We’ve written before about Udemy employees who’ve published courses on their own They help us better understand how instructors go through the process of course creation and how best to support students over the long haul while also having some fun sharing what they know Now, we have another Udemy insider getting...
Guest post by Lauren Rosenfield, Udemy Instructor Account Development Associate If you stop by Udemy’s San Francisco office on a Wednesday afternoon around 4:15 pm, you might be surprised to find 20 seventh and eighth graders from Roosevelt Middle School making a beeline straight to the snacks Middle-schoolers...
On Friday, October 9, the 17th Dot IE Net Visionary awards ceremony was held in Dublin Udemy had been shortlisted for the “Best International Newcomer” award so three people from the Udemy Dublin office attended (Jenny Ryan, Paula Hatch, and Burak Bostancioglu) to represent the company Here’s Jenny’s report on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
