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Type of site | Intentional community |
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| Headquarters | New York, New York |
| Owner | 5blades, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | David Albert, Nick Bergson-Shilcock, Sonali Sridhar |
| URL | recurse.com |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | No charge, competitive admission |
| Launched | July 18, 2011 |
The Recurse Center (formerly known as Hacker School; also called RC) is an independent educational institution, that combines a retreat for computer programmers with a recruiting agency. The retreat is an intentional community, a self-directed academic environment for programmers of all levels to improve their skills in, without charge. There is no curriculum and no particular programming languages or paradigms are institutionally favored; instead, participants work on open-source projects of their own choice, alone or collaboratively, as they see best. The Center has been an active advocate for women in programming. After switching to online programming in 2020,[1] the Recurse Center reopened its physical space in 2023.[2]
- ^ "We're continuing to run batches online in 2021 - Blog". Recurse Center. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "A new kind of retreat". Recurse Center. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.