ABHAY JOSHI

These days I wear multiple hats: that of a CS instructor, personal coach, and writer. For my work I divide my time between Seattle, USA and Pune, India. I interact (in the capacity of advisory board member) with the executive team at AFOUR Technologies - a software testing firm based in Pune and Seattle. I also work with InPods which makes software products pertaining to "Online Learning". InPods has offices in Seattle and Pune. Here is my brief current resume. (An aside: In my somewhat distant past I used to be a software engineer, and did some cool work. Here are some details in case aliens come looking for it... I have been teaching computer programming and computational thinking since 2007 to middle and high school students, college students, as well as working professionals. My goal is to show my students the power and beauty of Computer Science, to show them that Computer Programming is the "new magic", using which they can develop thinking skills, apply concepts of math, and..