Launch School Stories

A Collection of Stories About the Launch School Journey

At Launch School we’re lucky to have a community of students who are as passionate about mastery-based learning as we are. If you’re interested in learning more about Launch School, then we can think of no better way to learn than directly from our students. Provided below is a selection of blog posts by Launch School students, categorized by theme. Check out what they have to say, and if you still have questions, reach out to us any time.

Why Launch School

• Why Fundamentals are Important, by Xulln
• Why I Chose Launch School for My Software Development Journey, by Antonio Constandinou
• How I Discovered Launch School, by Nigel Hing

The Journey

• How Long Will It Take?
• A Life-Changing Experience, by Chian Yee Lee
• Maintaining Motivation While Living Life on the Plateau, by Dave Pinchevski
• My Journey to Become a Programmer: Letting Go of Anxiety Towards Uncertainty, by Gooi Ying Chyi
• Things I’ve Done to Support My Launch School Habit by Wendy Kuhn
• Launch School So Far by Alex Dzwonchyk

Assessments

• On Launch School Written Assessments by Nicholas Calibey
• On Launch School Interview Assessments by Gooi Ying Chyi
• How I Bombed My Technical Interview in 4 Easy Steps by Tovi Newman
• How I Prepared for my First Assessment Interview (109) at Launch School, by Nick Johnson

Capstone

• 2020 Capstone Salaries
• 2019 Capstone Salaries
• AMA with a Launch School Capstone Graduate
• (Another) AMA with a Launch School Capstone Grad
• Reflections on Capstone and Solving Large Problems by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 1: The Power of a Good Mental Model by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 2: Recursion and Dynamic Programming by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 3: Mastery Vs Comfort by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 4: Problem Solving on the Shoulders of Giants, by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 5: Know-how is useless without ‘know-why’ and How to Learn Frameworks like an Engineer, by Wilfred Tannr Allard
• Capstone Week 6.5: A balance of research, learning new technology, and learning how to learn, by Wilfred Tannr Allard

Reflections

• Things I can now appreciate after finishing most of Core, by Josh Crane
• Halfway There: Reflections After 9 Months with Launch School, by Julius Zerwick
• Reflections on 2017 — Launch School vs. Coding Bootcamps
• Reflections at the Halfway Point by Eric Ricketts

Staff Stories

• The Dangers of Learning Just Enough
• “Just in Time” Learning
• Long Term vs Short Term
• The EDD Theorem for Education Design
• How Long Does it Take to Become a Full-Stack Developer?
• An Education Engineer’s Approach to Teaching
• Simple Ideas, Well Executed
• Educational Entrapment
• Avoiding the Career Transition Trap
• Why Don’t We Get Negative Reviews?