About Sigmaschool
The old path into tech costs four years and six figures - and still hands people a certificate instead of a career. We rebuilt that path for the AI era: 90 days, real projects, real jobs. No lecture halls. No gatekeepers. No permission required.
Here to learn? Start with the cohort. Here to build the school itself? Jump straight to careers.
100+
Career switchers placed
46+
Active hiring partners
RM 1M+
Production projects shipped
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Avg rating, 150+ reviews
The Moment
Every generation gets one technology that quietly re-sorts who gets ahead. Ours arrived faster than any before it.
1985
Leaned in: Became analysts, controllers, CFOs.
Waited: Stayed “the one who does the books by hand”.
1998
Leaned in: Reached customers in other countries.
Waited: Waited for the fax to ring.
2010
Leaned in: Built businesses that lived in a pocket.
Waited: Called it a toy for kids.
Now
Leaned in: Ships in a week what took a team a quarter.
Waited: Is about to find out.
Your parents had years to get comfortable with email. Decades, in the case of the telephone. Nobody was born knowing Excel - they learned it mid-career, at night, feeling stupid for six weeks. Then it was simply how work got done.
AI is that same story, with one difference: the six weeks is now, and the curve is steeper than anything a generation before us had to climb.
Time to reach 100 million users
Lower is faster. Note the last bar.
Source: UBS / company disclosures, time from launch to ~100M users
Nobody is coming to give you permission. The people who win this decade won't be the ones with the best credentials. They'll be the ones who picked up the new tools first - and actually built something with them.
The Common Enemy
We have nothing against universities. We have everything against a system that profits from keeping the path into tech long, expensive, and confusing - and then calls it your fault when you don't make it through.
Sells four years and six figures of certainty, then hands you a transcript and says “now go get experience”.
Infinite content, zero transformation. You finish the playlist, open a blank file, and freeze.
AI writes it, it runs, you can’t explain a line of it. Feels like progress. Isn’t.
The most expensive advice in the world. Nobody hands out permission. The window closes while you prepare.
They have endowments, campuses, and a hundred years of brand. We have a small team, a study hub in Puchong, and an obsession with whether you actually get hired. Here’s the honest scoreboard.
Weeks until you’re job-ready
Drawn to scale.
The scoreboard
Goliath
The old path
David
This path
Time to job-ready
Time to job-ready
4 years
90 days
What you leave with
What you leave with
A transcript
Deployed products people use
Who teaches you
Who teaches you
People who left industry years ago
People who shipped production code this week
Class size
Class size
300 in a lecture hall
Capped. Everyone known by name
When you get stuck
When you get stuck
Office hours, next Tuesday
A real answer within 24 hours
Who pays us
Who pays us
You, and the employers, and the state
Only you. That’s the alignment
If it doesn’t work out
If it doesn’t work out
Good luck
A full year of support - or your money back
Goliath was never beaten by a bigger Goliath. He was beaten by someone smaller, faster, and unwilling to fight on his terms. That's the whole strategy - for us, and for every person who walks through our door.
Why We Exist
Too many people spend years - and a lot of money - chasing certificates, grades, and credentials, and still graduate without the real-world skills needed to create opportunities for themselves.
AI is making this problem even more urgent. The people who learn to use AI to build, solve problems, and ship real work will have a massive advantage. The people who rely only on traditional education, outdated courses, and passive learning will fall further behind.
Becoming AI-native is one of the most important career decisions anyone can make today.
Tech changed my life because it gave me leverage. It let me learn, build, create, and access opportunities that would have been impossible otherwise. That's why I believe tech is one of the greatest equalizers in the world.
But learning tech is hard.
Most people don't fail because they aren't smart enough. They fail because:
Sigmaschool fixes this by giving learners structure, accountability, real practice, and a community that pushes them forward. We help people stop passively consuming content and start building real skills through real projects.
The problem we're solving is simple. People need a better path to career-changing skills in the AI era - one that's practical, structured, accountable, and focused on real outcomes, not just certificates.
The Problem, Sharpened
Every real business fixes a pain people can feel. Here are the three that keep serious people up at night - and where Sigmaschool comes in.
Become AI-native before you become outdated.
“I worked hard - but the market is changing faster than my degree, my job, and my skills.”
People can feel AI reshaping work. They just don't know how to become valuable in the new version of it. We make people AI-native before the market makes them obsolete - with the practical skills, structure, and proof to stay relevant.
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs
Employers now hire for AI capability, not credentials.
“My cert or degree doesn’t prove I can actually work in the AI era.”
The market stopped paying people for knowing theory. It pays people who can use AI, build real things, and prove they can solve problems. We turn “I completed a course” into “I can build, ship, explain, and use AI properly.”
Source: Microsoft × LinkedIn, Work Trend Index
Self-learning is cheap - but most people get lost and quit.
“I tried learning on my own - but I got stuck, overwhelmed, and never became job-ready.”
Content is everywhere. Transformation is rare. Nobody needs another playlist - they need a path, deadlines, feedback, accountability, and real projects that force them to become capable. That's the structure we exist to provide.
Source: Grand View Research · Course Report alumni survey
One thesis ties them together. The world is going AI-native, credentials are losing their power, and self-learning leaves most people behind. Sigmaschool is the path that closes all three gaps at once.
What We Actually Do
Our primary outcome is still software development careers - but the way we train people has changed for the AI era.
We don't just teach people to write code. We teach them to understand software, build real products, use AI properly, debug, ship, and prove they can solve real problems.
The job title might be any of these - but the core capability is the same:
Use software and AI to build things that create value.
The Origin Story
I was helping friends transition into tech - smart, hungry, disciplined people. And they kept hitting the same wall, over and over.
So I built the place I wished existed when I was learning. Somewhere you could learn tech, get mentored, use AI properly, ship real projects, and land real jobs - all in one ecosystem, on one path.
What started as a side project became Sigmaschool. Hundreds of graduates later, the path still works. The standard hasn't moved - only the curriculum has, because AI keeps moving the floor.
Learning alone is hard. Learning with guidance, community, and real-world context isn't. That's the entire bet.
What We Believe
We've taught hundreds of students. These are the principles we won't compromise - no matter what the market is doing this quarter.
The moment a curriculum makes coding feel like a chore, you've lost. We protect the joy of building, even when the work gets hard.
Fundamentals are non-negotiable. The piece of paper that costs four years and six figures is.
A localhost demo is a draft. Until someone else on the internet can use what you built, it doesn't count as shipped.
The internet has too much. The job of a school is to subtract - not add. We tell you what to skip as much as what to learn.
Going wide on syntax helps no one. Going deep on one thing - until you can actually defend it - is what compounds.
Twelve weeks is intense. But the career is decades. We optimise for habits that survive after graduation.
No simulation matches working with engineers who care about the code shipping tonight. We aim graduates at that - fast.
What We Refuse To Do
A great school is defined as much by what it refuses to do as by what it builds. Here's our list.
Quality dies at scale. Every cohort is capped small enough that every student is known by name - and every submission gets reviewed by a real human, not a TA on autopilot.
Every Sigmaschool instructor still writes production code today. We don't employ lecturers who haven't touched a real codebase in two years. The curriculum should be taught by people who use it.
No Loom walkthrough explaining what you built, no graduation. Period. We'd rather hold a student back and re-cohort them than print a credential that doesn't mean anything.
If a framework, pattern, or tool is on the way out, it's out of our curriculum. We rewrite material every cohort. AI moves in weeks - pretending it doesn't serves no one.
If we got paid by both sides, we'd optimise for placements that hurt you. Your tuition is the only money we touch. The financial alignment is the alignment.
About 30% of applicants get in. That isn't a marketing flex - it's the math of caring about outcomes. Admitting someone who can't commit is unkind to them and unfair to the cohort.
We could 10× revenue tomorrow by lowering the standard. We won't. The bar is the moat. The bar is the brand. The bar is the only thing that compounds across cohorts.
Our 3R Brand Promise
Anyone can promise. We bind ourselves to consequences when we miss.
Promise
If you don't get hired in tech after graduation, you get unlimited support for one full year - until you do.
Otherwise, 100% of your tuition back.
Promise
Get a real answer to your question within 24 hours of asking. Always.
If we miss that - a meal on us.
Promise
Our curriculum is updated every cohort. The bar keeps moving up.
Find better slides than ours? We'll Venmo you RM100. We've never paid out.
The Team
Every instructor still ships production code. Every team member shows up because they want to be here. This is the whole company - all of us, on one screen.
Founder
Founder
“The guy obsessed with helping people break into tech faster than traditional education ever could.”
Why I built this
Because we’re building the most effective, career-focused coding school in Southeast Asia. Real skills, real outcomes, and a team that moves fast, experiments boldly, and cares about student success above everything else.
Boxing, running, lifting, surfing, snowboarding, reading & tinkering with tech
Growth Marketeer
“Here to learn, grow, and maybe panic a little, in a demure way.”
Why Sigmaschool
I was inspired by the young, open-minded people at Sigma School who genuinely care about shaping the future of education. I believe that learning should be accessible to anyone…
Why EdTech
Tech is everywhere, and it’s changing how we learn too. Traditional education doesn’t fit everyone, but technology can break down barriers, reach people anywhere, and let learners…
Off the clock
Badminton, pilates, reading, watching crime documentaries, arts and crafts like crocheting, clay, drawing and painting 🎨
Admissions Lead
“Always looking for more side quest and areas for improvement.”
Why Sigmaschool
Deric's charisma, enthusiasm, and vision for where Sigma and his other ventures will go. To learn from someone who’s built something amazing in Malaysia, and surround myself with…
Why EdTech
Technology is fantastic because it is constantly evolving, requires continuous learning and adaptability to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive advantage.
Off the clock
Sports like running, gym, bouldering, and martial arts in general. I would love to try out Hyrox and Pilates.
Software Engineer & Instructor
“Obsessed with learning more about the world, others and myself.”
Why Sigmaschool
To help people learn the joy of programming.
Why EdTech
Education in the modern age has many opportunities for growth, especially in this dawn of AI. Video calling is accessible, making education much more affordable.
Off the clock
I enjoy reading and training for long distance running.
Video Editor
“A video editor from Indonesia, happily married and a proud dad to one amazing son.”
Why Sigmaschool
I want to join the company that have direct and real impact to society, by providing accelerated pathways to tech careers, fostering skill development, and making education more…
Why EdTech
Education with technology has the potential to transform learning by improve accessibility and interactivity. The integration of online platforms, digital resources, and adaptive…
Off the clock
I like to create video just for fun, and other things is watching film and Series.
Software Engineer & Teaching Assistant (Intern)
“A curious mind who loves turning ideas into impact, chasing meaning in the spaces between learning and creation.”
Why Sigmaschool
I’ve always been drawn to innovative environments, and Sigma School stands out for its fresh, practical take on tech education. I’ve also seen how it empowers people from all…
Why EdTech
I believe education, especially when blended with technology, has the potential to unlock creativity and imagination in ways that traditional methods often can’t. Technology…
Off the clock
Outside of work…
Software Engineer & Teaching Assistant (Intern)
“Hey! I'm Koh, a software engineering student who enjoys solving real-world problems through technology while helping…”
Why Sigmaschool
Sigma School stood out to me because of its mission and its approach to learning. A few years ago, I came across Sigma School on YouTube and was inspired by its focus on helping…
Why EdTech
Education is most effective when theory is combined with practical experience. Understanding concepts matters, but true learning happens when people apply those concepts to solve…
Off the clock
Exploring creative disciplines outside software engineering: UI/UX design…
Software Engineer & Teaching Assistant (Intern)
“A very stubborn man who turns laziness into efficiency.”
Why Sigmaschool
Building something that other people actually use and that actually helps them? That's the dream. And I'm here to see it from the pro's side.
Why EdTech
EdTech is a tool of mass efficiency - for taking shortcuts, that is. But when it's designed to actually force understanding instead of bypassing it, that's when it becomes…
Off the clock
Avid rhythm game enjoyer, editing videos, and always down for trying something new.
Programme Manager & Instructor
“Hi! My name is Reagan, and yes it's the same Ronald Reagan name, except I'm not aiming to be the president. Excited to…”
Why Sigmaschool
The culture and team bonding were what drew me in, and I’m also inspired by one of the company’s mission to give opportunities to people from underprivileged backgrounds.
Why EdTech
Hearing stories of how education in technology has made the younger generation to be less hardworking but at the same time technology has made it so much more acccesible to people…
Off the clock
Mainly volleyball, dog lover, movie buff and I'm a commitee member of a community service club helping underprivileged kids
Real Moments
Demo days, meetups, retros, online Buildrooms - proof that Sigmaschool happens in the real world, not just in tabs.
HustleHub meetup
Internal team retro
Team lunch at Lumi
In-person cohort session
Demo day · HustleHub
Live Buildroom · Online
Cohort 10 graduation
Cohort 8 · IOI Boulevard
Careers · We’re hiring
We’re a small team building the team structure we’ll need for the next hundred times our size - and we’re growing fast, because AI keeps multiplying what a small team can do. That means real roles opening up faster than we can post them.
We’re not looking for résumés. We’re looking for people who are allergic to “that’s how it’s always been done” - who’d rather build the thing than sit in a meeting about the thing. Every day here is Day 1.
We read every application. We respond - even when it's a no.
How we work
Not the ping-pong-table version. The version where six people in a room decide something on Tuesday and customers feel it on Friday.
There is no chain of approvals to pitch through. Good idea on Monday, live on Thursday. You talk to the founder directly - because there is nobody in between.
You own outcomes, not tickets. Nobody hands you a spec broken into subtasks. You get the problem, the context, and the trust - and your name stays on it.
AI made a small team dangerous. Everyone here does work that used to need five people, and grows at a rate that a big-company ladder physically cannot match.
A team small enough to fit around one table. Hundreds of students, 46+ hiring partners, a national reach. The leverage per person is absurd - which is exactly why we hire slowly and carefully.
Nobody counts your hours or watches your calendar. We count what shipped and who it helped. Do the work where and when you do it best.
That is not a poster on a wall - it is how we pay, promote, and decide. If the company grows and you drove it, you take part of that upside. We win together or not at all.
“I win when you win. I’m not trying to hire people to work for me - I’m trying to find people who’ll build this thing with me, and grow faster here than they could anywhere else.”
Deric Yee · Founder, Sigmaschool
The bar
We hire for instincts, not pedigree. Here's the honest filter - read the right column carefully.
You’ll love it here if…
You’ll hate it here if…
It’s a startup. Truly.
Wide scope, lean resources, moving goalposts. Some weeks you wear three hats. You’ll own real outcomes early - which means real wins and the occasional “oof, that was me.”
In exchange, you grow fast.
Faster than anywhere with a comfier chair. A direct line to decisions. And work that genuinely changes lives - we have the graduate stories to prove it.
How to apply
No “describe a time you faced adversity.” Just tell us three things.
Show us something you made
Something you built, fixed, or shipped - and what broke along the way. Side projects count. Scrappy counts.
Tell us why this, why now
Why this mission, and why this moment in your life. We care more about the "why" than the CV.
Claim your role
Tell us the role you think you’d own here - even if we never posted it. High-agency people define their own lane.
The best people never feel 100% qualified. They apply anyway. Your move.
You read this far.
Two doors, same building. Learn to build with us in the next cohort - or come build the school itself. Either way, we look for hunger and clarity, not a CV.
~30% acceptance for cohorts. We reply to every application - even when it's a no.
