Ashu Desai

Ashu Desai

Ashu Desai is one of the founders of Make School, a university replacement for computer science. Ashu built his first iPhone app in high school which sold 50,000 copies. He attended UCLA to study computer science before dropping out to join Y Combinator and found Make School in hopes of improving computer science education.
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How the Apple App Store is Changing Computer Science Curriculums

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How the Apple App Store is Changing Computer Science Curriculums


  • Wednesday, March 25, 2015
  • By Ashu Desai

I was a sophomore in high school when Apple launched the App Store. Excited by the idea of building software for a shiny new device, I tried my hand at building apps. My second game - Helicopter - sold 50,000 copies and jumpstarted my career in softw...


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