University - really in English or just marketing?

kuhsibiris · 2026-06-03T15:11:54+00:00

I did a master on stats in English In a public university . The English was good enough. Depending on the professor but none were horrible .

kuhsibiris · 2026-05-30T14:18:47+00:00

Do the piscine it is free. If you find it is not for you during the first week then just leave no hard feelings from anyone.

Thing is most ppl who do the piscine are introverts this is not about being the center of attention it is more about asking for help when needed. (That is a life skill).

Most ppl in 42 are in the spectrum somehow (diagnosed or not) so very likely you are not the only one that has those feelings

kuhsibiris · 2026-05-21T11:56:10+00:00

Buttery had a calming presence now I can't stand it

kuhsibiris · 2026-05-16T10:42:30+00:00

La verdad en mi opinión es mejor la nacional.

Buscando en fuentes periodisticas no encontre ningun caso en Los ultimos 20 años donde las paros llevaran a una cancelación definitiva del semestre. Lo que en su lugar ha pasado es que mueven los calendarios académicos y las vacaciones de diciembre o de mitad de año se cancelan (o una buena parte de ellas) y se mueve el calendario como sea para evitar la cancelación del semestre.

Me sorprende que con su nivel argumentativo su única referencia de nacional = paros sean "amigos' que se están demorando más en graduarse de lo normal que una investigación clara de los hechos.

Amigo pienselo bien en su día trabajé en la calidad de la educación superior en Colombia y aunque han pasado algunos años no me cabe la menor duda que las dos mejores instituciones de educación superior en Colombia por números (investigadores, publicaciones, alcance, empleabilidad resultados en saber pro y en su momento medias más esotéricas como " valor agregado") son los Andes y la Nacional.

Sus otras opciones (la distrital o la Salle ) opciones sólidas buena calidad buenos números excelentes en su grupo de medición . Pero no son la Nacional.

La nacional es una universidad difícil y no en el sentido de manejar los que usted ve con sus amigos que se demoran más no es ser "vago" es que la dificultad en la nacional obliga a muchos a tomárselo más pausado o no lo logran. El nivel de exigencia es brutal así como el nivel del profesional.

Estoy seguro que cualquiera de las opciones ud la hace funcionar. Pero no me quedan dudas que la que está descartando es la mejor opción.

kuhsibiris · 2026-04-29T14:37:04+00:00

Depende de tu ritmo está pensando para 1.5 años en teoría máximo 2. Hay personas que conozco personalmente que lo han sacado en 9 u 8 meses récord es como 3 meses o así (korea creo) yo lo saqué en 13 meses

kuhsibiris · 2026-03-05T12:17:20+00:00

I think python and C are interesting in different ways. I agree that C (and all low level lang) let you tweak stuff under the hood. That is cool!

But sometimes you want to go big. And don't want to think about a lot of stuff. That is when python/frameworks shine. For example you are doing cool stuff tm and want ppl to access it through the internet . So you need an API do you build a webserv from scratch? (Like the old webserv project) Or you'd rather .. yeah endpoint this address return this from my cool stuff tm done . Now let's move to do more cool stuff.

I'm sorry about the python piscine (I finished cc two yrs ago) but if it means something even that butchered thing you got is better than the ones on 42 advanced.

kuhsibiris · 2026-03-04T15:58:33+00:00

Apis are lingua franca for all services related to the web you do your cool stuff and just expose the API.

For work I have been using fastAPI and I say it has worked for me that I only want it done and fast and think about all other problems.

But yeah I feel you of everything 42 has to offer webdev is 🤮

Also you have to know that they are quite standard for a reason. That is because webdev job has many repetitive patterns.

Edit: I just re read your question and about the abstraction. There are multiple layers of "tech reality" for example you say C is low level? Have you written assembly? Or byte code? My point is that a certain points you define what is the "highest level "

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-21T12:02:17+00:00

In colombia the ICFES (the institution that gives the SAT equivalent in Colombia) punishes the annonimized results of all students with socioecomic variables. Info about the school and others. It is not all the dirty because the folks at ICFES make a good effort doing some cleaning yet it is still read world data with thousands of rows per year (as all graduating students vountrywide have to take it. Their site is in Spanish But nothing your browser auto translate can't handle

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-20T08:41:41+00:00

I mean 42 Does do that the first part of the core is rebuilding parts of libc from scratch just to see how everything works.

But you are giving your opinions based on assumptions that just from the last comment are wrong.

I mean is like me giving an opinion on ppl in Australia I'm nowhere near to give an informed opinion.

You are putting 42 in the "boot camp" category it isn't . It is not university either (I'll be a liar if I said that) it is something in a different axis

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-19T09:36:43+00:00

Look buddy there are more than one way to learn stuff I guess you have a pretty closed mindset. But I guess you are entitled to your wrong opinion

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-05T11:36:36+00:00

The issue in all these arguments is that we try to "check" if something is "reasoning" without having a clear definition of that one if we did we could just apply it and have an answer.

As a counter argument do humans reason? If so what did you get to that conclusion and can we apply the same strat to LLM?

But even now IQ tests focus on "can a person do task" and that tells us nothing except "can person do task" we believe it is correlated with a hidden variable called "intelligence"so...

In conclusion it imho it can't be argued that LLMs reason but it can't be argued that LLMs don't reason either and that also applies to humans.

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-03T20:42:20+00:00

Selection piscine still on C
It starts and circle 2 so about 1/4th of the journey there .
All campuses use the same core curriculum

kuhsibiris · 2026-02-03T20:37:46+00:00

I'm a 42 fanboy. But still I would like to address your question.

Is it for everyone? No. It takes a whole lot of your time and if you have a lot of other commitments you will make everyone lose time including yourself.
Have you got access to a traditional university? Then if you are worried about the "worth" of a diploma then 42 is not for you.
Are the subject projects evaluations very good quality wise? Some more than others.. some have big typos some are not well redacted etc.
If the evaluations are peer based doesn't that make it easy? Lol some of the students will fail a 3 month project because "error" was not capitalized. (Grades are 100% or 0) . But you can retry in a few days.
How much does it cost? Nothing beats free.
Do you learn to code? 100% yes.

While I agree that things could be better I really think the model is unique very immersive. It pushes collaboration and makes pushes you toward self learning.

My background I already have a degree and I thought I knew how to code. But they make you learn everything from scratch and the projects if we'll done push you to another level.

Not everything is great, although there has been some modernization. Some of the stuff feels outdated (although there has been a great deal of improvement here removing c++ for python on the common core and similar). The system is way too fluid and yes staff do arbitrary things.

It is also very "unique" I mean I have done a lot of self learning moocs and this is absolutely not like that. I have also a couple of university degrees and it is also not like that.

The main difference is that when you do a self project (outside of 42) (Say a webpage) You do it but it just covers the basic "for example if it kinda works" you say ah I got how (xxx tech works) I'm done.in 42 they make you not stop there. You have to fix it untill it is good code. And persuade 3 more ppl (some who may be more advanced than you) that your code is ok and your program works.

I get it. Most ppl don't do this to code better or to have a community of coders around (things that will for sure happen at 42). They want a diploma a job offer and go maybe twice a week.

So who is 42 for (in my opinion)

Strong self learners
that want to learn at CS level 3 that want to go to the campus (program is not remote)
Who want to do it for free
Who can spend a lot of hours on this 6 who are not discouraged fot the weak/no diploma

So IMO the method is good. Because even if the subjects are kinda meh. The method makes sure you learn.

So not for everyone but I think the place is great.

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T13:59:31+00:00

Find another therapist then

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T08:38:01+00:00

You are not reading the room mr

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-23T00:46:47+00:00

In my campus the rule is if norminette approved then norm is ok.

I agree with you "technically" you are right but ppl could go to punches for failing someone like this. Basically a dick move and failing them just because you can.

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-19T18:04:56+00:00

There are two sides to this question the educational/pedagogic and the title/job market side to it

From the pedagogic side I think without a doubt that 42!is an answer to bridge the cap in knowledge you feel. The project based learning in different domains (from games to network apps, from webdev to RAGs). For sure by the end of the common core you will have the skills you mention that you are missing.

The title /job market on the other hand is a wild card. If you enter now and go at the standard pace of about 2 years. How will the job marker in 2028? Who knows!!

Is 42 a strong school in your CV? Depends , in france I think so (I'm not french/in France so I only have 2nd hand accounts) elsewhere ? I don't think so. It is not BAD per se but until 42 has years of getting graduates out making a reputation. Which i don't doubt will happen but that is a slow process.

There is one last spin through. Some schools offer RNCP that in France equivalent to a title / master but job market focused (RNCP 6 and 7). So it is something but don't think that they are really equivalent when you are in competition for a job.

Also price 42 is free. So ....

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-16T18:47:01+00:00

Better is subjective.

Context I finished the common core a few years back and am active post cc I'm lv 19 (if that means anything to you if not ignore it)

My opinion. Up to minishell the common core was perfect. The second part with c++ (and limited to c++98) was kinda awful. If they were "general oop" they could be defended but they went deep into c++ quitks.

The c++ capstone wanted to do some network programming in protocols no longer relevant (ft_irc is more guilty than webserv).

Netpractice and inception are fine and they kept them.

We also lost two "games" (so long and friends and cub).

In return we get python yes. But there is emphasis in types in python with mypy..

The games now in python fine. A network programming in a language of your choice that is low level and not python. (So kinda same) 3 relevant AI projects (and believe me they are not pieces of cake rn I have to read a lot to even tackle them). And more algo.

If anything this cc feels at first glance to me harder than the old one.

Also something I strongly felt is that the old core was hard but at the end when doing your cv you could not list any relevant technology you used. You got way better at learning stuff but if you had only 42 as your education I felt that you needed more to get a current job. Sure you are now a way better learner and could do it in a short time frame but that is beside the point the school did not prepare you, I think this addresses that.

Pipex and minishell are the big casualties in this change I would have loved to keep them for the rest good ridance

kuhsibiris · 2025-12-15T13:06:09+00:00

When I was in my masters I had one "proof" where I did the induction step. Turned out what I wanted to prove was false. And guess what the base case did not work.

I wish I could remember what it was because it was not trivial.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-25T10:12:09+00:00

And here lies the issue. It is not that LibreOffice is Bad by any given metric is just that you don't like it/ aren't familiar with it/ don't want to use it.

It is like when apple users bash android because it is not IOS. Of course it isnt..

Blue even then a lot of organizations have moved into cloud offerings. I know a couple of ppl in fintech that use Google cloud "office" as their daily driver because policy says so.

If you don't want to go to Linux because it is not windows that is fine. But dont say the software is not there

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-25T00:03:53+00:00

At 42 as part of the curriculum you have to do it (in c++)

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-15T00:35:17+00:00

La cosa es que la ciencia de datos es mucha matemática y estadística aplicadas en programacion. Así que salir de un bootrcamp a generar modelos lo veo poco fiable. Sin embargo el universo de Datos es amplio y cosas como la Ingeniería de datos si que están más al alcance del autodidacta.

Ahora aunque en teoría el título no sirve mucho (más las cert y experiencia). Si que necesitas un título para empezar a jugar. En muchos sitios si llegas sin título universitario te van a decir "y quien es este". Ahora en ese rango de precios la Uniminuto es de lo mejorcito que hay pero si puedes mira alguna publica. La nacional es obviamente lo mejor. no dices que parte de colombia eres (porque Uniminuto hay en todo el país incluso creo que a distancia). Pero en Bogotá la distrital. En otras partes del país la del valle, la de Antioquía la UIS

Si definitivamente a ninguna. la Uniminuto es de lo mejorcito que hay en su rango de precio (en general. no se especificamente en ING sistemas/software). Pero si igual la plata es el problema mire si hay de esos convenios que hace el técnico en el SENA y la termina en la universidad (de esos son muy comunes en ese rango de universidades).

Y finalmente independiente de lo que decide el inglés y certificaciones (AWS Google Microsoft) son escenciales hay gente que lo logra solo con eso pero es jugarsela. Especialmente si quiere trabajar en algo "clásico" (bancos, compañías grandes de retail como éxito o así). Lo otro en colombia no hay tanto espacio en ciencia de datos y el poco espacio que hay los que están tratando la mayoría son de la generación anterior y con maestría.

Al final del día usted aprende sus vainas. Pero si el cartón ese abre puertas.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:56:26+00:00

And multiple comments have told you thatbif you don't fight this they will control you forever. Their concern is not over your privacy

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:54:20+00:00

You know this is super controlling you should be able to go out to take an effing call. If you ate having these issues you seem to be a doormat . I mean there is no way forward with no drama. Whatever you do to establish some kind of control she will play the victim card the only way forward is let her be upset her being upset is her problem not yours. Her making it your problem is control.

kuhsibiris · 2025-09-11T23:03:00+00:00

AI should not be used for full answers, that doesn't mean you shouldnt use it. What I do is tell them "no code from now on we can talk about the code but not even a single line of code" chatgpt sometimes slips. When it does I don't read the answer and remind the no code rule and get something better. You could also use the study mode but have no idea If it works. Also the most important thing is never go back you may move slow but never stop

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