CEO at CodeDay • Y Combinator Alum S12 • Forbes 30 Under 30 2019 • Also: Board Member at Ignite Seattle, Associate Editor at TOCE, Organizing Committee at SIGCSE TShttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vchttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3m5jozensrk23I was honored to speak at Mplify GNE about building an AI-ready innovation workforce. Was extra meaningful as Mplify, formerly MEF, was co-founded by my dad in 2001. (Been pitching this talk for a while but my dad has always been careful to avoid any appearance of nepotism! Someone else invited me!)13 Nov 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jozensrk23https://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3m5h6rxqyr22jExcited to announce I'll be speaking at Open Source Summit Japan, plus joining Emily Lovell, Shu Muto, Junya Okabe, and Masaki Kimura for a panel discussion.12 Nov 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5h6rxqyr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3m5c5fjvdds2nI'll be at AERA 2026 for our paper, "Collaborative, Open-Source Projects as Innovative Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Underserved Computer Science Students"!10 Nov 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5c5fjvdds2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3m4y7ynwvns22Had a great time at the National Science Foundation ExLENT PI meeting this week for @codeday.org’s work getting Community College Baccalaureate students into AI careers!06 Nov 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y7ynwvns22https://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lw5pawwfn22cSteve Feng recently published a preprint of a very interesting discussion paper on the impact of GenAI on Open Source communities. If you're involved in open source, I recommend giving it a read! (I'm a co-author but played a very small part; Steve did most of the work!) arxiv.org/abs/2508.04921 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.0492111 Aug 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5pawwfn22chttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lvqxaouczs2q"Students want choice and autonomy in their learning, [...] to do relevant work [...]. Finally, students felt it was important to grapple with and do work that mattered and had a broader impact on the world" Love this! Validates what we have seen partnering with students to build/run @codeday.org. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqxaouczs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lveieygb542vIf you're at #FOSSY, make sure to drop by our talk today at 2PM: "Nurturing the Next Generation of Open Source Contributors" (in the "FOSS in Education" room). And drop by our booth to say hi!01 Aug 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lveieygb542vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3luqr77d7km2sOn my way back from #hitec, where I had the opportunity to share about our NSF funded work and learn from other emerging technology educators!25 Jul 2025 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqr77d7km2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lqxaswujqk2uIt was amazing to see three of our students present at Innovate QA yesterday. We are working to help more students share their real-world learnings and fresh perspectives at tech conferences and online. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxaswujqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lqpm2e5rys2lHad a great time at @codeforamerica.org #CfASummit last week. Meeting the folks writing software to deliver services to hundreds of millions of Americans was refreshing, and I'm excited to find ways for @codeday.org students to contribute to the many critical open source projects in this space.03 Jun 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpm2e5rys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lpknufjiyc2iIt's always energizing to see how friendly and supportive the Python community is! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth or caught our talk at the Education Summit on Thursday. See you at Open Source Summit! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpknufjiyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lp7ywazydc2bIf you're at @pycon.us, come say hi at the @codeday.org booth! (I'm also giving a talk at the education summit soon!)15 May 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7ywazydc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3lp3bevhin22xSIGCSE needs reviewers! (We usually get about half as many as we'd comfortably like.) This is a great chance for newer authors to learn what makes a good CS education paper. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3bevhin22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3loaasc6wuc23I got a $2,500 treadmill for free because the controller (which is an extremely cheap Android tablet) died and iFIT charges $1,000 for a replacement. So my Friday night project is replacing it with a $10 PCB.03 May 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3loaasc6wuc23https://bsky.app/profile/tyler.vc/post/3kplrylmauy26Hello, world!08 Apr 2024 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:sfis2s7dxbwwdqa4oged33b2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kplrylmauy26