jfarmer

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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):

    jesse@20bits.com
    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 ]