George served four of his 13 years at Salesforce as COO, where he owned all major shared operational functions for the company. He also served in a variety of other management roles including VP of Product Marketing, SVP of Applications, EVP of Products, and Chief Marketing Officer. After leaving Salesforce at the end of 2014, George founded a workplace feedback startup called Peer that was acquired by Twitter in 2016. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard College and a master's degree in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. George was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.This is an example bio for Twilio's host.
TwilioQuest Young Operator School is an hour-long online class that helps middle and high school students discover their power to change the world with code.
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TOPIC: "TALK TO YOUR COMPUTER LIKE A DEVELOPER"
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More and more of our lives are lived inside the virtual worlds of computers. The power of code - the laws of these virtual worlds - is beyond measure. The world needs more people of good will to take up the skills of software development to make a positive impact in the world.
That is why we have created the top-secret TwilioQuest program. And it is why you have been selected to undergo special training to become an Operator - a software developer, a builder, a champion of justice, equipped to create software destined to touch billions of lives.
In this episode, you will learn about different kinds of interfaces to a computer. In particular, you will learn about command line interfaces that enable you to give your computer lower-level instructions. Finally, you will learn how to string multiple commands together in a script. This will be your first step on a journey to learn what code is, and how it works.
After the session, we will be sending you some follow-up work that can be done using our interactive videogame, TwilioQuest.Â
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Kevin is the creator and lead developer of TwilioQuest, an educational PC game for current and aspiring software developers. Kevin loves teaching, and has been involved in education and coaching learners across a wide range of ages and skill levels since 2004. Kevin lives just outside Minneapolis, MN with his wife and three devious children.
