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  • June 14, 2016

    Teaching and learning: A family affair

    It’s “all in the family” when it comes to teaching and learning for the Wagners Dr Taffy Wagner is a personal finance expert and health care advocate She’s been “teaching on money in some capacity” for over a decade Dr Taffy was raised by a single parent and believes her first-hand experience helps her...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Vincent Tek

    Name: Vincent Tek Location: Paris Age: 23 Job title: Business development manager Before Vincent Tek heard about Udemy, he was searching online for anything he could find to build his own learning path, a process he describes as “a real pain” But he recognizes that learning is critical if he’s going to...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Brian Denmeade

    Name: Brian Denmeade Location: Cary, NC Age: 46 Job title: IP support specialist “In my humble opinion, any resource that puts educational material within the reach of the average person, allowing that person to achieve a better tomorrow, is a very good thing indeed!” These are the words of Brian Denmeade,...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Kieran McCarthy

    Name: Kieran McCarthy Location: Cork, Ireland Age: 24 Job title: Customer service “I actually love how easy it is to learn something new It’s as simple as finding what you like, clicking join, and drinking coffee while stuffing my brain with as much material as I can learn” This simple statement from...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Adrian Gomez

    Name: Adrian Gomez Location: San Salvador, El Salvador Age: 24 Job title: Owner/founder of digital agency Adrian Gomez has been an overachiever since early childhood At an age when most kids are playing games, Adrian was already developing a love of business and technology He began teaching himself about...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Kevin Hsu

    Name: Kevin Hsu Location: Hong Kong Age: 21 Job title: Full-time student It’s stressful to have to declare a major when you haven’t decided what you want to do with your life But that’s how colleges work so at some point during the sophomore or junior year, everyone who hasn’t already settled on a career...

  • June 14, 2016

    From humble beginnings to a promising career path

    Yuto Morita’s life was very different just a few years ago, and he wasn’t feeling good about his future He struggled with traditional education and didn’t go to college “I’m not the type of person who can study,” Yuto explains After graduating high school, he worked blue-collar jobs in Tokyo on a...

  • June 14, 2016

    Eating the Dog Food at Udemy

    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...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Tina Ferguson

    Name: Tina Ferguson Location: Plano, TX Age: 47 Job title: Business consultant Tina Ferguson has spent her career coaching other people and helping their businesses succeed, but she’s also smart enough to recognize when she’s the one who can learn something Tina’s consulting work focuses on helping...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Rodrigo Tasca

    Name:  Rodrigo Tasca Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 29 Job title: Video producer For much of his life, you’d have been more likely to find Rodrigo Tasca in a kitchen than behind a camera He worked in the hospitality industry at a top resort, at a catering company, and, most recently, as a private chef in New...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Marco Almeida

    Name: Marco Aurelio Viana Almeida Location: João Pessoa, Brazil Age: 38 years Job title or function: Founder and CEO @ appscgcom What an amazing time to be alive, when a successful lawyer ditches his career to develop mobile apps! That’s just what Marco Aurelio Viana Almeida did, and he’s never looked...

  • June 14, 2016

    Student profile: Marc Newhard

    Name: Marc Newhard Location: Denver, CO, USA Age: 33 Job title: Resident engineer level II A college degree is expensive, and not everyone has the means to pay for one or the stomach to go into debt for one That includes many individuals like Marc Newhard who are plenty smart and ambitious and deserve...