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Admission wasn't granted on the basis of programming knowledge though, it was on the basis of motivation. Yeah that skews the playing field a little bit, but I like that kind of skew. "17 ready to work" means 17 wanted jobs and didn't want to start their own thing.

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Yeah, and the screening of admissions is obviously working well for them. I did a free online course with Coursera recently and was surprised that only something like 5% saw it through to completion, after hearing that 100k had signed up for it.

I think that's because learning is all about being in a conducive environment. DBC got the environment part right. Online courses might be structured really well and have the best material, but they still can't provide you 20 people who've put their livelihoods on the line to get through this stuff right beside you.

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