We are excited to welcome a new cohort of Udemy interns to spend the summer with us Without further ado, corporate marketing intern Maggie Troedson, who's guest blogging today, introduces us to the first batch (there are a lot of interns this year) You'll meet the rest, including our interns in Dublin and Ankara, in...
This special guest post comes from Srishti Jain, who’s interning with us for the second summer in a row Take it away, Srishti! Another summer, another fresh class of interns! I am back this summer on Udemy’s corporate marketing team and excited to become a contributor to our acclaimed blog and introduce my...
The expression “eating your own dog food,” popularized at tech companies, refers to employees using their company’s own products and services At Udemy, it means that, but it also speaks to the way we embrace lifelong learning as one of our foundational company values We talk a lot here about the power of...
By Lisa Haugh, VP of People and General Counsel This is my second year here at Udemy with us being nominated as a “best place to work” by the San Francisco Business Times Since my job title is VP of People and I head up our Employee Success team, you’d think I’d be exchanging high-fives all around Of...
Udemy is lucky enough to work with not one, but two, of the Bay Area’s “Most Influential Women in Business”: Alexandra Sepulveda, deputy general counsel, and Claire Hough, senior vice president of engineering These two role models inspire us with their leadership, intelligence, and compassion day in and day...
2016 has been off to a big start for the Udemy team -- we surpassed 10 million students, acquired Talentbuddy, simplified our pricing, and launched a new course-taking experience, just to name a few We’ve been busy making major strides toward delivering the best possible learning and teaching experiences to help...
Monday was moving day at Udemy, as we took up residence in a brand-new office Though we only went one block east of our last location, the contrast in how the new space looks, feels, and functions is light years away from our previous spot A few notable factoids: Udemy was in its last office for about 16...
This week, we announced the arrival of Darren Shimkus as our new vice president and general manager of Udemy for Business Now, let’s spend a few minutes getting to know him a little better How did you hear about Udemy I met Dennis (CEO Dennis Yang) earlier in my career, and I began following Udemy when he...
Please join us in welcoming Grégory Boutté to the Udemy team as our vice president of content! Grégory will be responsible for how we work with instructors to acquire great content and how we manage our library to deliver the best content to our students Grégory most recently was the chief revenue officer at...
We are excited to announce a new member of the executive team, Rob Wong! Rob is joining as the vice president of product and will be managing Udemy’s product and design initiatives As our CEO Dennis Yang put it, Rob “had the rare combination of product vision, team-building chops, and the humility to be part...
On June 26, all Udemy offices (San Francisco, Ankara, and Dublin) spent a day volunteering locally At Udemy, part of our culture is to give back to our community, particularly around education and youth empowerment We love interacting with our neighbors and helping them reach their goals, so volunteering isn’t a...
Ah, summer… time to kick back, relax, and soak up the sun, right Well, for the current batch of Udemy interns, this is a season for learning about the workplace and soaking up knowledge We are so excited to have these bright, hungry minds in our office for the next ten weeks and look forward to their contributions...
