#97: Ryan Carson - CEO of Treehouse on How You Can Start Learning to Code
Ryan Carson is the Founder and CEO of Treehouse. He grew up in Colorado and is currently in Portland. Today, he talks about the future of education, work, and more!
Treehouse is an online school that teaches adults how to code and build apps so they gain a super power. Running for 8 years now, they've taught over 850,000 people how to code, with currently 80,000 enrolled students.
Their mission is simple: to change lives through rebooting the talent pipeline in America and the world!
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