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> Engineering-rigour online coding, Python, AI & agentic-AI mentorship for Germany — Berlin, München, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Köln, Stuttgart. Informatik LK and Abitur-aligned. 1:1 mentor, 8 sessions a month, USD 100 (≈ EUR 92). Buchen Sie eine kostenlose Demo.

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# Coding & AI taught the way *German engineering* respects.

One mentor. One student. Real Python, real JavaScript, real AI agents — taught with the rigour your child's Gymnasium would respect and the openness their future at **TUM**, **RWTH Aachen** or **SAP** will require. **USD 100 / Monat** (≈ EUR 92), eight live sessions, zwei pro Woche, no contract.

See all courses4.9/5average parent & learner rating across Germany — 1,310 reviews2,400+German students mentored across 60+ cities since 20228 / molive 1:1 classes, two per week, on Central European TimeUSD 100monthly · ≈ EUR 92 · no joining fee · monatlich kündbar12+ yrsaverage mentor experience shipping real engineering codePick a course · start this week

## Seven serious tracks. Eight live sessions a month. Same mentor every week.

Click any track to open the course page, or book a free demo and a mentor matches your child to the right one.

[Most chosen in DE · Informatik LK Coding & AI for Teens (13–18) — Informatik LK & Abitur aligned Real Python, JavaScript, Git, web apps and modern AI engineering — paced to a German Gymnasium term. We line up with Informatik LK, Abitur exam content, BWInf rounds and Jugend forscht entries. Many of our students go on to TUM, RWTH, TU Berlin and KIT informatics tracks.  Format1:1 · 2 sessions / week Length8 sessions / month StackPython · JS · Web · LLM APIs ScheduleCET · 16:00 – 21:00 most days   USD 100/ month · ≈ EUR 92 Open course →](/courses/coding/teens)[Ages 6 – 12 Coding for Kids Scratch → real Python by month three. Tiny games, drawing apps, first AI projects. USD 100 / mo→](/courses/coding/kids)[New · Ages 13 – 18 AI & Agentic-AI LLM apps, RAG, tool-using agents — the way German AI startups actually ship. USD 100 / mo→](/ai-ml-course-for-teens)[TUM · RWTH · KIT For College & Uni Algorithms, system design, AI engineering. Top-ups for German uni students. USD 100 / mo→](/courses/coding/college)[Adults · Career switch For Professionals Mid-career Quereinsteiger into software, data and AI roles. USD 100 / mo→](/courses/coding/college)[For girls · 8 – 22 Coding für Mädchen All-female mentor pairing, role models from the Berlin & Munich AI scene. USD 100 / mo→](/courses/coding/girls)[Schulen · Firmen For Schools / Teams Gymnasium informatics cohorts, AGs and German company upskilling programmes. USD 40 / seat→](/courses/coding/corporate)Why German families pick us

## Six things we get right that the rest of the market mostly does not.

We've taught coding in 60+ German cities since 2022. These are the questions we hear in every demo call — and the answers we built the school around.

### Engineering rigour

We treat coding the way German engineering treats anything — clearly defined inputs, clean abstractions, named functions, working tests. *Schwammig* is not an option.

### Informatik LK + Abitur aware

Our advanced track aligns with the algorithms, complexity and Python content that appear on Informatik LK papers and the Abitur. We also coach BWInf rounds and Jugend-forscht entries.

### Native CET scheduling

Mentors work Central European Time, not US-evening. Slots cover 09:00–21:00 CET — comfortable after Schule, after Verein, or on weekend mornings.

### Real AI, not "use ChatGPT"

Students build LLM apps end-to-end: prompts, structured output, retrieval, tool-calling, agents, evals, guardrails, deployment. The same patterns DeepL, Aleph Alpha and Helsing ship in production.

### English-first, German-friendly

We teach in clear English so your child reads the actual docs that ship the world's software. Mentors translate when something needs to land in German — perfect for expat families in Berlin, München and Frankfurt.

### Same mentor, every week

One face, every lesson. Mentors stay with your child for the year unless you ask to switch — and you can switch at any time, monatlich kündbar.

Germany's AI & software context

## The country your child is about to graduate into is rewriting itself.

Industrial AI

SAP, Siemens, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and ZF are running some of the most ambitious industrial-AI programmes in the world — and they hire from German universities your child may attend.

A startup scene with weight

Berlin houses Zalando, N26, Trade Republic, Delivery Hero, HelloFresh and a long tail of AI startups. Munich is home to Helsing, Personio and Celonis. Heidelberg has **Aleph Alpha**. Köln has DeepL.

A research base that runs deep

DFKI, Helmholtz AI, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Cyber Valley Tübingen, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, TUM AI & the ELLIS network — Germany ships fundamental AI research at the level of any country in the world.

A federal curriculum that's catching up

Informatik is now part of the Stundentafel in most Bundesländer — but classroom hours are tight, teachers are scarce, and the path from "first Python" to a shipped AI agent still mostly happens outside school.

A skills gap the Bundesregierung admits

The KI-Strategie der Bundesregierung and the Digitalstrategie 2025 both publicly state Germany is short on engineering talent. Your child learning real coding now is a serious advantage by 2030.

English is the working language of code

Every meaningful library, paper and API is documented in English. Children who learn programming and English-language documentation together are massively ahead by Klasse 11.

From "first line of Python" to "deployed AI app"

## A 12-month spine. Same arc for every age — paced to the student.

Each step is a real chapter of learning, not a marketing milestone. Below is a typical year for a 14-year-old starting Klasse 9 in Berlin from absolute zero.

Step 01 · Foundations

### Thinking like an engineer

Decomposition, abstraction, debugging, runtime, memory. First real Python on day one — no block-based detours for older learners.

computational thinkingpython basicsflowchartsStep 02 · Python (deep)

### Real programs that solve real problems

Functions, lists, dicts, classes, files, exceptions, modules. A 200-line program by week 12 — fully understood, fully theirs, pushed to GitHub.

pythondata structuresgittestingStep 03 · Web fundamentals

### Shipping to the open internet

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, the browser, the network, the server. First deployed personal site on Vercel or GitHub Pages — visible at school, by Eltern, on a CV.

html/cssjavascriptverceldeploymentStep 04 · AI fluency

### Working with LLMs the honest way

Prompting, structured output, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluation. Students build their first practical AI tool — a study helper they actually use.

OpenAI APIClaude APIRAGevalsStep 05 · Agentic AI

### Agents that plan, call tools, and recover

Multi-step agents, memory, tool calling, guardrails, observability. Real engineering — not a ChatGPT wrapper demo.

tool usemulti-stepguardrailsobservabilityStep 06 · Algorithms & complexity

### Informatik LK and BWInf ready

Arrays, hashing, trees, graphs, recursion, dynamic programming. Aligned to Bundeswettbewerb Informatik and the standard German Abitur Informatik content.

algorithmsbig-OBWInfabitur informatikStep 07 · System design

### Designing software, not just typing it

APIs, databases, caches, queues — the architecture vocabulary every TUM / RWTH / TU Berlin / KIT informatics student is expected to speak.

APIsdatabasescachingarchitectureStep 08 · Capstone

### Ship a real product — and own it.

A full agentic-AI product or full-stack web app. Designed by the student, built with the mentor, publicly deployed, added to a portfolio that helps with German university applications or first jobs.

capstoneportfoliodeploycode reviewReal shipped projects · real German students

## A small sample of what students built with us this year.

Names abbreviated. Each project deployed publicly during normal class hours, used by the student afterwards.

Maxi B. · 16 · Berlin (Charlottenburg)

### Abi-Tutor — a RAG agent over his own notes

Indexed 184 pages of Maxi's Informatik LK and Mathe LK notes, built a retrieval-augmented Q&A agent that cites his own pages back. Now used by three classmates.

PythonRAGOpenAIChromaFastAPILena S. · 12 · München (Schwabing)

### S-Bahn Delay Tracker

Pulls live MVV open data, predicts which Schwabing-to-school S-Bahn is likely delayed tomorrow morning. Her mum looks at it every weekday.

Pythonpandasscikit-learnGitHub PagesJonas & Mia · 11 & 13 · Hamburg (Eppendorf)

### Chore-coin App

Two siblings shipped a Next.js web app to fairly track chores and pocket-money. Real auth, real database. Their school's *Informatik AG* demoed it.

TypeScriptNext.jsSupabaseTailwindHannah K. · 17 · Köln (Ehrenfeld)

### Algorithmus-Visualizer for Abitur prep

Interactive web app animating Dijkstra, BFS, DFS, A*, Floyd-Warshall on user-drawn graphs. Used across her Informatik LK course.

TypeScriptReactD3ViteVercelDavid W. · 18 · Stuttgart (Vaihingen)

### Robotics-team scoring bot

Discord bot for his Schul-Robotik-AG that tracks per-match scores, generates Stundenpläne and predicts opponents using last-season data. Used at FLL regionals.

Pythondiscord.pySQLitepandasSophie L. · adult · Frankfurt am Main

### Internal compliance agent (BaFin team)

Agentic AI assistant Sophie shipped at her Frankfurt bank that drafts compliance summaries and flags missing BaFin controls. Saves hours every week.

PythonLangGraphClaudePostgreSQLDocker★ ★ ★ ★ ★

> "Within six months my son went from 'doesn't really like Informatik' to building a working AI agent his Lehrer asked him to demo. We don't say this lightly — this is the best money we've ever spent on his education."

AHAndrea H.Eltern · München (Bogenhausen) · Gymnasium★★★★★

> "Maxi's Abitur Informatik mock score went from 9 to 14 points after one term."

— Familie B. · Berlin★★★★★

> "I'm 31, switched from Vertrieb to AI engineering in nine months. Worth every Euro."

— Felix R. · Köln★★★★★

> "My daughter is 9, in Hamburg, and reads Python error messages on her own. Wahnsinn."

— Stefanie L. · Hamburg★★★★★

> "Better than the Volkshochschule and a third the price. Mentor-Modell ist Gold wert."

— Markus T. · StuttgartMeet the mentor team

## Working engineers. Olympiad veterans. Patient teachers.

Every student is paired with one mentor and stays with them for the year. Below is the kind of mentor your child can expect to meet.

AI

### The AI engineer

LLMs · Agents

Ships production AI for a living — RAG, agents, evals, guardrails. Best fit for teens building real LLM apps and adult career-switchers.

FS

### The full-stack builder

Web · Cloud

Python, TypeScript, Next.js, AWS. Best fit for teens shipping deployed web apps and adults retraining into SWE roles.

BW

### The BWInf coach

Olympiad · Abitur

Bundeswettbewerb-Informatik-level algorithms. Best fit for Informatik LK, BWInf rounds and TUM / RWTH / KIT entry preparation.

KD

### The kids-first mentor

Ages 6 – 12

Patient, child-development-aware, calm pace. Bridges Scratch to real Python without losing the joy that brought your child to coding.

Honest pricing · monatlich kündbar

## One number. Eight live classes. No fine print.

No registration fee. No annual lock-in. No surprise upsells. Pay in USD via Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay or SEPA — your bank handles the EUR conversion.

Small-group cohort

### Group · 6 students max

Same curriculum, same mentors, age-banded small group.

USD40/ Monat

≈ EUR 37 / Monat · 8 sessions · 2 per week

- 8 live small-group sessions every month
- Up to 6 students per group, age-banded
- Same project track, slightly less customised pace
- Class recordings & monthly Eltern-report
- Upgrade to 1:1 anytime, no penalty

1:1 private mentorship

### Private · one mentor, one student

Deepest progress, fully customised pace. Used by 80% of our German families.

USD100/ Monat

≈ EUR 92 / Monat · 8 sessions · 2 per week

- 8 live 1:1 sessions every month
- Same mentor every week — no rotation
- Custom curriculum and project plan
- Class recordings & weekly Fortschrittsbericht
- WhatsApp / E-Mail support between classes
- Pause, switch mentor or cancel anytime

### Not sure which course fits? We can tell you in 10 minutes.

Drop a German phone number — a Schule-aware mentor calls during CET hours, recommends a course, schedules a free demo. No card, no commitment.

Same mentor every weekMonatlich kündbarErste Demo gratisHow we compare

## Side-by-side with what most German families already tried.

Volkshochschule, Nachhilfe, free YouTube — they all have a place. Here is honestly where we sit.

What matters mostModern Age CodersVolkshochschule (VHS)Privat-NachhilfeYouTube / free tools1:1 live mentor, same person every week✓ Yes— Class format✓ Often— NoReal coding (Python, JS, Git, deploy)✓ Week one~ Sometimes~ Depends~ Self-drivenModern AI & agentic-AI engineering✓ Built in— Rare— Rare~ Tutorials onlyInformatik LK / Abitur alignment✓ Aligned~ Sometimes✓ Often— NoBWInf / Jugend forscht coaching✓ Yes— No~ Rare— NoCET-native schedule✓ Native✓ Native✓ Native✓ Self-pacedReal shipped portfolio every month✓ Yes— No~ Maybe— NoMonthly costUSD 100 (1:1) / 40 (group)EUR 80 – 200 (per course)EUR 200 – 500 / MonatKostenlosCancel / pause✓ Monatlich~ Per Semester~ Per contract✓ FreiBuilt for all 16 Bundesländer

## Informatik is taught differently in every Bundesland. We adapt.

Whether your child sits Abitur in Bayern, Berlin or Schleswig-Holstein, our advanced track maps to the algorithms, Python and data-handling content that appears on Informatik LK papers and the Abitur. Mentors know each state's curriculum quirks.

Baden-Württemberg BW

Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Freiburg, Heidelberg. Strong engineering pipeline (KIT, Uni Heidelberg).

Bayern BY

München, Nürnberg, Augsburg, Regensburg. Demanding Bayerisches Abitur Informatik — our spine matches it.

Berlin BE

All twelve Bezirke covered. Big expat-family demand, English-first instruction native to our model.

Brandenburg BB

Potsdam, Cottbus, Frankfurt (Oder). HPI's home turf — many of our Brandenburg families aim there.

Bremen HB

Bremen + Bremerhaven. Smaller market, careful pacing; we know the Schulamt Informatik framework.

Hamburg HH

Eppendorf, Altona, Hamburg-Mitte, Wandsbek. Strong Otto / Airbus / startup AI scene context.

Hessen HE

Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Kassel. Banking-AI flavour around Frankfurt is the norm.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern MV

Rostock, Schwerin, Greifswald. Lighter cohort — patient mentors, English-first works very well here.

Niedersachsen NI

Hannover, Braunschweig, Osnabrück, Oldenburg. Solid Informatik LK demand in mid-size Gymnasien.

Nordrhein-Westfalen NW

Köln, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Bochum, Aachen. Largest cohort — RWTH-bound students aplenty.

Rheinland-Pfalz RP

Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Koblenz, Trier. BASF / chem-AI context relevant for adult learners.

Saarland SL

Saarbrücken. DFKI's home — many parents already know what serious AI research looks like.

Sachsen SN

Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz. TU Dresden / Uni Leipzig pipeline — strong informatics culture.

Sachsen-Anhalt ST

Magdeburg, Halle. Growing demand; we run small but tight cohorts here.

Schleswig-Holstein SH

Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg. Adapted to the SH Informatik framework which is lighter on practical coding.

Thüringen TH

Erfurt, Jena, Weimar. Friedrich-Schiller-Uni Jena candidates — algorithms emphasis welcomed.

Spotlight on each major city we serve

## Online classes, locally aware.

Six closer looks at where most of our German families learn with us — and how the local school year and tech context shape what we teach there.

### Berlin

BE · 12 Bezirke

Big expat-family demand, English-first instruction native to us. Many Berlin learners are bilingual children at JFK School, Berlin International, Phorms or Nelson-Mandela-Schule who want a real coding mentor outside school hours.

Top track: **Engineers'**Slot: **17:30 CET**

### München / Munich

BY · München

TUM-bound. Bavarian Abitur Informatik is demanding and our spine matches it. Lots of weekend-morning slots — Bavarian kids fence, ski and play in Orchester after school, so we move classes to Samstag-Vormittag.

Top track: **Engineers'**Slot: **09:00 CET Sa**

### Hamburg

HH · Hansestadt

Otto, Airbus and a strong startup scene in HafenCity. Our Hamburg families lean towards full-stack and AI builders, often with sailing-club Saturdays — mid-week evenings dominate.

Top track: **Engineers'**Slot: **18:30 CET**

### Frankfurt am Main

HE · Banken-Stadt

Banking-AI everywhere. Many adult learners from Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, KfW, BaFin and ECB-adjacent roles. Teens here often aim at the Goethe-Uni informatics track.

Top track: **Career**Slot: **19:00 CET**

### Köln · Cologne

NW · Rheinland

DeepL's home. A noticeable share of our Köln learners are children of engineers and translators — bilingual, curious, fast. Strong Karneval-week pause culture; we plan around it.

Top track: **Engineers'**Slot: **17:00 CET**

### Stuttgart

BW · Auto-Welt

Bosch, Mercedes, Porsche, ZF. Adult learners often want industrial-AI angles; teens often join from Vaihingen / Möhringen Gymnasien and aim at KIT or Uni Stuttgart informatics.

Top track: **Career & Engineers'**Slot: **18:00 CET**CET-native schedule

## Slots that fit a German school day.

You pick two slots per week. These are the windows most German families choose — all in Central European Time. Extra slots open on request.

Slot (CET)DaysBest forAvailability**15:30 – 16:30***nach der Schule*Mo · Mi · FrGrundschüler & Klasse 5–7Hohe Nachfrage**17:00 – 18:00***after homework*Mo · Di · DoKlasse 7 – 10Comfortable**18:00 – 19:00***evening*Di · Mi · DoInformatik LK · Abitur prepComfortable**19:30 – 20:30***working hours over*Mo · Mi · DoAdult learners & uni studentsComfortable**09:00 – 10:00***weekend morning*Sa & SoBayerische Familien · Munich + ski-townsLimitedFree demo · 30 minutes · Zoom · CET

## Meet a mentor before you decide anything.

A real 30-minute live session on your child's CET slot. We tailor a learning plan to where your child is today, in German if helpful. No card, no commitment, kein Verkaufsdruck.

[E-Mail senden](mailto:hello@modernagecoders.com?subject=Germany%20demo%20enquiry)FAQ

## Everything German parents and learners ask in their first call.

Wie unterscheidet sich Modern Age Coders von einer Volkshochschule oder Nachhilfe?

Volkshochschule and most Nachhilfe operate in classroom or homework-help mode. We operate in mentorship mode — one mentor, one student, shipping real engineering. We are also closer to a German Gymnasium's level of rigour than most consumer "kids-code" platforms.

Are classes aligned with Informatik LK and Abitur?

Yes. Our advanced track aligns with the Python, algorithms, complexity and data-handling content that appears on Informatik LK papers and Abitur exams across all 16 Bundesländer. We also actively coach Bundeswettbewerb Informatik (BWInf) rounds and Jugend forscht entries.

Do you teach in English or German?

Classes are taught in clear, slow English — because every meaningful software library, paper and API is documented in English and learning that vocabulary early is a serious advantage. Mentors switch to German vocabulary on demand, and we adapt for younger children and for non-English-comfortable Eltern.

What does it cost in Euro?

Private 1:1 mentorship is **USD 100 (≈ EUR 92)** per month — 8 sessions, 2 per week. Small-group cohort is **USD 40 (≈ EUR 37)** per month, same schedule. No registration fee, no contract, monatlich kündbar.

Will my child learn real AI or just "use ChatGPT"?

Real AI engineering. Students build LLM-powered applications: retrieval-augmented generation, structured output, tool-calling, multi-step agents, evaluations, guardrails, deployment. The same patterns shipped at DeepL (Köln), Aleph Alpha (Heidelberg), Helsing (München) and SAP.

Can my child prepare for TUM, RWTH, KIT or TU Berlin informatics?

Yes — preparation paths to TU München, RWTH Aachen, KIT Karlsruhe, TU Berlin, HU Berlin, LMU München, Uni Heidelberg, TU Dresden and Uni Stuttgart are something we plan deliberately, with the right mentor pairing.

When are the typical class times?

Mentors work 09:00 – 21:00 CET. Most weekday families pick 15:30, 17:00, 18:00 or 19:30 slots. Saturday and Sunday mornings (09:00 – 12:00 CET) are popular for Bavarian families and for any family that prefers calm weekend coding.

Are mentors used to bilingual and English-language schools in Germany?

Yes. Many of our German students attend bilingual or international schools (JFK Berlin, BIS, Berlin Brandenburg International School, Phorms, MIS Munich, IS Hamburg, FIS Frankfurt, ISD Düsseldorf, etc.). Mentors adapt project vocabulary so it complements school work.

How is AI safety handled for children?

Under-13s never operate LLM APIs against the open internet without a mentor present. We use age-appropriate models, guardrailed prompts, content filters and a "sandbox-only" rule for the youngest learners. Parents see exactly what tools are introduced each month.

How do we pay? German cards and SEPA OK?

Yes. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay (all issued in Germany), and SEPA-Lastschrift for adult invoices. Billing is in USD; your bank applies the live EUR conversion — typically ≈ EUR 92 for the 1:1 plan.

Does the schedule pause for school holidays and Ferien?

You decide. Many families pause during Sommerferien, Herbstferien, Weihnachtsferien, Faschingsferien, Osterferien or Pfingstferien — and just resume after. Other families use the holidays for a focused project sprint. You can pause any month with one message to your mentor.

Was passiert, wenn mein Kind den Mentor wechseln möchte?

Kein Problem. You can request a switch at any time, for any reason. We re-match within a week and you keep the same monthly schedule. About 12% of our students switch once in the first three months — that is a feature, not a failure.

Inside your first month

## Woche für Woche — what actually happens.

A typical first month for a 13-year-old German student starting from zero. Pacing adapts up or down for younger or older learners.

Woche 01

### Probestunde & first contact

Free 30-minute Probestunde on Zoom. Mentor candidate meets your child, gets a feel for prior Scratch / Informatik-AG exposure, screen-time tolerance, and exam pressure. Calendar invites go out for the next two CET slots.

**Output:** a personalised Halbjahr planWoche 02

### Foundations & Informatikkonzepte

First two real sessions. Sequencing, decomposition, debugging — die Freude über "der Bug gehört mir." For older students this is Python in VS Code from day one. No drag-and-drop blocks past age 9.

**Output:** a tiny program, der eigeneWoche 03

### Python auf eigenem Laptop

VS Code installed, Python 3 working, Terminal no longer scary. First original program — not from a tutorial — with input/output, variables, loops. Pushed to your child's first personal GitHub repository.

**Output:** first GitHub CommitWoche 04

### Der erste Deploy

End-of-month checkpoint: a small project chosen by the student — a Bundesliga-result lookup, a Berlin S-Bahn delay tracker, a Bayern-Abi quiz — shipped to GitHub Pages or Vercel. You receive a written Fortschrittsbericht from the mentor.

**Output:** a live URL, vorzeigbarAdult learner stories

## Four Germans who changed careers in under a year.

Full names withheld on request. Each story below is a real adult student who joined us and ended up in a software, data or AI role at a German employer.

FKFelix K.30 · Berlin · ex-Vertrieb → AI engineer at a Berlin fintech

### From sales dashboards to LLM agents — neun Monate.

Felix joined with strong Excel and weak Python. Nine months later he had shipped two production AI agents at a Berlin fintech, including one that auto-drafts compliance-friendly customer replies. Sein Team moved him into an AI engineer role.

Started**Python basics**Pivoted**LLM apps + RAG**Now**AI eng · fintech**PJPetra J.42 · München · ex-Lehrerin → ML engineer at a Munich mobility startup

### Mathe-Lehrerin → ML engineer in 14 Monaten.

Petra had strong maths intuition but no engineering background. We started slow: Python, Git, deployment, then ML fundamentals, then real production-pattern AI. She now works at a BMW-adjacent mobility startup in München.

Started**Python + Git**Pivoted**ML fundamentals**Now**ML eng · mobility**ASAndreas S.36 · Hamburg · ex-Berater → full-stack at a Hamburg startup

### Unternehmensberater → full-stack at a Hamburg-Mitte startup.

Andreas had product instincts but had never deployed code. Two months in, his first React app was on Vercel. Eleven months in, he passed an interview at a HafenCity SaaS company for a full-stack engineer role.

Started**Web fundamentals**Pivoted**Full-stack TS**Now**Full-stack · SaaS**EHEva H.29 · Frankfurt · ex-PM → AI eng at a Commerzbank-adjacent fintech

### Product manager → AI engineer at a Frankfurt fintech.

Eva already worked at a Frankfurt fintech in a PM role. She wanted to ship code, not just spec it. We built her up over a year on Python, ML, then agentic AI. She moved into a hands-on AI engineer role at a Commerzbank-adjacent shop.

Started**Python + ML**Pivoted**Agentic AI**Now**AI eng · fintech**Honest commitments

## Was wir immer tun — und was wir nie tun werden.

German-directness. We'd rather lose your business than mis-sell our school.

### Was wir immer tun

- Keep the same Mentor with your child for the year
- Send a weekly Fortschrittsbericht in plain words
- Ship real Python by Woche 12, nicht später
- Map weekly plans to your child's Informatik-LK / Abitur content
- Let you pause or cancel any month, kostenfrei
- Be honest if a child isn't yet ready for a track
- Refund unused months within 7 days of renewal

### Was wir nie tun

- Lock you into a Jahresvertrag
- Rotate Mentoren mid-Halbjahr to balance our staffing
- Sell "Kinder-Python" toys past month one
- Pretend "Drag-and-drop" is real coding past Klasse 3
- Let under-13s use AI APIs unsupervised on the open internet
- Run pressure-Verkauf or fake "limitierte Plätze" tricks
- Sell a course that doesn't fit just to win the month

Inside a typical class

## A live 45-Minuten Stunde, minute by minute.

The honest version. This is what one 1:1 session looks like for a 14-year-old in their third month with us.

00:00 – 02:00

#### Hallo + warm-up

Two minutes of "wie war die Woche" — the human bit. Mentor scrolls back the chat history, cameras on for both.

02:00 – 08:00

#### Wiederholung + kleines Quiz

A 6-minute recall test of last lesson's idea. Not for marks — for the brain. Mentor watches for the Aha-Moment and the cobwebs.

08:00 – 18:00

#### Neues Konzept + live coding

Ten minutes of new material. Live-shared VS Code. Mentor types two lines, student types the next two. Wrong moves welcome. Errors read aloud.

18:00 – 35:00

#### Projektarbeit · das Herz der Stunde

The student leads. The Mentor coaches. This is where the actual learning happens — feature shipped, bug fixed, function refactored. The Mentor types nothing; only asks.

35:00 – 42:00

#### Code review & Reflexion

Five minutes to look at what was written. What's good? What could be cleaner? The student names one thing they're proud of. This bit matters more than it sounds.

42:00 – 45:00

#### Nächste Schritte + Tschüss

Mentor writes a 4-line note to the Eltern: what was covered, how the student felt, optional Hausaufgaben, plan for next class. Cameras off. Fertig.

Common German parent worries

## Six honest answers to the questions Eltern type into Google at 23 Uhr.

"Mein Kind hat eh schon zu viel Bildschirmzeit. Macht das nicht alles schlimmer?"

Fair worry. Our sessions are 45 minutes, twice a week — total 90 minutes — and most of that time the child is creating, not consuming. Mentors enforce screen-off breaks. We genuinely believe deliberate, mentor-led screen time is qualitatively different from passive TikTok time, and many German parents tell us their child *chooses* less passive time after a few months.

"Wird mein Kind Fake-Kinder-Python lernen, nicht echtes Programmieren?"

Nein. We start in Scratch only as a bridge for the youngest learners. By month three almost every student writes real, runnable Python that imports real libraries, handles real errors and pushes to a real GitHub repo. We deliberately avoid "Python für Kinder" tools that hide the real language.

"Was, wenn mein Kind nach einem Monat das Interesse verliert? Bin ich gebunden?"

Keine Bindung. Monatlich kündbar — no fee, no awkward conversation. If your child loses interest, we'd rather hear early and either pause or pivot the project track to something more exciting (game design, music coding, AI art).

"Ist KI sicher für mein 9-jähriges Kind?"

Under-13s never interact with raw LLM APIs against the open internet without a Mentor present. Age-appropriate models, guardrailed prompts, content filters, "sandbox-only" rule. Parents see every prompt and output. We're stricter on this than most.

"Mein Kind ist schüchtern — ist eine 1:1 Videostunde zu viel?"

Many of our most successful students started shy. The first lesson is structured around the code, not the camera — your child looks at VS Code, not at a face. Mentors trained for long pauses, no pressure. Most shy students are comfortable by Stunde 3.

"Ist das nur ein weiterer Bootcamp, der sich Schule nennt?"

Nein. Bootcamps compress 12 weeks of intense study aiming at a job. We're the opposite: a slow, year-round Mentorship that respects how German school pacing works. We don't promise jobs after 12 weeks. We promise a real codebase, a real GitHub history, a real Mentor relationship.

German schools we've supported

## A real cross-section of Gymnasien and Schulen we've taught students from.

We're not affiliated with any of these schools — we simply mentor the students who attend them. Over time we've learned each school's Informatik pace, project culture and Klausur style.

Schadow-GymnasiumBerlin

Zehlendorf Gymnasium with serious Mathe and Informatik LK culture. Many of our Berlin teens come from here, often targeting TU Berlin or HU Berlin Informatik.

MaximiliansgymnasiumMünchen

One of München's classical Gymnasien. Demanding Naturwissenschaftliches Profil. Our mentors lean into TUM-aware projects for these students.

Friedrich-Ebert-GymnasiumHamburg

Hamburg Eppendorf Gymnasium. Strong NaWi profile. Many of our FEG students aim at TUHH or Uni Hamburg informatics.

Lessing-GymnasiumFrankfurt

Frankfurt-Westend Gymnasium. Big banking-family cohort. Many of our students here aim at Goethe-Uni or TU Darmstadt informatics.

Heinrich-Heine-GymnasiumKöln

Köln-Ostheim Gymnasium with strong Informatik LK enrolment. We coach NRW Abitur Informatik and BWInf for several students from here every Halbjahr.

Helmholtz-GymnasiumHeidelberg

Heidelberg classical Gymnasium. Aleph-Alpha-aware adult cohort in the area; teens often aim at Uni Heidelberg or KIT.

Berlin International School (BIS)Berlin

International curriculum. Bilingual students common. Our English-first delivery sits naturally alongside the IB / Cambridge classroom experience.

Munich International School (MIS)München

Starnberger-See MIS with IB programme. Many of our MIS students are aiming at international universities and want a UK / US-style portfolio.

Mehr FAQ

## Further questions German parents and learners often ask.

Was passiert während der Sommerferien?

You decide. Most German families pause during Sommerferien — Bayern, BW, Berlin, Hamburg all run different dates and we plan around each. Some use them for a focused project sprint instead. Pause any month with one message.

Bietet ihr eine Erinnerung für die nächste Stunde?

Yes — automatic 24h and 1h reminders via email and (optionally) WhatsApp. Mentors can also send personalised pre-class messages if your child responds better to that.

Können wir mit unserem Bildungsgutschein bezahlen?

For adult learners using a Bildungsgutschein from the Arbeitsagentur or a Aufstiegs-BAföG arrangement: we are not currently a zertifizierter Bildungsträger, so direct reimbursement isn't possible. Many of our adult learners are reimbursed through employer kompetenzentwicklung programmes instead — we issue clean USD invoices that German HR teams accept.

Habt ihr eine Probestunde ohne Verpflichtung?

Yes — the first 30-minute Probestunde is always free, ohne Verpflichtung, ohne Kreditkarte. If you decide it's not a fit, we shake hands and that's that. About 1 in 10 trial calls don't convert, and we're fine with that.

Können Eltern bei der Stunde dabei sein?

Ja, jederzeit. Many German parents pop in for the last five minutes to catch the mentor's summary. A few sit through the whole class. We have no problem with either.

Wie ist es im Vergleich zu Calliope mini / micro:bit-Programmen an deutschen Schulen?

Calliope mini and micro:bit are great first-contact tools in primary schools. They get the foundations across. We pick up where they leave off: from "I can make an LED blink" to "I can build a real Python program that runs on my laptop, lives on GitHub, and reasons with an AI."

Coachen Sie auch für die Deutsche Informatik-Olympiade?

Yes. We coach the Bundeswettbewerb Informatik (BWInf) all three rounds, the Bundesweite Informatikolympiade (BwInf international qualifier path), Jugend forscht entries, and the Informatik-Biber. Pair with our Olympiad-style mentor on the trial call.

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