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enter udacity -- gives students access to coaches and mentors. with the founder and ceo sebastian, who also invested in google's driverless car. i asked him how many people are using udacity and how. >> we have about two million students. the students are from all over the world. bangalore is the second largest city, new york is the largest. silicon valley, brazil. they all want to learn and get a job. the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job. we teach you cloud data and big tech. machine learning. >> most popular classes? >> coding. you go from no experience whatsoever to building your version of google. >> is there a notion that vocational education is the focus here? is there interest in the arts? if there is, how do those students differ? >> i'm very interested in the arts and humanities. the truth is, many of our partner companies feel that the type of skills that kids have leaving college and not a good match for what they need in the workforce. at this point you spend more than one years searching for your first job. more t
enter udacity -- gives students access to coaches and mentors. with the founder and ceo sebastian, who also invested in google's driverless car. i asked him how many people are using udacity and how. >> we have about two million students. the students are from all over the world. bangalore is the second largest city, new york is the largest. silicon valley, brazil. they all want to learn and get a job. the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job. we teach you cloud data and...
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the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job.h you cloud data and big tech. >> what are the most popular classes? >> a coding class. you go from no experience whatsoever to building your version of google. >> is there a notion that vocational education is the focus here? is their interest in the arts? if there is, how do those students differ? >> i'm very interested in the arts and humanities. many of our partner companies feel that the type of skills that kids have leaving college and not a good match for what they need in the workforce. at this point you spend more than one year searching for your first job. more than half the kids coming out of college are either unemployed or underemployed. a lot of companies like at&t and google are stepping up and saying let's take education into our own hands and offer what people really need. >> so google and salesforce are teaching the classes? >> yes, they teach with us. if you go to class, you will organize a rock concert using a particular app. google has several classes underway. mob
the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job.h you cloud data and big tech. >> what are the most popular classes? >> a coding class. you go from no experience whatsoever to building your version of google. >> is there a notion that vocational education is the focus here? is their interest in the arts? if there is, how do those students differ? >> i'm very interested in the arts and humanities. many of our partner companies feel that the type of skills that...
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enter udacity. the ceo joins us now. we're here to talk about education. us up-to-date on udacity. how many people are using it, where are they from? >> we have about 2 million users right now. we get several hundred sign-ups everyday. they are all over the world. new york is the biggest city. they all want to learn and get a job. we do a lot of stuff in tech and teach cloud computing. things like these that help you find a job. >> what are one of the most popular classes? >> a coding class. you go from no programming whatsoever in two weeks. we had over 400,000 students in one class. >> is there a notion that vocational education is the focus here? or is there an interest in the arts? if there is, out of those students do? >> i am personally very interested in the arts and humanities. many of our partner companies that the types of skills that kids have leaving college and not a good match for when they leave college. this for more than one year searching even with a college degree for the first job. within half of them are unemployed or underemployed. ma
enter udacity. the ceo joins us now. we're here to talk about education. us up-to-date on udacity. how many people are using it, where are they from? >> we have about 2 million users right now. we get several hundred sign-ups everyday. they are all over the world. new york is the biggest city. they all want to learn and get a job. we do a lot of stuff in tech and teach cloud computing. things like these that help you find a job. >> what are one of the most popular classes? >>...
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. -- enter in udacity. the ceo joins us now. here to talk about education. .ring us up-to-date on udacity million usersut 2 right now. they are all over the world. new york is the biggest city. they all want to learn and get a job. tech andot of stuff in teach cloud computing. things like these that help you find a job. >> what are one of the most popular classes? >> a coding class. we had over 400,000 students in one class. >> is there a notion that vocational education is the focus here? or is there an interest in the arts? am personally very interested in the arts and humanities. the types of skills that kids have leaving college and not a good match for when they leave college. they spend more than when you're searching even with a college degree for the first job. within half of them are unemployed or underemployed. many companies like at&t are google are stepping up. >> google and salesforce are teaching the classes? >> yeah. >> what are they teaching? >> for salesforce, apps. you could become a sophisticated app developer
. -- enter in udacity. the ceo joins us now. here to talk about education. .ring us up-to-date on udacity million usersut 2 right now. they are all over the world. new york is the biggest city. they all want to learn and get a job. tech andot of stuff in teach cloud computing. things like these that help you find a job. >> what are one of the most popular classes? >> a coding class. we had over 400,000 students in one class. >> is there a notion that vocational education is...
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the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job.ach you cloud computing, big data. >> what are the most popular classes? codings basically a class. you go from no coding whatsoever to [indiscernible] we had over 400,000 students in this one class. >> is there a notion that vocational education is a focus here? is there interest in the arts? how do the students differ. >> i am very interested in arts and humanities. many of our partner companies peoplee type of schools have leaving college are not a good match for what they need in the workforce. at this point, you spend more than when you're searching even with a college degree for your first job. either unemployed or underemployed. >> google and salesforce are actually teaching the classes? what are they teaching? all the way tops be a very sophisticated app developer. you will organize a rock concert. in google they have about five class is underway. mobile web. game development. you learn a lot about computer science along the way. >> in terms of working with companies, how does
the number one reason to come to udacity is to get a job.ach you cloud computing, big data. >> what are the most popular classes? codings basically a class. you go from no coding whatsoever to [indiscernible] we had over 400,000 students in this one class. >> is there a notion that vocational education is a focus here? is there interest in the arts? how do the students differ. >> i am very interested in arts and humanities. many of our partner companies peoplee type of schools...