I currently work at an ad agency (we call ourselves a "boutique data-driven marketing company") in Milwaukee. My official title is Developer, but I do a lot of things: I manage servers, code applications (HTML/CSS/Javascript, but also C, R, and loads of shell scripting), research new concepts, automate existing workflows, and so much more.
Before I did this, I worked as a freelancer doing one-off website jobs for small businesses. Finding clients was easy, but I started dreading the same work everyday. I'm much happier doing what I do now, but in a while I want to start a non-profit with some co-worker friends.
I'd want that non-profit to be education-related. Education is a really important space to improve, but adding "technology" to an already-bloated space is useless. I feel too many organizations try to add tech for tech's sake, when it's already impossible to get a class into a computer lab and make effective use of that time. Educational software needs to be thought of differently. Another crap webapp that tests students is a detriment to every student that has to suffer through it. Educational software needs to allow students to explore nature and the world around them.
I got lucky and started working for a brand new private school last year. Coding is part of the core curriculum and afternoons are devoted to project-based learning. I get to work on a very small team trying to build an effective school from the ground up. I get to work on electronics, write code, and learn about education with the end goal of helping kids thrive in school and beyond.
If I weren't working for the school, I would want to work for a company whose core competency makes the world a better place in some way. I felt fulfilled working for a test prep company because I could help people take the next step in their education. I've also worked for a consumer-facing electronics company and felt very little motivation to go above and beyond because ultimately I was helping sell crap to people who didn't need it.
Random shot here, but I work for a non profit interested in building a better kind of education (focused on programming, ml, and data science).
We've been having a hard time figuring out how to hire qualified people to build top-notch educational content because we pay less than industry rates.
The upside is that we do meaningful work, have good health care, decent pay, good work environment, (edit: also fully remote-able), and job stability (we're funded by philanthropists and don't need to make a profit).
If anyone hit by the recent layoffs is passionate about good education and would like a change of pace, feel free to email me (address in profile) to start a conversation.
I transitioned from software in my mid-20s to teaching and am now looking to transition back. Personally, I'd like something at the intersection of education and tech. I'm currently working for a startup doing backend dev, and it's ok, but I miss some elements of teaching.
Since there are many ed-tech companies looking for ex-teachers to provide a pov on their product, you could consider educational consulting or even joining a team where you can code and provide product direction. I would start by joining a meetup in Seattle for Ed-Tech link:(http://www.meetup.com/EdTechSeattle/). This gives you the opportunity to network which you finish up your teaching contract and line up something you would love to do whether it is coding, teaching on a MOOCs platform, or consulting.
I just though about this but I used to work for an EdTech and they were often opportunities for teachers in content creation, product management, etc. Their experience was highly sought after.
After well over a decade teaching high school, I'm planning to step away in the coming year. I used to work in software, and though that experience is mostly moot at this point, I do teach computer science and spend considerable time learning new stuff and building my own projects.
I've been thinking I may like to work in Edtech, but I'm not sure where I should start looking. Are there roles for people like myself with a background in software and education where I'd get to use both? Any advice on forums, feeds, keywords to search or other resources I could follow to get an idea of what is out there?
I'm a software developer who wants to make education more affordable. My desire is to enhance back-office systems that reduce the need for administrative work.
If you are in this space, I would love to help discuss your needs or problems that you have and want to be solved. I am not seeking compensation for this work but am open to compensation if it presents itself as an opportunity.
I quit my job as a software engineer at Google early this year to teach people how to code. I started paying people $15/hr to learn so they can make ends meet while learning instead of working at Walmart.
I thought about all the missing pieces in my engineering growth and created a curriculum that welcomes students from 0 engineering background and plugs in all the holes that were black boxed to me in my engineering growth: We host our own servers, allowing students configure nginx and create ssl certs themselves for the apps they build. Our projects mimick existing well known companies (netflix, dropbox, gmail, google docs clones).
Our curriculum is largely project based, so students work together on projects that they would be using themselves: building their own email client, chat client, filestorage/backups, firebase, etc. From day 1 of a students journey, their code is thoroughly code reviewed by other students.
2 months ago, Calworks, a local government assistance program, offered to send students to us and pay each students $13/hr for up to 6 months. Unfortunately, to make this deal work, we needed a commercial office (my wife and I teach out of our apartment) and we did not have the financial resources.
Last month, we finally got approved as a tax exempt non-profit so I can reach out to my friends for donations (but donations take time, I have to set up a bunch of fundraising tools first). My savings ran out so I started applying for jobs and landed a full-time position at Paypal starting in January.
Moving forward into 2018, a few of the senior students are going to be leading the non profit. 100% of my salary and equity is going into the non-profit so existing students would not only continue to be paid, but we now also have the financial resources to get an office and push the Calworks deal through to help more people! 2018 is looking to be a great year.
We do not have any internet presence at the moment because this year our focus had largely been testing and iterating our curriculum as well as our financial model. 2018 will be different and if you want to help, our non-profit is called GarageScript.
I work with Edtech but I will like to know more details on the premise of this question. What specifically are you interested in and what is your background ?
Devs don't teach programming in schools, because of small salary and loads of stress. Students don't seek programming, because it seems hard and boring.
Tinkr is bringing programming to schools. We offer any school teacher (physics for example) an opportunity to teach programming in their school. Training, materials, live coding environment, lessons and a professional coder helping in the background - everything a teacher needs to teach the class.
Tinkr also makes coding awesome by letting students write real-world webapps like websites, chat and multiplayer games that they can share to friends (they actually work, with database and everything).
I'm based in Estonia, looking for people that want to scale to the world, primarily missing a marketing person, but also designers, sales and wouldn't say no to dev help either.
First full-length course has been done and paid for. Students were thrilled.
We are working to bring great fundraising software to educational institutions. Too many are stuck using software that looks and feels like it was built in the 90's. Our mission is to ensure that schools have the resources they need to deliver the highest-quality education possible, and that education is affordable and accessible to everyone.
Who we are looking for:
- Ruby and Rails expert - Comfortable working on the front-end and back-end, but skews toward the back-end.
- Enjoys building new features, from idea to supporting it in production
- Passionate about education
We are also hiring for multiple roles in business development, from Business Development Associate, to Sales Executive, and Partner Success Lead. You can read more about them at https://www.givecampus.com/careers to see if any fit your particular skill set and interests.
We are a team of four, and are really excited to bring high tech to the education space.
Please email careers@givecampus.com with your resume, any past projects you're proud to show us, and a note about yourself to apply.
We are based in Washington, DC, and are looking for people here, in the SF Bay Area, or someone who wants to to move to DC.
Non-profit, changing education one step at a time. We need designers, devs, community managers, anybody who lives to create a great product. Full-time and interns hired year-round.
I was very excited to read through this job description (at first). I have become very jaded with the software industry and its pattern of incestuous development (i.e., technology for technology for technology). Teaching, however, is something I've always had a passion for, though never pursued. In my college days, I was always hanging around the computer labs helping people understand course material, both because I enjoyed helping others learn, and I realized that the more I taught, the more I understood the material myself.
Unfortunately, while I'm an experienced full-stack JavaScript engineer (primarily working in the MEAN stack), I have no experience with Rails, nor am I a graphic designer with extensive Photoshop knowledge. So, here I am, in between the UI/UX and Fullstack Mentor positions -- AKA Bummersville.
Either way, the non-traditional education provided by Bloc looks fantastic, and ultimately, I'm very happy to see these programs becoming more popular, even if there's no place for me to be apart of it.
Non-profit trying to change education. Hunting hard for designers, PMs, devs, anybody who lives to create a great product. Full-time and interns hired year-round.
Before I did this, I worked as a freelancer doing one-off website jobs for small businesses. Finding clients was easy, but I started dreading the same work everyday. I'm much happier doing what I do now, but in a while I want to start a non-profit with some co-worker friends.
I'd want that non-profit to be education-related. Education is a really important space to improve, but adding "technology" to an already-bloated space is useless. I feel too many organizations try to add tech for tech's sake, when it's already impossible to get a class into a computer lab and make effective use of that time. Educational software needs to be thought of differently. Another crap webapp that tests students is a detriment to every student that has to suffer through it. Educational software needs to allow students to explore nature and the world around them.
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