42’s educational model was designed to make advanced tech education accessible to all. How does this translate into real, positive change?
Since opening our doors in 2021, 42 Berlin and 42 Wolfsburg have already made a significant impact—not only on the lives of our students but also on the organisations that have hired our graduates.
Below is our 2023 Impact Report, highlighting powerful stories that showcase what reimagining education—42 style—truly looks like.
Hi, I’m Barra, a 42 Berlin student since Nov 2022. Alongside 42, I work full-time at SAP in the BTP Innovation team, developing AI features. With no prior coding experience, 42’s curriculum gave me the tools to thrive. After 2 years, I’m nostalgic yet excited for new challenges. Embrace 42—it’s a treasure!
After experimenting with various IT roles and even venturing into the art world, nothing quite clicked until I joined 42. The hands-on peer-learning approach helped me make valuable connections and learn a lot from others.
Above all 42 ingrained a desire to learn within me. After all, at my job I am constantly forced to learn new languages, frameworks and tools. I believe that appreciating this journey will make the difference in the long run.
Even though I am not coding I work with software every day. Did 42 help me with that? A lot! From basics like using the command line, what a merge request is and all the other important software engineering principles out there. These skills are the basics when it comes to software and therefore play a huge role in my job.
The very first day I walked into the school, in the big cluster of computers, there was a red sign hanging on top: “Don’t Panic.” That message is the essence of what I learned at 42 and has stayed with me whenever I face something unfamiliar.
When moving to Germany, working for Deutsche Bahn was my objective because I am passionate by this industry and I had the chance to meet DB executives on campus to discuss about our pedagogy, and this is how I managed to have an internship at DB Cargo.
Some of the ways 42 really prepared me for the working world was teaching me the ability to communicate and to take on projects I have no idea how to approach.
42 enabled me to understand the needs of students and now help them to achieve their goals and dreams. I enjoyed the most the openminded community and the work with my peers. For me 42 became a mindset, that i can learn and achieve anything.
The greatest value in 42 for me is that every day I have the opportunity to network with many talented, motivated, and kind people from all over the world. Every student, pisciner, and staff member is always eager to help with coding or life-related problems, support one another, and share their language and culture. In this school, you can find friends and gain inspiration.
One of the things I loved the most about 42 is that the learning curve is constantly steep but the projects are still approachable, which forces you to learn how to learn; a very valuable takeaway both for possible specialisations and/or my everyday job.
Firstly 42 helped me getting into the job, thanks to hard and soft skills I earned during my studies. But the most helpful skill during the job, was to quickly learn and adapt to new topics and challenges, as the world of software is more than one person could know so you need to be able to work with stuff you never even heard of before
The skills for independent and collaborative work that I acquired while working on my projects at 42 have allowed me to deliver and build great working relationships.
42 taught me to be a self-starter, problem-solver, and above all self organized person, all of which are essential in my current role. It gave me with the confidence to tackle challenges and groups and independently and to lose the fear of failing but embrace it.
42 school is more than just a place to learn coding — it’s a place of growth and personal development. I carry the lessons of resilience, innovation, and community into every challenge I face. It’s a school that doesn’t just prepare you for a job, it prepares you for a lifetime of learning.
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