https://qz.com/1054412/a-french-billionaires-free-teacher-less-university-is-designing-thousands-of-future-proof-employees/ Paris When you walk into École 42, a teacher-less coding school in Paris, a few things leap out at you: a killer collection of provocative street art, including an illustrated condom machine at the front desk; iMacs as far as the eye can see; and a palpable buzz from the roughly 1,000 students bustling around the building. It is week two of la piscine (the “swimming pool”), a one-month, Hunger Games -like test students must endure to get a place at the school. No degrees or special skills are required to apply, and those who are accepted attend for free for three to five years. Around 80% of students get jobs before they finish the course; 100% are employed by the end. The school is the brainchild of Xavier Niel , a French billionaire who has so far spent about €48 million ($57 million) on the Paris campus and an additional $46 million on a scho...