After 42
In phase with the industry, in phase with its time, 42 offers IT training that helps its students face the challenges of the present and future of employment.
What to do after 42?
Sustainable integration into a professional environment
85% of 2030’s jobs do not yet exist (study Dell / IFTF). With this observation in mind, 42 does not train students in specific technologies bound to be forgotten. Instead, the program teaches students to reinvent themselves so they can sustainably adapt to the employment market. 42 training offers skills that are both broad and specific. Students from 42 will be eligible for jobs in the digital industry, present and future.
Learn about the skills you will develop during your time at 42.
Statistics in 2021, 42 Campus in Paris
What kind of jobs are available after 42?
Coding jobs
Network, system and security jobs
Start-up
Close-up on the entrepreneurial professions
42 training, which requires personal initiative, creativity and autonomy, supports entrepreneurship. Many students and alumni choose to create their own startups, collaborate with profiles from other horizons or aim at high-level positions at emergent companies. On Campus 42 in Paris, the 42 Startup Club supports the startup projects of alumni and students and offers them privileged resources. The most promising start-ups are even invited to join an incubation program in partnership with STATION F.
Here are a few examples
CTO, Entrepreneur, Product Owner, IT consultant, Lead developer…
AdVitam offers services to grieving families, simplifying the funeral process and helping them find the right price and the most benevolent caring. The company is also developing complementary features to manage the deceased’s administrative and digital needs. AdVitam raised 1.8 million euros from an investment fund and private individuals.
“My co-founder and I met at 42 and this helped create strong bonds. Our time at Station F, in the Top 30, as well as 42’s involvement with various businesses have been precious to us.”
Franck Wertel, AdVitam CTA
Crisp is a chat platform for customer relations. Nearly 200,000 businesses have integrated it around the world and it gathers more than 120,000 monthly users. Crisp is self-financed and wishes to remain so.
“42 helped us understand that anything is possible. Even with a small team and without fundraising, you can impact the whole world with simple acclaimed software!”
Baptiste Jamin, Crisp CEO
WeProov offers a reliable AI-based digital solution that helps businesses in the automobile and insurance domains revolutionize the way they inspect vehicles, manage damages and deal with insurance claims. In 2017, a first round of fundraising yielded 400K EUR.
“42 has taught me to adapt to any situation, both as a developer and an entrepreneur. Today, this is where I recruit collaborators who crave knowledge, are autonomous in their tasks and are always ready to try new approaches.”
Jean-Luc Manceron, WeProov CTO
Lettria lets users analyze text files to extract exploitable data thanks to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP_. After a first round of seed funding from consulting firm Sia Partners at the end of 2018, Lettria received a grant from the French Ministry of Research (iLab competition).
“The Lettria journey wouldn’t have existed, had I not met Victor at 42! Since then, the school has become our main source for recruiting new talent. The student profiles perfectly fit the way we think and deal with various issues. Being able to take initiative means a lot to us!”
Marian Szczesniak, Lettria co-founder
MeiliSearch is an open source search engine API. It helps set up a quick and relevant search engine for an application or a website without having to redevelop a complex and similar function at high cost. In 2020, MeilSearch raised 1,5 million euros.
“After encountering MeiliSearch co-founders via the Lab 42 x Veepee, we were able to recruit our first client, Louis Vuitton, after a Hackaton, thanks to 42. We’re very grateful for our training and we’re always willing to participate in tech conferences and workshops!”
Thomas Payet, MeiliSearch COO
Ponicode helps software engineers write high-quality code quickly and effortlessly. Ponicode is a solution based on machine learning to automate the creation of unit tests and documentation generation. A first round of fundraising in 2020 yielded 3 million euros.
“I truly believe the innovative spirit of our co-founders from 42 creates a unique emulation with the rest of the team. This allows us to introduce ourselves as a disruptive actor in the market: This is a key factor for our success. The 42 culture is deeply rooted in our vision of the product, especially since the 42 community remains involved in our projects: We count several users and ambassadors among them.”
Benedetta Dal Canton, Ponicode co-founder
Cyber security
Close-up on cyber security professions
Cyber security is not only about defending oneself against hackers. It’s also about making sure services, sites, applications and software are robust and in terms of compliance with data protection laws. Today, cyber security is one of the most comprehensive fields in IT, requiring both a good level in programming and the capacity to analyze and extrapolate.
Some examples of professions in cyber security
Site Reliability Engineer, Security analyst, Cyber security consultant, Security engineer, Database administrator, QA Engineer…
Artificial intelligence
Close-up on artificial intelligence professions
With the advent of increasingly powerful computers, artificial intelligence evolves. What was once a science fiction dream turns more and more into reality every day through new applications. Professions in this domain are still emerging: What will they look like a few years from now?
Some examples of professions in AI
AI Architect, Machine Learning Developer, Machine learning engineer…
With the advent of increasingly powerful computers, artificial intelligence evolves. What was once a science fiction dream turns more and more into reality every day through new applications. Professions in this domain are still emerging: What will they look like a few years from now?
Some examples of professions in AI
AI Architect, Machine Learning Developer, Machine learning engineer…
Testimonies
Alumni and companies speak up
Culture Geek
The "girls of ENIAC"
The grandfather of the modern computer, the ENIAC, was born in 1944… but it needed people in order to be programmed. Six young women were assigned to the task: Betty Snyder Holberton, Jean Jennings Barik, Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence. The “girls of ENIAC” became the first programmers in history. Their role was silenced, forgotten and ignored for a long time. That is, until 2013. A documentary directed by Kathy Kleiman called The Computers, looks back at the contribution these pioneers made to today’s.