[Nadeus]

I did my first internship at 42 Paris where they manage the whole 42 network.

On my first day, a colleague showed me a room filled with desk chairs that were from the Fremont campus and said I could bring one at home if I wanted to (which I didn’t).

Also, a lot of cameras and computers were allegedly stolen by students or returned to Paris unusable when the campus closed.

[42_come_on_now]

I went to 42 SV and was there when it closed, now gainfully employed and grateful for the opportunity.

There was absolutely rampant embezzlement of money by the French staff who came to initially start it.

It was the hubris from Paris that caused the school to fail (opening up a massive campus with no real plans to actually fill it up, tying grant money to enrollment numbers that were infeasible and leading them to take anyone) that caused the school to fail. If they had started slowly, and focused on quality 42 SV would have been great- a lot of good people were there.

As it was, I have no doubt that they were thrilled to use Covid as an excuse to close the branch without bad publicity. A lot of scandals at 42 if anyone cares to look.

[Nadeus]

Why would there be more than 40 other campuses in the world that seem to be running smoothly then?

Actually it would be funny if you were right because it would mean I’ve met these guys back in France.

Regarding the scandals, it’s true that there has been a lot of them back when 42 was managed by the former director of Epitech (he had sexual relations at school).

But with the new director (who joined in 2018), things seem to go pretty smoothly

[mrb]

Nicolas Sadirac had sex at the 42 campus? Never heard of that one...

[Nadeus]

Source: https://etudes.developpez.com/actu/256794/A-l-Ecole-42-de-Xa...

(The picture in the middle of the article doesn’t require to understand french to be understood)

[mrb]

Thanks for the link. I am an Epita alumni where Sadirac was director (before founding Epitech)

[terrydavis]

Could someone translate this part? "Il s'adonne au piratage informatique et fait parler de lui en piratant les plans du Rafale, des distributeurs de billets, et le site du premier ministre français."

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sadirac

[terrydavis]

For those who can not read French, the testimony relates numerous rapes, sexual assaults, degradation and violence against women.