Writing
Notes from the house.
Four streams: news, stories from people who came through, notes on teaching, and field notes on computer science education in this part of the world.
What we are actually reading for in an application
No prior coding experience, no entrance exam. So what is the short written answer for? Here is what a strong one looks like and what a weak one usually has in common.
Read itWhy we built our own grader instead of buying one
Feedback that arrives a fortnight late is not feedback, it is a receipt. Everything about Poseidon follows from that one sentence.
What a sliding scale actually means
Our sliding scale is not a discount. It is a redistribution, and explaining it honestly means naming what a place actually costs.
Why it is called the house
Emzini means the house. Not the school, not the academy, not the bootcamp. The house. That choice was deliberate and it still governs how the place runs.
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New writing, and cohort dates when applications open. Nothing weekly.
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Teaching notes and field notes are usually written because somebody asked a question we could not answer in a sentence.