[arcatek]

Still a 4th year Epitech student, I don't agree with your 'scam' affirmation. I'm pretty sure that I would not have been able to follow traditional schools due to some attention problems, but going to Epitech allowed me to meet a lot of skillful students (including in my own promotion) and get better. Of course it wasn't free, but it was definitely worth it (I will start my first long term contract in may, before getting the diplom).

The concept of 42 is really the same that Epitech (but free), but I'm wondering how they will be able to apply it on a whole new school (since it means that the p2p model will not work for the first promotion, and that there isn't any school network). Furthermore, I'm wondering why it's free. "If you don't pay you're the product". So I'm a bit cautious.

[smonff]

It will not be revolutionary at all for students. You can learn the same at home by coding on Free Softwares, learn everything you need on Stack Exchange and even find a paid job in the end. Don't need to pay an expensive school or going to this "free" one.

It will be revolutionary for startups and other enterprises: in France, the lack of developer is high, and it's painful for startups to find people (searching for one year before you find or even more). I'm sure this is not a free school. Students will be the next Niel's friends employee, they will be inexpensive interns (in France, an internship that longs less than 3 months can legally be unpaid). Enterprises wants people who knows corporates methods and how to work in an "agile" way (I mean agility for business). But employee don't care of business in France.

A real revolution for business, not for students. Developers don't need Niel to make their own revolution.