Looking for Blogger cum Techie who wants to learn to code (rather learn cutting edge web technologies)

blogger-cum-techie-at-Codelearn

I am Ashish, founder of Codelearn (www.codelearn.org) - a website in online learning to code space. There are numerous other sites there (most notably Codecademy) in the space. We did not like the way they teach to code because most hackers do not intend to learn to code that way. Hackers prefer to learn by building real apps. That is how we picked up technologies too. So at Codelearn, we emulated the process. 

The course/tutorial at Codelearn starts with suggestion of an app to build. The rest of the course then teaches the essentials & step by step building. To facilitate quick learning - a **real** application development environment is provided *inside the browser* . We call it Codelearn Playground & it is our main USP. The user can *actually* build an app inside Playground. He can continue to do so without needing to install on his PC. Forever. 

So that was the rosy part. Now comes the not-so-rosy one. After running Codelearn for around 8 months, we realized that the newbies who want to learn to code, might have different mindset than what we had. Why so - because the user sign up on our site did not grow with the kind of elusive hockey stick curve that we expected. We decided - its time to actually sit down with one of our target audience to see how actually he/she perceived various different other sites (including Codelearn) & how the sites helped him/her to learn. 

So we came up with the proposition. Why not work with someone who has 
- Good writing skills
- Looking to learn to code. Possibly create his own web/mobile app

Guide him/her with what to do next (like picking up an app, reviewing the code he is writing & appropriately pointing him to right resource), eventually sponsoring his learning . In return - the person writes about his learning journey which would eventually go on Codelearn blog. 

This will help us in two ways 
- We get to see the life-cycle of a user from our target segment end to end. Priceless.
- We get to figure out at what stage of the life-cycle Codelearn contributed the best to the person's learning. 
- The person will eventually do a review of which sites he took & what really helped him. We think that is a good guiding-tutorial for someone who is looking to learn to code. 

So - call to action - we are looking for this one (or probably two) person. 

**What we offer** - We are ready to pay hourly/per blog basis. We will sponsor learning at various different sites that requires the user to register/pay. We will guide you on how to start the learning process & initially some of the websites where you can learn. We will review your app & suggest where you should head next. 

**What we need** - Decent (not really out of the world) writing skills, passion (not really Mallika Sherawat / Angelina Jolie kinds) & willingness to learn new web technologies, discipline to balance the learning & writing. You can work with us from our office in Bangalore or remotely. Anything is fine. The engagement will get done once you are able to have a real kick-ass web application in technology called 'Ruby on Rails'. 

**Plus** - If you have been writing & have a good blog. It need not be tech blog. Any attempts you made to learn to code or create your own app. 

**How to Apply** - Drop me an email at [email protected] with some answers to 'What we need'. If we like you, we will hire you for two blogs & pay you per blog basis. You need to submit the two blogs in two weeks of time. If both of us like each other, we will continue the journey. 

Thanks for reading. Look forward to hearing from you.

Ashish
Founder - www.codelearn.org