Testimonials
If youβre curious about what the Recurse Center is actually like, the best people to ask are Recursers themselves. Many alums have published reflections on their time at RC: their goals, their projects, what they learned, the relationships they formed, and how attending a batch impacted their lives.
Below, youβll find a selection of those posts, linked in reverse chronological order by publishing date. The retreat has changed a lot over the years, so the more recent posts offer a more accurate picture of the day-to-day experience of doing a batch now, but people have always attended for the same reason: to become better programmers.
Matt Ambrogi (W2'22) β Recurse Center Final Reflection
Maggie Zhou (W1'21, S'13) β Why return to RC?
Jake Donham (SP1'21) β Recurse Center Retro
Amanda Pettenati (S2'21, W2'21) β Recurse Center: Part 1 of 2 and Part 2 of 2
Sam van Gool (SP1'21) β Beginner's Mind
Fabrizzio Gonzales Zurita (W2'21) β Programming in community
Patrick Weaver (F1'20) β Participating in a Remote Batch at RC
Sara Farquharson (S1'21, m6'20) β Lessons learned from an RC mini-batch
Serena Peruzzo (SP2'20, SP1'15) β Reflections on Spring 2 '20 and beyond
Bryan Braun (m2'20, m5'19) β The best conference I ever attended
Jennifer Wang (m4'18) β My week as a hardware-leaning programmer at RC
Wylie Conlon (F2'18) β Reflecting on time at the Recurse Center
nico leffel (SP1'18, W1'17) β transitions & transformations
Julia Evans (W1'20, F'13) β How I spent my time at the Recurse Center
Alicja Raszkowska (W2'18, F1'16) β return programmer;
Rudi Chen (S1'17) β Never graduate! Reflections on Recurse Center
Lindsey Jacks (F1'15) β Reflections on Recurse Center
Pam Selle (m1'19, SP1'15) β Recurse Center: The return statement