// student_achievements

hall of fame.

What 42 Wolfsburg pisciners, students, graduates and founders have built, won and gone on to do.

// achievement_log0 achievements

September 10, 2024Ellen, Tobias, Paulo, Emanuel and AnitaHackathon win1st place, €1,000

March 5, 2025PoonehCareerBackend Developer

January 30, 2026Jan ClaasStoryFeatured in DIE ZEIT

August 27, 2026Furkan, Velaguez, Maksym, Mika and ParisAwardFive Wolfies

October 22, 2026EvangelosCareeriOS Developer, Wolfsburg

September 10, 2026Fedir and MichailCareerDevOps Engineers

February 11, 2026LidiaCareeriOS Developer

August 24, 2026Team Road OneHackathon win1st place, €500

January 21, 2026ErwinFounder1st place, automotive track

// featured_story

From a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New Yorker

Ahsan had a software engineering degree from Pakistan and no way into German tech. A project presented on the 42 Wolfsburg campus led to a job at New Yorker.

StudentCareerIntern, then Junior Software DeveloperNew Yorker, Braunschweig

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Ahsan speaking into a microphone in front of a slide that reads Software Engineering Intern at New Yorker

// the_log

every entry.

Team Bahn Buddy holding the €1,000 Prompters' Paradise prize cheque at the PS.SPEICHER in Einbeck

StudentHackathon winSeptember 10, 2024

The late train that won a hackathon The late train that won a hackathonThe late train that won a hackathon

Ellen, Tobias, Paulo, Emanuel and AnitaPrompters' Paradise, Einbeck

Their train to Einbeck ran late, so four 42 Wolfsburg students and a designer built Bahn Buddy, an AI trip planner, and won Prompters' Paradise.

// result1st place, €1,000

Pooneh at a table during her 42 Wolfsburg interview

GraduateCareerMarch 5, 2025

From chemical engineering to Delivery Hero From chemical engineering to Delivery HeroFrom chemical engineering to Delivery Hero

PoonehDelivery Hero, Berlin

A chemical engineer from Iran found 42 through an Instagram advert. Now a backend developer at Delivery Hero, she treats every ticket as a subject file.

// resultBackend Developer

Jan Claas on the DIE ZEIT feature card: learning is a matter of curiosity, not age

StudentStoryJanuary 30, 2026

A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50 A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50

Jan ClaasDIE ZEIT, Dossier

Jan Claas was a master carpenter until an injury ended his career. At nearly 50 he started again at 42 Wolfsburg, and DIE ZEIT came to find out why.

// resultFeatured in DIE ZEIT

A group photo at the 2026 Wolfies awards on campus

StudentAwardAugust 27, 2026

Five Wolfies at the five-year party Five Wolfies at the five-year partyFive Wolfies at the five-year party

Furkan, Velaguez, Maksym, Mika and ParisThe Wolfies, 5 Years of 42 in Germany

Five students won the Wolfies for the most hours, XP, projects, coalition points and evaluations, at the party for five years of 42 in Germany.

// resultFive Wolfies

Evangelos talking with students on the campus sofas

GraduateCareerOctober 22, 2026

Networking for people who hate networking Networking for people who hate networkingNetworking for people who hate networking

Evangelos42 Wolfsburg, alumni AMA

He is not the loudest person in the room and built a network anyway. Back on campus for a Q&A, his advice was simple: just go, even if you talk to nobody.

// resultiOS Developer, Wolfsburg

Two speakers in 42 Wolfsburg deck chairs taking questions on stage during the T-Systems session

GraduateCareerSeptember 10, 2026

Two alumni came back to campus with T-Systems Two alumni came back to campus with T-SystemsTwo alumni came back to campus with T-Systems

Fedir and MichailT-Systems, campus AMA

Two alumni came back with T-Systems for a Q&A and a live incident drill. Their advice: learn the fundamentals, and ask AI better questions.

// resultDevOps Engineers

Six 42 Wolfsburg graduates holding their certificates at an evening ceremony

GraduateCareerFebruary 11, 2026

From German teacher to iOS developer From German teacher to iOS developerFrom German teacher to iOS developer

Lidiatrivago

She taught German and had never opened a terminal. Now she builds iOS apps at trivago, and the friends she made on day one of the Piscine are still around.

// resultiOS Developer

Two Road One team members presenting on stage at the hackathon

StudentHackathon winAugust 24, 2026

Road One takes the Volkswagen challenge Road One takes the Volkswagen challengeRoad One takes the Volkswagen challenge

Team Road OneAI for Future Workforce Hackathon, Volkswagen challenge

Out of 55 hackers and 11 teams, Road One, a mixed 42 Berlin and Ostfalia team, won Volkswagen's 'From Candidate to Colleague' challenge in Wolfsburg.

// result1st place, €500

SpatiaLink and Immersive X logos on a dark title card

GraduateFounderJanuary 21, 2026

A 48-hour XR hack that became a company A 48-hour XR hack that became a companyA 48-hour XR hack that became a company

ErwinSpatiaLink, XRCC25 Hackathon Berlin

A 48-hour mixed-reality experiment won the automotive track in Berlin. Now it is a start-up for collaborating in 3D when you are not in the room.

// result1st place, automotive track

Portrait of Tomislav in a grey polo shirt against a pale brick wall

GraduateStoryJanuary 22, 2026

The project that taught him to stop faking it The project that taught him to stop faking itThe project that taught him to stop faking it

Tomislav42 Wolfsburg, graduate interview

Tomislav came from Zagreb looking for something that mattered. He found it in a project that humbled him and a dorm kitchen that kept filling up.

// resultFinished the core curriculum

Portrait of Dmitrii, who built the ChooChoo rail app

StudentProjectMarch 18, 2026

A simpler way to catch the train A simpler way to catch the trainA simpler way to catch the train

DmitriiChooChoo

Dmitrii travels between Neuss and Wolfsburg on the 49-euro ticket. The official apps felt heavy, so he wrote his own rail planner in SwiftUI.

// resultiOS app in SwiftUI

Mich and Danylo working together at a computer on campus

StudentProjectMay 13, 2026

The train is late and the app says otherwise The train is late and the app says otherwiseThe train is late and the app says otherwise

Mich and DanyloTrainPulse

The official app said on time. The platform said otherwise. So they built a system where passengers confirm delays for each other.

// resultCrowdsourced delay reports

Rémi and Ledio at a desk on the 42 Wolfsburg campus

StudentFounderMay 26, 2026

From HR in Nigeria to a travel app in Go From HR in Nigeria to a travel app in GoFrom HR in Nigeria to a travel app in Go

Rémi and LedioUmbrella Travel

Rémi spent a decade in HR in Nigeria before 42 Wolfsburg. With Ledio, he switched their travel app's backend from JavaScript to Go mid-build.

// resultFirst version almost done

Polaroid prints of the Seasons of Floripa team

StudentProjectAugust 20, 2026

A final project that became a multiplayer game A final project that became a multiplayer gameA final project that became a multiplayer game

Gabriel, Keillin, Tania and AnaSeasons of Floripa

Their final full-stack project at 42 became a real-time multiplayer board game set on Florianópolis, and they kept building it after the evaluation.

// resultLaunched publicly

The Olive Garden 3 home page, headed Transparent & Reliable Property Management, over a photo of an olive grove

StudentProjectSeptember 23, 2026

How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3 How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3

TaylanOlive Garden 3, Akbük

When his mother took over the family's residential complex in Akbük, Taylan ended up buried in Excel. So he built Olive Garden 3, a portal in five languages.

// resultLive app in five languages

StudentCareerOctober 1, 2026

From a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New Yorker From a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New YorkerFrom a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New Yorker

AhsanNew Yorker, Braunschweig

Ahsan had a software engineering degree from Pakistan and no way into German tech. A project presented on the 42 Wolfsburg campus led to a job at New Yorker.

// resultIntern, then Junior Software Developer

// your_turn

your name next.

No tuition fees, no degree and no coding experience needed. Most of the people above started with the same 26-day Piscine.

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From a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New Yorker

every entry.

The late train that won a hackathonThe late train that won a hackathonThe late train that won a hackathon

From chemical engineering to Delivery HeroFrom chemical engineering to Delivery HeroFrom chemical engineering to Delivery Hero

A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50A master carpenter learns to code at nearly 50

Five Wolfies at the five-year partyFive Wolfies at the five-year partyFive Wolfies at the five-year party

Networking for people who hate networkingNetworking for people who hate networkingNetworking for people who hate networking

Two alumni came back to campus with T-SystemsTwo alumni came back to campus with T-SystemsTwo alumni came back to campus with T-Systems

From German teacher to iOS developerFrom German teacher to iOS developerFrom German teacher to iOS developer

Road One takes the Volkswagen challengeRoad One takes the Volkswagen challengeRoad One takes the Volkswagen challenge

A 48-hour XR hack that became a companyA 48-hour XR hack that became a companyA 48-hour XR hack that became a company

The project that taught him to stop faking itThe project that taught him to stop faking itThe project that taught him to stop faking it

A simpler way to catch the trainA simpler way to catch the trainA simpler way to catch the train

The train is late and the app says otherwiseThe train is late and the app says otherwiseThe train is late and the app says otherwise

From HR in Nigeria to a travel app in GoFrom HR in Nigeria to a travel app in GoFrom HR in Nigeria to a travel app in Go

A final project that became a multiplayer gameA final project that became a multiplayer gameA final project that became a multiplayer game

How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3How his mother's spreadsheets became Olive Garden 3

From a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New YorkerFrom a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New YorkerFrom a degree in Pakistan to a developer job at New Yorker