h 4 ckademy
Immersive code retreat to improve your coding skills
h4ckademy is a code retreat for programmers that want to improve their abilities working on open source projects.
Next edition will take place during 9 weeks in Madrid, Spain. Applications are open until March 13th 2016.
Define both your technical and career goals. Make a plan to achieve them. We are here just to guide you.
Develop projects with impact side-by-side our partners. Contribute to open source. Develop your soft skills.
Likeminded fellows. Exceptional facilitators and coaches. Coders, designers, data magicians.
Free of charge. Admissions assess potential & attitude over tech knowledge. Human-centered designed.
Our commited partners provide mentoring and follow your progress during the learning experience.
At the end of the experience, you may decide to work with them if you like each other.
«iOS developer and ruby apprentice, from Ankara (Turkey)» — Gunay Mert Karadojan works at traity
«Front-end & dataviz developer, from Madrid (Spain)» — Ramón Guijarro works at guud
«JS developer fighting Ember.js, from Mendoza (Argentina)» — Santiago Bandiera works at codecantor
Free as free beer. We help you to find accommodation near the school space.
No two days are the same. Self-directed = You decide. But you're not alone. The mission of our facilitators is to guide you through those decisions. Besides, we have designed weekly rituals and collaboration patterns to frame the learning activities.
Nope! You will develop soft skills like personal communication and team work, what will give you wings to push your professional career. Even more, we will help you to create your personal portfolio and some strategies to make shine your digital identity.
You commit to devote 9 weeks of your life to learn at h4ckademy. Nine. Full. Weeks. If you are only interested in landing a job with our partners, contact us at jobs@h4ckademy.com
Our partners have worked to transform their technical challenges into specific open source projects. You can decide to work on one of them as part of your learning experience. It's up to you.
h4ckademy is a unique learning experience in your lifetime. You will always be part of our community, the mentors & the alumni network. Plus if you overcome one of partners' challenges, you have a high chance of getting hired.
«When you find a remote task that requires user intervention» — Remote Helper sponsored by shuttlecloud
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Open Source Projects. That's what we do at h4ckademy. That's what motivate our participants to learn, to struggle, to want to become better programmers. It's what we contribute back to the open source community, that gave us plenty of tools...
Thursday, October 01, 2015
¡Hola familia! Hoy venimos a vosotros en el último día para recibir solicitudes para la próxima edición de h4ckademy. Esta vez en castellano. Queremos que conozcáis el testiminio de algunos de nuestros participantes. Y, con este objetivo...
Friday, September 18, 2015
Here we go again! With more projects, more eager to do things, more passion for coding! A brand new edition of h4ckademy is starting on October 19th. And we're looking for a few more #CreepyCoconuts to come on board. The...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Hey there! Already tired of the super-warm summer in Madrid? We hate to be over 40 degrees too, but that motivates us to find a refuge with air conditioning and keep coding like hell! The second edition of h4ckademy already...