This Week at Udacity, May 18 edition
Udacity student Sara Blevins featured on Google’s Keyword blog, Udacity COO to talk data at The Next Web conference, mythbusting ‘fail fast,’ and more!
This! This incredible Udacity student was featured on Keyword this week, and her interview is WONDERFUL!
“For most of my life, I’ve felt like a stallion that couldn’t run, an eagle that couldn’t fly, or a dolphin that couldn’t swim. Now, my cage door has been opened and I’m going to move forward as fast as life will permit me.”
Want to learn more about our amazing students, their trips to I/O 2018, and their visit to Udacity? Read on!
“I/O is really heaven for developers. I’m so thankful for Google for bringing me here. And I’m so thankful for Udacity’s platform, which has really helped me build the skills to develop my app and become the developer I am today.”
During a week where we experienced firsthand so many triumphant stories of remarkable learners facing down challenges and overcoming failures, we took a moment to reflect on the real importance and meaning of failure as it relates to success:
“We don’t want to fail fast, but we do want to learn very fast.”
In other news this week, Bloomberg just ran an article identifying Data Science as America’s Hottest Job …
… and data just happens to be what our COO Clarissa Shen will be speaking about at The Next Web Conference, next week!
“We need a new literacy around data and facts. And we need to commit to lifelong learning. When we discover our shared reality, we can build trust and find more common ground.”
And having arrived at this point on the page, it seems abundantly clear it’s time for …
The Tweet of the Week!
Because, how could we resist the charm of this?
And THAT … is This Week at Udacity!
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This post was written by Christopher Watkins, Senior Writer and Chief Words Officer, Udacity
