Recurse Center (YC S10) — The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming, whether they've been programming for three decades or three months. The retreat is free for all participants because we run an integrated recruiting agency and provide (optional) personalized recruiting services to anyone in our community considering a new job.
Recurse Center is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2010 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. The founders listed are Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock (Founder), Sonali Sridhar (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).
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The Recurse Center is a self-directed, educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming, whether they've been programming for three decades or three months.
The retreat is free for all participants because we run an integrated recruiting agency and provide (optional) personalized recruiting services to anyone in our community considering a new job.
Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
Founder
Sonali Sridhar
Founder
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