Speaker - Jason Gilmore, CEO of Treehouse
A few months ago, Jason joined the Treehouse team as CEO and says this opportunity is a "dream come true”.
Treehouse's name precedes itself; their Mission is to diversify the tech industry through accessible education, unlocking the door to opportunity and empowering people to achieve their dreams. It is an online technology school that offers beginner to advanced courses in web design, web development, mobile development and game development. Its courses are aimed to help its students develop coding skills for a career in the tech industry. The Treehouse learning program includes videos combined with interactive quizzes and code challenges.
Jason is the author of nine books, including the bestselling “Beginning PHP and MySQL” and “Easy Laravel 5". Jason's writings on web technologies have appeared hundreds of times within popular industry publications. He is also the co-founder of the CodeMash conference, an annual event held at the Kalahari Waterpark and Convention Center in Sandusky, Ohio (www.codemash.org) He is also a Principal at Xenon which is how he connected with Treehouse. Prior to joining Treehouse, Jason spent four years as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of DreamFactory Software. Jason’s work experience includes many years as a lead developer, consultant, and trainer with other companies.
Jason introduced SaaS (Software as a Service) to the WV Coding Club students (See presentation below).
Jason’s advice:
1. Have a positive attitude!
2. Be willing to learn and work hard!
3. Very Important - Don’t be afraid to network!!! Meet and connect with others!!! Talk Tech. LinkedIn!!! Jason shared that all of his contract work and job positions came because of the good connections he made.
Dan McElroy, President of the WV Coding Club, shared, “We are honored to have Jason, the CEO of Treehouse, take time to share his insights and advice with our WV Coding Club students."
Thank you Jason for taking time to share with the WV Coding Club Students!
Keep Coding!