User: jfarmer

• Created: 6308 days ago
• Karma: 5732
• Hi, I'm Jesse!

  I've been working in technology since 2006 and spent most of my career at very early-stage startups. Since 2012, my focus has been on technical education.

  Things I've (co-)founded that you may have heard of:

      Dev Bootcamp — The first coding bootcamp
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Bootcamp
      
      Everlane — Someone you know shops there, if you don't
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlane
  
      Mission Bit — Fee after-school coding classes for SFUSD
      http://missionbit.com
  

  I grew up in rural Michigan and despite living in the SF Bay Area for ~15 years, you'd still be able to tell by my accent.

  Ways to contact me (email is best):

      [email protected]
      https://github.com/jfarmer
      https://twitter.com/jfarmer
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfarmer
      http://20bits.com
      

  I put a lot of my educational material on GitHub (https://github.com/jfarmer). Some highlights:

        A First Coding Exercise (Assumes 0 Experience)
        https://bit.ly/jfarmer-first-coding-exercise
  
        JavaScript Self-Diagnostic
        https://bit.ly/jfarmer-diagnostics-js-i
        
        3 Minute Handbook on Student Interactions
        https://bit.ly/student-interactions
  
        Rules to Learn By
        https://bit.ly/learning-rules
  

  Before Everlane, I spent a lot of time making silly viral apps on Facebook and elsewhere. One incident ended with a subpoena from the US Secret Service and then-famous national news anchor calling me an idiot: https://bit.ly/jfarmer-keith-olbermann-story

  Talk to me about entrepreneurship, fundraising, programming, education, and viral marketing. I like being helpful.

  Please reach out! :)

  [ my public key: https://keybase.io/jfarmer; my proof: https://keybase.io/jfarmer/sigs/NEatVodomRrGhnc6UVqFb16TufwJ8kzSsCTci_nauJA ]

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