Chris Lee
Founder at Launch School
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Lee is a founder and educator with 13 years of experience building developer-focused learning organizations and software products. He launched and grew Launch School after previously founding Tealeaf Academy and co-founding Active Interview, blending curriculum design with hands-on engineering leadership. His background spans roles from staff software engineer at IBM to engineering manager and senior consultant, giving him deep experience in J2EE-era systems, product management, and scaling early-stage teams. Chris frequently mentors students and served as a section lead for Stanford’s Code In Place, underscoring a commitment to accessible computer science education. Known for bringing practical, production-minded engineering into the classroom, he bridges industry best practices and pedagogy to help developers translate learning into career-ready skills.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Github Skills (6)
mls9
rack9
ruby-on-rails7
rails7
ruby6
open-source5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cglee/97-things-every-programmer-should-know
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
practitionerspythonwisdom
cglee/crato-logging.github.io
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:3 pushes in 3 days
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