CodeHS: Software Engineer in San Francisco
CodeHS is a site that helps teach computer science to beginners with a focus on working with high schools. We work with students and schools all over the US and all over the world. Make a big impact on a small team in an exciting space.
See more at <a href="http://codehs.com/jobs" >
We are a company with a social mission, and we believe that we can help make computer science more fun and accessible to high school students. If you are a programmer, but also consider yourself a teacher--or if you love coming up with creative ways to explain things--or if you want to work on a meaningful project instead of programming widgets at the widget factory--then send us an email. You can email me at REDACTED_EMAIL
We're a small team of 6 with funding and a business model and soon to be a lot bigger. We have a monthly team hackathon (and recently had one for 150 students and teachers at Facebook <a href="http://facebook.com/codehs" > ), and are always thinking of ways to make working more fun.
See what students and teachers say about CodeHS: <a href="http://codehs.com/testimonials" >
How We Start Teaching:
We start teaching programming with "Karel the Dog," a dog that lives in a grid world and only knows four commands: move, turnLeft, putBall and takeBall. We use karel to teach that computer science is about problem solving. We start in JavaScript, but use a thin teaching library because we believe in teaching concepts over syntax.
Try it out and let us know what you think at codehs.com.
Our site is built in python, django, JavaScript, and we're on ec2.
CodeHS was recently a winner at NBC's Education Nation and has been featured on the Today Show and a number of other places.
Thanks! Jeremy
<a href="http://blog.codehs.com/" >
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