What’s It Like to Leave the Classroom for a Job in Edtech? - Nadia Tamez-Robledo, EdSurge

For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit. When teachers pack up their classrooms for the last time to start their edtech careers, where exactly are they going? Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales. Former educators told us they had moved on to become UX designers, part of sales teams and founders of their own edtech companies.