Name: Chris Barney Location: Boston, MA Age: 40 Job title: Game developer Udemy students are pretty smart With the threat of layoff looming on the horizon at the game publisher where he’d worked for six years, Chris Barney didn’t wait for the axe to fall He used Udemy to upskill and get ready to look for his...
Name: Cordelia Carlsson Location: Perth, Australia Job title: State administration, Business Manager Support Group Learning can be transformational, but before that can happen, you need access Cordelia Carlsson always urged her two grown kids to learn new things as they were growing up, but she regretted not...
If you’ve got a vision for how you want your future to look, meet your perfect role model: 24-year-old Dragoş Ștefănescu He was determined to publish a course on Udemy, then more courses, and eventually get to the point where he could fully support himself on his Udemy earnings He didn’t spend time thinking or...
This week’s roundup is a little special because the most exciting news is about Udemy We announced new funding on Wednesday, and it got some awesome media coverage, but what’s really exciting is what Naspers, our new investor/partner, will help us achieve in terms of expanding the online learning movement Read on...
Welcome to Friday and happy Memorial Day weekend in the US, where the debate over how, when, and why people should learn coding is really heating up Read on for a great profile of Udemy for Business—and don’t miss our special request at the end! American schools are teaching our kids how to code all...
Hope everyone had a great week It’s time to sit back and soak up some news about older people in the workforce, growing numbers of talented folks staying independent, and a feel-good story to wrap things up Why high-skilled freelancers are leaving corporate life behind Here’s further evidence that having a...
It’s Friday the 13th, so try to avoid bad luck and black cats today We’ve got some thought-provoking reads this week about what aspiring programmers should or shouldn’t learn, the truth about millennials, and some ideas from the Udemy for Business team Please don’t learn to code This piece got a lot of people...
Here in the US (and a whole bunch of other countries, in fact), Sunday is Mother’s Day, so I hope you've made plans to treat the moms, grandmoms, and any other mother figures in your life For most of us, our mothers were the first teachers we ever had, and they never really stop guiding us with their wisdom and...
Check out this new batch of quirky courses published in the Udemy marketplace this month DQ and Caroline from the quality team are back with their picks for these under-the-radar topics you shouldn’t miss How to Create an Abstract Painting with your Dog What we liked: Instructor Tatiana Ambrose takes a unique...
By Darren Shimkus, VP and General Manager, Udemy for Business We hosted the 15th Udemy for Business HR Innovators event last Thursday evening with an all-star panel of leaders from Slack, Guardant Health, Greenhouse, and Salesforce We engaged in a rich and lively conversation about the challenges of and...
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...
