Tell HN: Khan Academy is hiring full-time devs

by kamens on 4/5/2011, 6:03 PM with 33 comments

Only sending this link to HN for now. We're building our dev team, full details here: http://www.khanacademy.org/jobs/dev

Instructions to apply are at the bottom of that link, and if you have any specific questions feel free to email me. ben+HN@khanacademy.org

(For those unfamiliar w/ Khan Academy, check out Sal's recent TED talk: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/salman-khan-talk-at-ted-2011--from-ted-com)

  • by kamens on 4/5/2011, 6:05 PM
  • by jchoong on 4/5/2011, 7:07 PM

    There are few other world changing endeavors that can match the scalability of impact of the Khan Academy.

    Haven't encountered it, but would be great to see translations done on a larger scale to touch the wider world.

    Additionally, perhaps at a later date, would be interesting to see the same topics covered by additional instructors (and rated) available on the site to provide variation in teaching styles.

    Nevertheless, even today, this is the best thing going on in the education field. Kudos to Sal.

  • by lyaunzbe on 4/5/2011, 11:55 PM

    Man, I'd love to contribute to Khan Academy, especially since they've given me so much already. I can't count the number of times Sal's videos have helped me in my AP Physics and Calculus classes this year. It's too bad I'm still in high school.

    I actually had an idea, a couple of weeks ago, that it would be really cool to implement some kind of functionality that brought together real time chat and a "blackboard" capabilities (Canvas and node.js?) to the site, so people could discuss certain topics and simultaneously draw out diagrams/problems/etc. I feel like Q.A. for homework/learning could be done a lot better then what we have currently right now (WikiAnswers, Yahoo Answers, etc). Good luck, I'm sure tons of awesome developers will jump at this opportunity.

  • by invalidOrTaken on 4/5/2011, 6:28 PM

    Oh man. If I weren't in school I'd jump on this so fast. KA has helped tremendously in my self-study. Part of the reason I chose Python as my current learning language instead of Ruby was so I can contribute exercises to their stats lectures. Could you use a (non-remote) intern this spring/summer?

  • by phreeza on 4/5/2011, 6:16 PM

    Says a lot about HN that you are only posting it here for now.

  • by melvinram on 4/5/2011, 7:06 PM

    So tempting, this idea of changing the world of education is. If I wasn't neck deep in my own ventures, I'd definitely be applying.

  • by ph0rque on 4/6/2011, 12:06 AM

    A humble, semi-off-topic suggestion: develop the knowledge maps for all the (planned in the near future) courses first, then let anyone submit both video lectures and evaluation questions and answers.

  • by kenjackson on 4/5/2011, 6:47 PM

    Why don't you need to be a Lisp expert?

  • by semerda on 4/6/2011, 1:02 AM

    Love your work guys! Keep up the awesome job!! Found your videos on "Valuation and Investing" priceless and so easy to comprehend.

  • by jbermudes on 4/5/2011, 10:12 PM

    Where are you guys located?

  • by nathanbarry on 4/6/2011, 1:03 PM

    Do you have plans to hire any UI designers in the near future?

  • by wicha on 4/6/2011, 2:45 AM

    Think Khan Academy is transformative? Here is the most transformative education platform I've ever seen in my life: www.classroom.tv . It will blow you away.

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  • by pixcavator on 4/5/2011, 7:51 PM

    Compare: "Khan Academy is hiring full-time profs". Who needs those? Everybody can teach, apparently.