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  • What’s the best thing you learned from your dad?

    In honor of Father’s Day, we got to thinking about how dads (and other father figures) serve as teachers for so many of us in all different areas of our lives Here are just a few things we at Udemy have learned from our fathers, both highly useful life lessons and silly stuff that makes us good party guests Thanks...

  • Udemy volunteers with Juma at AT&T Park

    Last week a group of Udemy team members spent the day volunteering with Juma during the Giants game at AT&T Park We had an incredible time walking the stands and manning the carts while vending ice cream, coffee and nuts to raise money for local youth’s college funds Together we achieved $7,700 in total sales...

  • Udemy announces addition of Lisa Haugh to executive team

    Today we’re excited to welcome a new member to our executive team Lisa Haugh is joining the team as Udemy’s General Counsel and brings with her 15 years of legal expertise from working with various startups and mature companies Lisa’s unique background spans the types of issues that are making waves in the...

  • Best Places to Work: Q&A with Dennis Yang

    Last week we celebrated our Best Places to Work in the Bay Area award! Our VP of HR Pat Schoof sat down with CEO Dennis Yang to reflect on this honor and get his perspective on what makes Udemy such a wonderful place to work Here’s what Dennis had to share Describe our company culture in five...

  • Udemy celebrates Best Places to Work honor

    We’re proud to announce our inclusion on the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in the Bay Area list! Our VP of HR Pat Schoof says it best, “It's due to everyone's work, positive attitude and input to making a great culture!” Shannon Hughes and Cara...

  • Udemy around the world

    Last week, a few team members from Udemy HQ, including Dennis Yang, CEO and Claire Hough, VP of Engineering, traveled abroad to visit the international Udemy offices The group had the privilege of spending time with the teams first in Ankara, Turkey and then in Dublin, Ireland It was great to see our core values...

  • Udemy kicks off Lunch Roulette

    Udemy is quickly growing Last year we tripled our employee count and as new folks continually join the team, we want to ensure everyone has ample opportunity to get to know each other well Udemy has a Culture Club, which is a group of employee culture ambassadors who plan fun activities They recently started a new...

  • Udemy Serves at GLIDE

    At Udemy, we regularly organize group volunteer outings Last week, about 25 members of the team joined the wonderful GLIDE staff to serve lunch to more than 600 of San Francisco’s homeless and hungry The kitchen assembly line was buzzing and the teamwork was in full force as we added our dishes to the...