Robin Yang
Product Manager at robinyang.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobin Yang is a product manager based in San Francisco with a decade of experience designing and scaling consumer and education products across web and mobile. She led product and UX for CodeCombat and Ozaria—impacting hundreds of thousands of students and teachers—and drove growth and operational improvements at fintech startups like Happy Money and Prosper Marketplace. A former creative director and producer, Robin blends rigorous product discovery with design-led thinking to launch features that reduce support costs, boost engagement, and earn institutional endorsements (e.g., AP CS Principles for CodeCombat). She also coaches creatives to overcome perfectionism and sustain artistic practice, a perspective that informs her user-centered approach to building humane, purpose-driven products. Notably, Robin contributes front-end improvements to high-profile open-source edtech work, demonstrating hands-on execution alongside strategic leadership.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Sociology, Bachelors Sociology at Barnard College
Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
javascript10
front-end-development10
html9
css9
j9
sass9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
codecombat/codecombat
Jan 2016 - Sep 2019
Game for learning how to code.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:172 commits, 40 PRs, 131 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Robin primarily contributed to the front-end development of the CodeCombat platform. Their work included adding and modifying UI elements related to the "About" and "Sales" pages, as well as updating the teacher resource hub with new content and the addition of the "AP CS Principles" section. The user also made improvements to the homepage and student progress display, enhancing user experience. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the presentation and accessibility of the platform's content.
game
ryang217/codecombat
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
typescriptgamegame-programmingmultiplayer
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