We teach kids how the world really works.

Your child learns to code, earns a paycheck, launches a startup and invests in real companies. Parents call it real life. We call it Hackingtons®.

📍 7444 San Ramon Rd, Dublin  ·  Ages 8–16  ·  $140/month, no contract  ·  First class free

💵 Skills pay the bills

Your child starts as an intern. As they move up in our curriculum, learning Python, HTML & CSS, JavaScript, Scratch, AI, Arduino electronics and CAD & 3D printing, they apply for better jobs. With each new skill, their paycheck grows.

A student's paycheck: salary, taxes, retirement savings and monthly bills
A student's paycheck: salary, retirement savings and taxes A student's monthly bills: rent, utilities, phone, car and groceries

Your child’s paycheck, line by line

📦 Code makes products

A game, a website, an app, a 3D-printed part: when someone else can use what your child built, it’s a product.

That’s the big idea behind everything we teach: coders are makers, and makers can build something people want.

🎮Games
🌐Websites
🔌Electronics
🖨️3D prints
🐍Python
🤖AI

🏪 Products become businesses

In our virtual town, your child starts a business that classmates actually use: an internet provider, a phone company, a food business, a gym, an app.

  • They pick a name and set their prices.
  • They code the business’s website themselves.
  • They take out a startup loan and pay it back.
  • They compete with classmates for customers.
📶Internet provider
📱Phone company
🍔Food business
🏋️Gym
🚗Used car lot
🏠Rental house

📈 Wealth is built by investing

Whatever is left over, your child can invest in real companies they know, like Roblox, Apple and Nvidia, at real stock prices.

They learn what really builds wealth: spending less than they earn, investing the rest, spreading it out, and being patient when prices go down.

The stock market page, with real companies and prices

Real companies, real prices

Everything is real, except the money.

💻Real codeThe same languages professionals use
📈Real stock pricesReal companies, updated live
🧾Real tax rulesThis year’s federal and state rates
🏦Real loan mathInterest, payments, even bankruptcy
🪙Virtual moneyNothing to buy, nothing to lose

Kids coding classes in Dublin, CA: questions parents ask

What ages are the Dublin classes for?

Kids ages 8 to 16. No coding experience is needed. Every student starts as an intern and moves up as they learn.

How much do classes cost?

$140 a month for one 70-minute class each week. Month to month, no contract. The first class is free.

Is real money involved?

No. Paychecks, loans and investments use virtual money. The stock prices, tax rules and loan math are real, so kids learn how money works with nothing to lose.

What will my child learn?

Python, HTML and CSS, JavaScript, Scratch, AI, Arduino electronics, and CAD and 3D printing. Along the way they learn how paychecks, taxes, loans, businesses and investing work.

Where is the Dublin studio?

7444 San Ramon Rd, Dublin, CA 94568. Classes meet once a week, with times on weekday afternoons and evenings and Saturday mornings. Email us with any questions.

Kids competing at the 2024 Hackingtons500 coding competition while parents watch
Ahead of our time since 2014.

It’s like a CS degree + MBA, but for kids, with an itty-bitty price tag ($140/month).

Pick a date for a free trial class at our Dublin studio, 7444 San Ramon Rd. No card, no commitment.

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Questions? Email [email protected]