MikeLikeJordan coming through! Hi there, I’m Mike—a former middle school teacher pivoting into tech, trading lesson plans for Python scripts and classroo...
Last summer, I made the decision to leave education after five years as a middle school math teacher. My goal was to land a job in the tech industry, sparked by a deep interest in machine learning that had taken root earlier that spring. I loved teaching and enjoyed the day-to-day academic adventures with my students. But the increasing workload — teaching subjects outside my specialty, new…
Discover how a former educator turned data storyteller used Python to uncover key factors boosting student math scores, overcoming coding challenges in this inspiring EdTech journey.
Math continues to be my north star and now my transformer. What’s yours?
Here’s to being a preserving student for life.
Announcing The Stargate Project The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest \$500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States. We will begin deploying \$100 billion immediately. This infrastructure will secure… — OpenAI (@OpenAI) January 21, 2025 When I read this announcement of big tech partnering up with the US…
“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” - Confucius How I got into teaching I originally became a teacher out of necessity. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications 3 years after graduating high school and nine months later, my mom suggested that I should try out teaching. I wasn’t initially thrilled by the idea but figured this could be my way of…