can, and the ones who say they do are relying on you not reading the conditions.
What happened to the three who did not finish?
One had a family emergency and is joining cohort 15. Two decided it was not for them, in weeks two and five, and were refunded in full.
Applications close 19 September
A short written exercise and a conversation. No whiteboard, no trick questions.