42 students develop soft skills, innovation, and independence—without a traditional degree. Yet, they’re in high demand. Since Feb, Vivien has been interning at Porsche, proving their success.

Four children aged between two and eight at home and then the idea of learning to code at 42 Heilbronn? Quasi on the side?

For millions of people, the Torah is far more than just a dusty book from a distant past. The book gives them strength and guidance, especially in everyday matters.

Premiere in June 2021: the first generation of students started at 42 Heilbronn in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. For Germany, it was the starting signal for a completely new learning concept and for the students it was a leap into the unknown. Can studying without professors really work? What is it like to work with other students? And what are the chances on the job market later on? Three students from the early days look back.

42 students have now found work at top companies all over the world. Two of them are Florian and Anahí, who started their first year at 42 Heilbronn in 2021 - and are now helping to develop new tools at AI giant Schwarz IT.

Things are looking up: after years of crisis in the start-up scene, the number of start-ups will rise again for the first time in 2024. Miriam Wohlfarth, one of the first female fintech founders in Germany and 42HN board member, and Oliver Hanisch, Managing Director of the Heilbronn start-up hub Campus Founders, discuss what is now needed for a real upswing. A conversation about the German culture of error, Silicon Valley as a mindset and Heilbronn as a role model for the necessary change.

Lukas Kreuzer will start as a Senior Software Engineer at the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute (FSI) in Heilbronn at the beginning of 2022. He agreed with Professor Heiner Lasi that he would also start as a student at the 42 - even though he had already completed a three-year apprenticeship as an IT specialist for application development. An interview about cross-border cooperation, passionate coding and the FSI as a crisis winner.

Hardly any other city is developing as rapidly as Heilbronn: with the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (Ipai), it is becoming the Mecca of the European AI scene. More and more German tech companies and innovative start-ups are moving to the city. And right in the middle of it all: 42 Heilbronn. We also have every reason to look forward to 2024: our ecosystem continues to grow - and is celebrating the opening of three new buildings!

With one laughing and one crying eye: Andreas Gebert, student and team member from the very beginning, leaves 42 Heilbronn - and founds his first own company. Spoiler: A first investor is already on board with a six-figure sum, success is, so to speak, pre-programmed.