John Resig joins the Khan Academy
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John Resig joins the Khan Academy
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Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#2http://twitter.com/#!/jeresig/status/65450991423733760 announcement on twitter
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#3Congratulations to the Kahn Academy, and congratulations to John.
I am really looking forward to you building software full time. It is going to be great for jQuery!
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#4It is awesome that Khan Academy has attracted so much top talent. Has the potential to make a real difference in world education and thus in human potential. Goes to show how much effect a relatively small investment can make when joined with amazing, driven, talented people.
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#5Noble Cause. But I am curious to know will Khan Academy give a basic salary or he working for free? in which case, I salute you
Congrats!
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#6Noble Cause. But I am curious to know will Khan Academy give a basic salary or he working for free? in which case, I salute you Congrats!
They get tons of grant money, use that for salaries.
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#7Congratulations to the Kahn Academy, and congratulations to John. I am really looking forward to you building software full time. It is going to be great for jQuery!
This is seriously the best thing that can happen for JQuery Mobile, assuming he does release some apps. If anyone can push the technology as far as it can go, it's John.
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#8Noble Cause. But I am curious to know will Khan Academy give a basic salary or he working for free? in which case, I salute you Congrats!
They get tons of grant money, use that for salaries.
I couldn't find a number for how much he got from the Gates Foundation, but he got $2m from Google for their 10^100 contest.
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#9Noble Cause. But I am curious to know will Khan Academy give a basic salary or he working for free? in which case, I salute you Congrats!
When Bill Gates uses your product to teach his kids, asking for some grant money probably isn't much of a problem.
Re: John Resig joins the Khan Academy
#10Wow! We're thrilled that this happened. Today is another great day for education. The greatest day was probably when Salman Khan quit his job and went home to upload his videos full time. We use Khan academy almost every day, for our children and ourselves.