HackHands (stylized as hack.hands()) is an online technology mentoring platform for computer programmers and coders, serviced by a global network of subject-matter experts.[1]
History
HackHands is an independent spin-off of 6PS Group, a Brazilian web development company, that launched in 2013 at the New York WeWork Labs space.[2] It was founded by two Brazilian technology entrepreneurs, Geraldo Ramos, José Wilker and Assis Antunes, with American Forest Good. On November 10, 2014, Ed Roman joined HackHands as CEO.[3] The company relocated its headquarters to San Francisco in 2014.[citation needed]
Acquisition
On July 9, 2015, Pluralsight, an online education company, announced it had acquired HackHands[4] in order to expand its capabilities beyond video tutorials and assessments by adding live assistance for technology learners.[5] In 2015, Hackhands moved its office to Pluralsight's headquarters in Farmington, Utah.[citation needed]
Community involvement
HackHands founded HackPledge, an initiative to encourage industry experts to mentor and teach novice developers. The company also launched the HackSummit, the largest virtual conference and programming conference at that time, which had more than 64,000 registrants.[6]
References
- ^ Ha, Anthony. "Through Its Network Of Mentors, HackHands Offers Live Help For New Programmers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "How we threw a bootstrapped party for our startup". WeWork. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "HackHands Names Ed Roman as CEO". 2014-11-10.
- ^ Kokalitcheva, Kia. "This company is adding on-demand help to win the online education race". Fortune. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Weber, Harrison. "Pluralsight snaps up HackHands to offer budding coders real-time support". VentureBeat. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Elahi, Amina. "Hack.summit() trumpets virtual tradeoffs, including flexible access". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
