[webjprgm]

I didn't catch the "peer-to-peer" part from the article, but that's interesting. (I'm not good with French.)

I understood that it would be based around doing a bunch of projects with peers and learning how to find information on the internet vs. learn it from a course/book.

So, how is this different from being a self-taught programmer? Does the peer interaction help that much? Are there any instructors to guide in any way?

Personally I'm a self-taught programmer (starting at age 10). I had slight pushes from my dad, and some peer influence from high school friends who were also self-taught programmers. Then I went to college and added a bunch of theoretical knowledge and more breadth (topics I didn't think to study) and depth (topics that I didn't care enough about to dive into on my own). Most of my practical ability to work is self-taught or on-the-job experience, but the schooling does help provide a better foundation for it.

So this sounds like it's meant to be a kick-starter to get people to be self-taught who didn't already teach themselves. Or is it more about getting some kind of "degree" so they are hire-able? (Whether a degree is legally necessary or just practically necessary.)

[arcatek]

> So, how is this different from being a self-taught programmer? Does the peer interaction help that much? Are there any instructors to guide in any way?

If it's just like Epitech, it means that the teachers will be the students. 2nd-year teaching to 1st-year, etc. It's not as bad as it sounds, since it's possible to pick the 'best candidates'.

Also, I really think that peer interaction helps a lot. You definitely learn something when you have to work with people which does not have the same mindset than yours. You also have to deal with a lot of things such as "do not work with your friends", or "if you fail, the whole group fails", or "always have a leader in a team" etc.