My interview lasted ~ 1 hour. The parts that made it lasted 4 minutes. I don't remember specifically if I did or didn't uplift specific orgs, but I'm sure I spoke about the CS community at large because I regularly do.
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But... there's a different point you make which is true: my personal access and connections helped. No amount of money can buy some of the help we received early on to promote computer science.
so there’s that...I decided to give up my tech career, my salary, savings, and used every bit of access and connections I had to promote CS. My ask was "promote computer science, not @codeorg" which is why you never see bill gates or celebs etc saying our name, they say coding or CS
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This raised a tide which lifted all boats, including
@codeorg's. It built the brand for#HourOfCode (which is a much bigger name globally than@codeorg). That then helped us get funding. Our scale came before the funding. -
Your more important point is correct that all that was uniquely possible because of the career I had built beforehand. I regularly encourage other people in tech to give up their salary+career and instead use what they have for social impact. Make the world a better place.
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