HackHands
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| Company type | Private subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online Education |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Globally |
| Products | |
| Parent | Pluralsight |
| Website | www |
HackHands (stylized as hack.hands()) is an online learning platform for computer programming and coding. Users pay to communicate with programming mentors via video calls, screen sharing, and shared text editors.[1]
History
[edit]HackHands was founded by 6PS Group, a web development company,[1] in 2013.[2]
In 2014, HackHands founded HackPledge, an initiative to encourage industry experts to mentor and teach novice developers. The company also launched the HackSummit, a programming conference that had more than 64,000 registrants.[3]
On July 9, 2015, Pluralsight, an online education company, announced it had acquired HackHands.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ha, Anthony. "Through Its Network Of Mentors, HackHands Offers Live Help For New Programmers". TechCrunch. 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.
- ^ Kokalitcheva, Kia. "This company is adding on-demand help to win the online education race". Fortune. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
