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Michael Bethencourt

Software Engineer & Educator

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Kickstart Coding

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About

I split my time between teaching people to code and day-dreaming about a gleaming Star Trek-like future, a goal we need ever more desperately in these times. My favorite challenge is solving tough architecture problems in a truly "full stack way", where finding a simple and maintainable solution requires both smarter JavaScript and lower-level back-end data tweaks. Small data is a lot bigger than people think! I teach full stack web development, guiding students in the journey to build up coding skills necessary for entry-level positions in the industry. I'm super passionate about brain dumping my experience and computing knowledge, so if this sounds interesting to you, message me! (I reply to humans!)

Experience

CTO, Lead InstructorKickstart Coding
Dec 2020
Development Team LeadKickstart Coding
Nov 2021 to Dec 2022
Co-Founder, CTO, Lead InstructorKickstart Coding
May 2018 to Dec 2020
InstructorUC Berkeley Extension
Jan 2017 to Aug 2018
Software EngineerAtrius
Sep 2015 to Sep 2016
Senior Software EngineerKellton Europe
Oct 2012 to Jul 2015
Software Engineer InternFacebook
May 2011 to Aug 2011
Software Engineer InternMicrosoft
May 2010 to Aug 2010
Intern Software DeveloperCray Inc.
May 2009 to Sep 2009
Research Student Software DeveloperUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2008 to Jan 2009
Technical Analyst in Software DevelopmentEpic
May 2007 to Sep 2007
Technical Analyst in Software DevelopmentEpic
Jun 2006 to Aug 2006
Freelance Web DesignerFreelance Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2005 to Jan 2006

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS, Computer Science