A free, self-guided study program for software engineers in San Francisco

For those that don't know, Recurse Center[^1] is a self-directed, 12 or 6 week free programming retreat in New York City. I'm currently enrolled, and my batch is finishing this week. It's been a really good learning experience, and I'd highly recommend it.

[^1]: https://www.recurse.com/

We'll just chat about your goals and interests. Depending on your background, we may also talk through a technical problem.

It's capped by your own motivation and desire to learn things? Doesn't really seem like a catch to me.

Nothing... it'll be cheap (and fun) for us to run, and paid for out of our regular courses. We just think the community needs it.

I don't think there is one. "For the first batch, we’ll select a group of approximately 10 participants, based on our expectation of who will make the most of the opportunity and enhance one another’s work." I think that Bradfield is trying to optimize for long term success by creating a strong community in the short/mid term.

You have to be rich enough to not need to work.

The catch is that they will try to sell you their paid courses, this a bootcamp school mind you. Look at their other offerings.

We only published it yesterday, but you may have seen something else, like a blog post or our self-teaching guide teachyourselfcs.com