What I did at Recurse Center (thill.me)
26 points by bingden 3 hours ago
triyambakam 14 minutes ago
I always shudder hearing about RC. It feels like both wrong ends of career and hobby intersecting and the whole experience sounds dank and clammy.
ykonstant 2 hours ago
Let me guess: the webpage simply contains a link to itself.
rus20376 an hour ago
This place sounds like an adult daycare.
Has there been a business started based on work done there? Publishable research results? (that second one is actually a pretty low bar, and yet if there is something it is not easily discoverable)
ebiester 38 minutes ago
From what I see, this is more of a sabbatical time to just explore and enjoy programming without needing a productive end. I've been considering it myself.
thomascountz an hour ago
I don't get it. Why would you ask if an adult daycare leads to a business or new discoveries? Daycares are for nurturing curiosity and fostering development in a socially engaging environment—much like the Recurse Center—not for publishing papers.
saulpw an hour ago
You are missing the point. On the line between explore and exploit, RC is basically 100% explore. The point is to learn, and more importantly, to flex the muscle of learning without being taught. And to participate in a community of kind and curious people who are also motivated to do the same.
applfanboysbgon 29 minutes ago
The practical goal of Recurse is to make connections. Starting a business or publishing research are explicitly non-goals.
roncesvalles 7 minutes ago
The paradox of networking events is nobody who attends "networking events" is worth networking with.