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Date: Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 6:48 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] CSE Industry Affiliates recruiting – Tuesday and Thursday
To: “cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu” <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE turn out in force on Tuesday and Thursday for the CSE Industry Affiliates recruiting days.
It’s a great chance to sample the opportunities that are out there. And, while jobs are plentiful right now, things are cyclical – a great turnout this year ensures that these companies will be back even during the next inevitable downturn. So by turning out, you’ll not only be doing yourself a favor, you’ll be doing future students a favor.
Tuesday, 1:30-5:30: startups and smaller companies.
Thursday, 11:00-5:30: established companies.
Regarding Tuesday: “We love all of our children equally.” But I really believe in what Code.org is trying to accomplish. They’re located right here in Seattle, and they’re looking to hire engineers (not interns) for their K-12 computer science curriculum team. In just 3 years Code.org has made an incredible dent in US and world education. Their Code Studio is already the most popular coding platform in K-12 schools, globally. 1/10 of all students in the world have interacted with Code.org’s courses, and 15% of all teachers in the U.S. are already using Code Studio to teach computer science in K-12 classrooms. I encourage you to check them out in Tuesday, or to reach out to their chief product officer, Alice Steinglass (alice@code.org).
(So you know the numbers behind statements like the above: The Hour of Code has reached well over 100M students (compared to 1B students worldwide). There are 400,000 teachers on Code Studio, compared to 2-3M teachers in the US. And Code Studio has 5M monthly active users (by comparison, Scratch has 400,000).)