Extra Benefits

Never graduate

After a batch at RC you are a life long alum. This means you forever have access to the organisation on Zulip to message people, can still give and/or watch presentations, and can join in on lots of activities. You can also get help from the careers department.

Considering I’ve been a programmer for over 20 years, I know surprisingly few other programmers! Early in my career I tended to work alongside designers, with me being the only developer. Later on I was self-employed, tended to work remotely and with much smaller companies. I’d often be called in as an outsider to code something that was without the skill-set of the current employees. I’d finish the project and be on my way.

It was great to meet so many other programmers at RC, and to be able to interact with them in a very socially safe way. There was no competition, just mutual help and interest — we were all on the same team.

It’s now a couple of months since I finished my batch and I’m still in regular contact with a few other Recursers who I think/hope I can now call friends.

Careers help

During and after your time at RC you get access to their careers department. They’re great to work with can help with some important stuff like:

• CV/Resume advice
• Job search
• Mock interviews

As with the rest of RC faculty, everyone in the careers department is kind, helpful and generous with their time.

If they place you in a job, the employer pays RC for helping them find you. You don’t pay anything, but this means it’s in RC’s interest to help you find work, as it helps fund them when they succeed. I think this is a good and healthy system. It costs money to sustain an organisation like RC and they need to be funded somehow. Doing it this way means people like me get to access RC for free, without any hidden costs or ulterior motives. Everything is out in the open.