Wrapping Up CodeMontage
tl:dr; CodeMontage is wrapping up operations, but codemontage.com will remain online and open source.
CodeMontage has brought us incalculable inspiration, social impact, and learning. In three years of operation, we empowered thousands of individuals, supported over one hundred meaningful open source projects, and worked with dozens of technology companies big and small. We ran successful in-person events in half a dozen cities across the US. We engaged a diverse community of coders of all genders and from varied racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. We built a platform that connects coders and projects all around the world. We all got to be superheroes.
We also ran a number of experiments and explored a variety of business models. What we didn't quite find was a model we felt great about scaling to millions. So, we've decided to freeze this version of CodeMontage. Going forward, we will no longer actively recruit and mentor individuals through projects, actively advise project partners, or produce events. The current platform will remain online and open source for the foreseeable future.
Our biggest goals have been to inspire people and to leave things a little better than we found them. We believe we’ve done that, and we hope to do even better in the future. We've spent the last several months sharing lessons learned with community organizers, technology hiring managers, and non-profit project leaders. We hope to publish many of those lessons over time, too. Individually, we're each pursuing other projects that allow us to learn and grow:
- Bethany is bringing socially driven businesses online with B. Martin Studio
- Courteney is making electronic books more accessible at LibrarySimplified
- Elaine is building the Colorado innovation community with LadyCoders Productions
- Julia is improving technology for the US government at 18F
- Nathan is building great tools for educators at Teachers Pay Teachers
- Stephanie is expanding her marketing knowledge with OMD Worldwide
- Theresa is improving an online learning platform at IIN
- Vanessa is building continuous learning into engineering operations at Etsy
We hope you'll all keep moving social impact technology forward, too. Please check out our resources page to find great more organizations and more opportunities. We'll see you out there in the arena.
Sincerely,
Team CodeMontage