| | Paula Andrea Gutiérrez | Today I'm going to talk about my experience at (Maybe the best decision I've ever take in my life) Holberton School Bogotá, Colombia. First of all, let me explain who am I shortly: I'm a Philosopher from the National Pedagogic University of Colombia, I have 24 years old, and I'm that kind of person which normally people in Colombia think that is not possible that I could lead a class (Basically, because I'm very me, I mean I'm not the typical girl with long hair and shiny lips... That's not me, that's boring for me, I really like to be myself, and probably that's exactly a great problem being a teacher at Colombian schools). So, here is exactly where this experience starts to become true.
Last year I thought, I would like to start a new thing, thinking in my life, my family, people who I love and people with whom I like to share moments. And these kinds of things made me understand that I needed to start again, then an angel, who always thinks in the best way for me, told me about Holberton School, and they were just starting a new site in Bogotá. In those days I thought this is just a lie, then I start to search more and more info, two weeks before the deadline of the exams finish. I said to me: "I going to try it, and I hope I could do it". Then I was just going out of my job, It was a Saturday when Andres Barreto call me to said to me: "the program starts this Monday, are you ready? the program is really hard", then I was happy, all I could answer that day was: "Yes, I'm ready, thank you so much".
I'm not going to lie, we were the first cohort at Holberton School Colombia, we were a kind of experiment testing if it could work. But, even in that way, this was the best experience I could ever have. Base on my experience (Now, that I'm just finishing the first year) I say: The curriculum is true? Yes, it is true, now I know a lot of things about programming, not only low-level programming but high and very soon not only OOP but functional programming. It is the magic of Holberton they give us tools, we learn how to use it, they give us a great team, we just need to keep in mind learning how this industry works. But, this is not all, Holberton School, (Maybe it could be at every part where you could find them) is a great family, in just 9 months you will be part of great people, who always want that each one of their peers learns in the same level. This is magic, nobody cares if you know or don't, and the reason is really simple, we can learn even more if we try it as a team.
Probably, this is all that I can say, it could depend on each perspective, this is mine. All that I can say is that this space let me learn about programming and soft skills (Things that companies want), but not only this, I meet great people, friends, geeks, nerds like me, it is really one of the most valuable experiences that I have. Thanks to Andres Barreto and that call, also the great team of Holberton Colombia, and a big hug to my friends from Holberton Colombia, also you the one who read this (Basically for take the time for reading all this). |
