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> Leaving teaching this soon wasn’t my original plan

Since the author is also OP (here to promote their new startup Pickcode), what was your plan to leave teaching and why did it change?

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I had no particular plan, my point in that sentence was that 2 years was on the shorter end of the distribution of how long I expected to stay. I'm leaving now because I think I can make a bigger impact on student learning building a product which incorporates what I've learned these past two years.

There’s something very “Silicon Valley” about doing something approximately four times and using the acquired expertise to found a startup.

While I don't want to be mean, I'm sure OP is great.

It does remind me of the tiktok "investors" who sell classes on how to get rich, but the classes teach others how to sell classes.

I worked for a guy who loved these get rich quick schemes.

Once, for $50 he bought a zip file off some random website that was supposed to contain everything he'd need to get rich online.

The zip file contained the HTML file and assets for the page that he'd bought the zip file from, with instructions on how to integrate his own PayPal checkout info, of course.

Have you ever tried using processing or p5js as a way to engage students with code? I think the visual aspect would be a great way to engage young learners. Also are you looking for volunteers?

Forty-some years ago, my first programming experience was moving a pen wielding turtle around the screen with Logo. A visual introduction was great then and I think your suggestion is a good one for new students today.

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