original address:We bought a university: how one coding school doubled down on brick and mortar (Ep. 561) (opens new window)

Paulo and Guilherme Silveira, brothers and cofounders of edtech platform Alura, join the home team for a conversation about polyglot programming, edtech, and the role of generative AI.

Paulo and Guilherme Silveira, brothers and cofounders of edtech platform Alura, join the home team for a conversation about polyglot programming, edtech, and the role of generative AI.

Episode notes:

Alura (opens new window) is a Portuguese-language edtech platform where users can learn programming, backend and mobile development, data science, design and UX, DevOps, and more.

They started small, grew into a bustling online program, then purchased a majority stake (opens new window)in FIAP (opens new window), a private university in São Paulo, Brazil.

Paulo and Stack Overflow Director of Engineering Roberta Arcoverde cohost a popular Portuguese-language podcast (opens new window) about programming, design, startups, and technology.

Paulo’s new open-source project (opens new window) is full of career resources for T-shaped developers (opens new window).

Connect with Alura CEO Paulo Silveira on LinkedIn (opens new window).

Connect with Alura Chief Education Officer Guilherme Silveira on LinkedIn (opens new window).

Connect with Roberta Arcoverde on LinkedIn (opens new window).

Today’s Lifeboat badge (opens new window) winner is netblognet (opens new window) for their answer to Get JSON object from URL (opens new window).

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