It is a private repository because it is still in beta.

You need to request an access through this form:

https://goo.gl/G2bBZQ

Très cordialement / Best Regards,

What does this repo do? Why would anyone want to request access with a description of what it is?

Definitely go for it. Especially, please have a look at my previous comment in the thread entitled "Sorry, developer bootcamps: I was wrong" :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11445582

To resume: to my knowledge, the best training to start your journey as an aspiring Software Developer is the one suggested by Founders & Coders :

http://www.foundersandcoders.com/apply/

(Note: Codewars is just so awesome... https://www.codewars.com)

By the way, if you can get into it, I would strongly advise you to apply to FullStack Academy, they seem to have the best teaching around there (at least their students have very high rankings on Codewars) :

http://www.fullstackacademy.com

Good luck :)

Très cordialement / Best Regards,

Excuse me but I don't think that you are a "good coder".

First of all, I have found nothing about you on LinkedIn and even less on GitHub.

But, to prove me that I am wrong, show me your strength on Codewars and a few Katas later (1 kyu for you, as you claim to be "experienced", language of your choice), we will be able to talk. These ones could be a great fit :

-Tiny Three-Pass Compiler

http://www.codewars.com/kata/tiny-three-pass-compiler

-Simple Interactive Interpreter

http://www.codewars.com/kata/simple-interactive-interpreter

Before having tasted the power of Codewars, I wasn't able to assess the coding abilities of developers whom I met. Now, it's not the case anymore ;)

(but don't get me wrong : I too do believe that school with its strong theoritical foundations is necessary and that a bootcamp could only have all its meaning by being an addon to it)

Très cordialement / Best Regards,

PS : Dan, you are a master m(_ _)m

Thank you for your comment.

First of all, I've made my usual search on Google to skip cross posting and I confirm that the previous discussion didn't appear in the results :

https://goo.gl/ybeiG8

By the way, as you earlier mentioned, the author seems to have little legitimacy on the topic :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11419443

However, his post is really insightful. On my side, I attended in one. Especially, I consider having tasted a coding bootcamp to be the most insightful and transformational experience in my entire life. Or simply said : a life-changing opportunity. But this one mostly teached Ruby. And I needed more, I wanted more. Mainly, JavaScript is the de facto language for the Web. Hence, the Web naturally led me to the best (and moreover Open Source!) bootcamp according to me : Founders & Coders. Clearly, after having quickly benchmarked all the other ones (including Hack Reactor), they have to my knowledge the highest requirements among all :

http://www.foundersandcoders.com/academy/#apply

Even after my first bootcamp, I still needed a few weeks to reach 5 Kyu Codewars :

http://www.codewars.com/

I have never been so proud of myself and at the same time it was a lesson of life by teaching me humility. Mastery is still a long way off but I think that this quote could be a great resume :

http://thefullstack.xyz/excellent-javascript-developer/

“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”

But, let's give it a try ! :)

Très cordialement / Best Regards,

Guillaume FORTAINE