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khanacademy.org - Mountain View, CA - remote is a possibility Hiring full-time devs and dev interns. Non-profit trying to change education. Backed by Gates Fou

by kamens 16y ago

khanacademy.org - Mountain View, CA - remote is a possibility Hiring full-time devs and dev interns. Non-profit trying to change education. Backed by Gates Foundation and Google. ben+HN@khanacademy.org for more info

tocomment 16y ago
Sounds exciting. What kind of work would the dev be doing?
- kamens 16y ago
  Building everything from an educational badging system (http://bjk5.com/post/2426884194/khan-academy-now-has-badges http://bjk5.com/post/2426884194/khan-academy-now-has-badges) to an improved practice UI based on student behavior (http://bjk5.com/post/2071068737/khan-academy-in-the-classroom-days-1-and-2 http://bjk5.com/post/2071068737/khan-academy-in-the-classroo...) to better individual student analytics (http://bjk5.com/post/2783333652/students-need-better-self-assessment-tools-khan http://bjk5.com/post/2783333652/students-need-better-self-as...) to basic UX improvements all over the place. (Sorry for self-promotional-looking links...they're legit sources of information for this question.)
oneplusone 16y ago
You don't happen to need a part-time (2-3 days a week) designer/front-end developer as well do you?
- kamens 16y ago
  If your front-end dev work includes JS experience and you're interested in/passionate about math, our part-time contributors are currently focused on building out our JS-powered library of math practice exercises, and we would love help.
  - oneplusone 16y ago
    Not that good at JS yet. My background is in design and crafting enjoyable user experiences. I am very passionate about education though.
  - afitz0 16y ago
    The not-for-profit I do work for has a lot of similar-sounding exercises. They're all written in Java (right now), but I'm working with our devs to get lots of them converted to JS/HTML5. http://shodor.org/interactivate http://shodor.org/interactivate Drop me a line; I'd be interested in what you all are working on.
agrawalsv 16y ago
I am an MBA(General) student at St. Bonaventure University. I like the motto of Khan Academy very much and would love to be a part of the organization. I am constrained area wise but if there is anything(Marketing, Human Resources) in "work-from-home" mode, I am all yours!

by kamens 16y ago

tocomment 16y ago

Sounds exciting. What kind of work would the dev be doing?

kamens 16y ago
Building everything from an educational badging system (http://bjk5.com/post/2426884194/khan-academy-now-has-badges http://bjk5.com/post/2426884194/khan-academy-now-has-badges) to an improved practice UI based on student behavior (http://bjk5.com/post/2071068737/khan-academy-in-the-classroom-days-1-and-2 http://bjk5.com/post/2071068737/khan-academy-in-the-classroo...) to better individual student analytics (http://bjk5.com/post/2783333652/students-need-better-self-assessment-tools-khan http://bjk5.com/post/2783333652/students-need-better-self-as...) to basic UX improvements all over the place. (Sorry for self-promotional-looking links...they're legit sources of information for this question.)

oneplusone 16y ago

You don't happen to need a part-time (2-3 days a week) designer/front-end developer as well do you?

kamens 16y ago
If your front-end dev work includes JS experience and you're interested in/passionate about math, our part-time contributors are currently focused on building out our JS-powered library of math practice exercises, and we would love help.
- oneplusone 16y ago
  Not that good at JS yet. My background is in design and crafting enjoyable user experiences. I am very passionate about education though.
- afitz0 16y ago
  The not-for-profit I do work for has a lot of similar-sounding exercises. They're all written in Java (right now), but I'm working with our devs to get lots of them converted to JS/HTML5. http://shodor.org/interactivate http://shodor.org/interactivate Drop me a line; I'd be interested in what you all are working on.

agrawalsv 16y ago

I am an MBA(General) student at St. Bonaventure University. I like the motto of Khan Academy very much and would love to be a part of the organization. I am constrained area wise but if there is anything(Marketing, Human Resources) in "work-from-home" mode, I am all yours!