Community & Culture: Network School FAQ

6 questions about community & culture at Network School in Astana. Each links to a full answer with a note on whether it is confirmed, reported or an estimate.

• Who actually attends Network School?

  Founders at various stages, engineers, remote employees at technology companies, researchers, content creators and writers.

• What is "dark talent"?

  Capable people that conventional filters miss: they have no famous employer, elite university or network, and often live in a country where opportunity doesn't reach them.

• What is the gender ratio like?

  Male-skewed, as you'd expect from a community drawn from startups, crypto and engineering.

• What is the culture like?

  High-agency, optimistic about technology, health-conscious, and unusually willing to tell strangers what they're working on.

• Do cliques form?

  Yes. Any community of a few hundred people forms groups, and shared language or nationality is the most common dividing line, along with shared work.

• Is Network School political?

  It has a thesis, and the thesis is political whether or not it is party-political: that networks can provide the functions of a society, and that people should be able to choose the community they belong to.