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Applications for the winter cohort close Dec 18

Apply for the winter cohort.

A class of 6, so every write-up gets read properly. It starts January 11, with live sessions on Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM Eastern.

  • Free to apply
  • $0 today
  • $349 only if accepted
  • Reply within 5 business days

Your application

About five minutes. Only I, Josh [FACT: surname], read it.

How old will the student be on January 11, 2027?
Who is this application for?

Skip this if you're 18 or older and applying for yourself.

About you

I'll reply here about the application.

About the student

Skip this if you're the student.

Your parent or guardian

Skip this if you're the parent, or if you're 18 or older. Your parent or guardian gets a copy of every email about this application, and signs the ethics agreement with you if you're accepted.

For example: how websites get hacked, how games stop cheaters, why passwords leak.

A sentence or two is plenty. At least 15 characters.
Coding experience

Pick the closest match. There's no wrong answer.

What I keep, and why, is in the privacy policy.

  • No account is created
  • Nothing is charged
  • Only I read it
  • No mailing list

Questions first? Email hello@bugclubhq.com.

The cohort

Starts
January 11, 2027
Class size
6
Live sessions
Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM Eastern
Time each week
[FACT: hours per week]
Ages
14 and up
Reply within
5 business days

How To Be Good

8 weeks, 7 live sessions, a lab every week

$349

Due today
$0.00

Applying costs nothing. If you're accepted, it's $349 once, with a full refund any time during the first four weeks (through [FACT: refund deadline]). I'll ask why, but the answer doesn't change whether you get it.

How refunds work

What happens next

  1. You apply

    Today

    About five minutes. Nothing is charged and no account is created.

  2. I read it

    Within 5 business days

    Every application gets read, and everyone who applies gets a reply by email.

  3. A short call

    If it's a fit

    [FACT: call length and format, e.g. about 20 minutes by video], with the student, and a parent or guardian if they're under 18. Mostly I ask what the student is curious about, and they ask me whatever they want.

  4. Accepted

    Before January 11

    I send an invoice for $349 and set up the accounts. [FACT: payment method] If the cohort is full, you're first in line for the next one.

Only I read it

Everything you send goes to me and nobody else, and I teach every cohort myself.

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Josh [FACT: surname]

Instructor

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