Quincy Larson
The Teacher Who Founded FreeCodeCamp.org at freeCodeCamp
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQuincy Larson is the founder of freeCodeCamp.org and a teacher-turned-software-engineer with 11+ years of experience building education-focused technology and communities. He led the creation and ongoing development of freeCodeCamp’s open-source curriculum and full-stack codebase that has helped tens of thousands land their first developer jobs. Quincy’s background as a school director and intensive Mandarin-language teacher in China informs his human-centered approach to curriculum design and community growth. Technically hands-on, he has contributed front-end and back-end improvements to freeCodeCamp’s flagship repo, from UI and meta-tag updates to notification and content management refinements. He combines instructional craft with pragmatic engineering—automating school workflows early in his career—and continues to scale learning through open collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree English, Bachelor's degree English at A US state universityFull Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Chinese, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
621reputation
33kreached
3answers
15questions
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
camp10
front-end-development10
bootcamp10
nodejs10
back-end-development9
react9
j8
css7
html7
wicked-pdf6
mongodb6
ruby-on-rails6
activesupport6
heroku6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp
Aug 2015 - Sep 2022
freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 355 commits, 1710 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Quincy contributed to the codebase by implementing and refactoring features across both the front-end and back-end. They added functionality to the about page, including displaying the count of campers with certifications, involving modifications to JavaScript files and Jade templates. Further contributions included improvements to notifications related to pledges, enhancing user experience. Additional work comprised reverting a change that removed Youtube videos, and updating meta tags and landing page components.
mathcurriculumreactlearn-to-code-for-freecss
freeCodeCamp/ProjectReferenceData
Dec 2015 - Sep 2019
Reference Data for our Zipline challenges
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 3 years 8 months
ziplinedatareference-data
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