Quincy Larson

Yeah, well, if you compare FricoCamp to an organization like Harvard, like 400 years of history, the oldest university in the United States, an endowment of maybe like $100 billion. At least $60 billion, I think, last time I checked. That's a lot of money that they can draw from to do different initiatives, to invest in research, things like that.

Yeah, well, if you compare FricoCamp to an organization like Harvard, like 400 years of history, the oldest university in the United States, an endowment of maybe like $100 billion. At least $60 billion, I think, last time I checked. That's a lot of money that they can draw from to do different initiatives, to invest in research, things like that.

And if you look at what they're trying to accomplish... First of all, they're trying to bring people from all over the world. They have to deal with like immigration offices and all these different countries.

And if you look at what they're trying to accomplish... First of all, they're trying to bring people from all over the world. They have to deal with like immigration offices and all these different countries.

They are also trying to, you know, house those people, feed those people, maintain partnerships with like the vendors on the campus, keep the gym equipment up to date, you know, manage like sports programs, interface with all different kinds of regulatory bodies that they have like this very

They are also trying to, you know, house those people, feed those people, maintain partnerships with like the vendors on the campus, keep the gym equipment up to date, you know, manage like sports programs, interface with all different kinds of regulatory bodies that they have like this very

structured kind of traditional university system that dates back hundreds of years where professors like go from like adjuncts or postdocs to, you know, associate professors and then full professors and gradually get tenure. And like they have to, they have like for every professor, they usually have like an administrator or two as well. Who's running various programs.

structured kind of traditional university system that dates back hundreds of years where professors like go from like adjuncts or postdocs to, you know, associate professors and then full professors and gradually get tenure. And like they have to, they have like for every professor, they usually have like an administrator or two as well. Who's running various programs.

They have a lot they need to comply with. Curriculum is just one of many, many things that they think about. Right. Yeah. Free Code Camp is all we think about. We're a community that has a giant curriculum. And then we have lots of extracurricular resources and stuff like that.

They have a lot they need to comply with. Curriculum is just one of many, many things that they think about. Right. Yeah. Free Code Camp is all we think about. We're a community that has a giant curriculum. And then we have lots of extracurricular resources and stuff like that.

But it's really just like the core gameplay loop of come into the community, learn a whole bunch, then turn around and start contributing as an open source contributor to the code base or start creating courses that we publish on the YouTube channel or start writing articles, writing full-length books that we publish on the Free Code Camp publication.

But it's really just like the core gameplay loop of come into the community, learn a whole bunch, then turn around and start contributing as an open source contributor to the code base or start creating courses that we publish on the YouTube channel or start writing articles, writing full-length books that we publish on the Free Code Camp publication.

That's kind of like because all we're focused on is just this one specific thing and we don't have any of that stuff. We don't have an office. We don't have a football team. We don't have any of that stuff, right? We can just focus on this core thing.

That's kind of like because all we're focused on is just this one specific thing and we don't have any of that stuff. We don't have an office. We don't have a football team. We don't have any of that stuff, right? We can just focus on this core thing.

But it turns out what a lot of people actually care about when they go to a university is not whether there's going to be like a really nice lazy river around the dormitory facilities or something like that, right? There's not whether like how many climbing walls do they have? You know, it's not those kinds of things. It's what am I going to learn and how am I going to use that to get a job?

But it turns out what a lot of people actually care about when they go to a university is not whether there's going to be like a really nice lazy river around the dormitory facilities or something like that, right? There's not whether like how many climbing walls do they have? You know, it's not those kinds of things. It's what am I going to learn and how am I going to use that to get a job?

Right. So to some extent, we kind of like to still the main thing that we thought was important. And we've just focused on that and eschewed all the other stuff. And we have that luxury because we're not a 400 year old institution with all these existing obligations and all these perceptions and stuff like that. We're a 10-year-old charity that just kind of popped into being and just kind of grew.

Right. So to some extent, we kind of like to still the main thing that we thought was important. And we've just focused on that and eschewed all the other stuff. And we have that luxury because we're not a 400 year old institution with all these existing obligations and all these perceptions and stuff like that. We're a 10-year-old charity that just kind of popped into being and just kind of grew.

And I have a full institutional memory of every single decision that's been made along the way because I've been a part of it. So to some extent, because we don't face all the constraints that a traditional institution faces, we can just go... you know, in lots of parts of the world, they didn't have very good phone infrastructure, right?

And I have a full institutional memory of every single decision that's been made along the way because I've been a part of it. So to some extent, because we don't face all the constraints that a traditional institution faces, we can just go... you know, in lots of parts of the world, they didn't have very good phone infrastructure, right?