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Hack Reactor

Hack Reactor is a software engineering coding bootcamp education program founded in San Francisco in 2012. The program is remote-only and offered in 12-week beginner full-time and 19-week intermediate full-time formats. The program has been described as, "optimized for people who want to be software engineers as their main, day-to-day work. Their life's work." The curriculum focuses on JavaScript and associated technologies including the Relational/NoSQL databases, Node.js, Express.js, jQuery, React, Redux. In 2015 Hack Reactor acquired Austin-based MakerSquare as "their first deal in a plan to develop a network of coding bootcamps" in an effort to "make a large dent in transforming the old education system into one that focuses on student outcomes." The following month, a pair of Hack Reactor alumni partnered with the company to open Telegraph Academy "to teach software engineering to under-represented minorities" and create a "growing community of diverse software engineers." In November 2016, Hack Reactor rebranded all of its schools to share the Hack Reactor name. In 2018, Hack Reactor was acquired by Galvanize. In January 2020, Galvanize was acquired by K12, Inc., a for-profit education company, for $165 million. In November 2020, K12 was rebranded as Stride, Inc. In 2021, Hack Reactor ceased offering in-person programs and became remote-only.…

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Hack Reactor is a software engineering coding bootcamp education program founded in San Francisco in 2012. The program is remote-only and offered in 12-week beginner full-time and 19-week intermediate full-time formats. The program has been described as, "optimized for people who want to be software engineers as their main, day-to-day work. Their life's work." The curriculum focuses on JavaScript and associated technologies including the Relational/NoSQL databases, Node.js, Express.js, jQuery, React, Redux. In 2015 Hack Reactor acquired Austin-based MakerSquare as "their first deal in a plan to develop a network of coding bootcamps" in an effort to "make a large dent in transforming the old education system into one that focuses on student outcomes." The following month, a pair of Hack Reactor alumni partnered with the company to open Telegraph Academy "to teach software engineering to under-represented minorities" and create a "growing community of diverse software engineers." In November 2016, Hack Reactor rebranded all of its schools to share the Hack Reactor name. In 2018, Hack Reactor was acquired by Galvanize. In January 2020, Galvanize was acquired by K12, Inc., a for-profit education company, for $165 million. In November 2020, K12 was rebranded as Stride, Inc. In 2021, Hack Reactor ceased offering in-person programs and became remote-only.…

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  1. date of foundation: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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