Author Archive for Tynker

Women in STEM: Catie Cuan Photo source: LinkedIn Conventional wisdom taught us that art and technology were polar opposites, but with the advent of computer programming and the imagination of those using it, that notion has been turned on its head. Let’s dance! Catie Cuan is an artist and a Robotics PhD Candidate at Stanford University. She considers herself a […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 3rd grader Siena from California! She likes to play with Legos, and her favorite subject in school is math because it’s fun and she loves challenges. And when she gets older, Siena wants to be an anti-aging scientist. Sounds cool! She recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker: How did you get […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Jett from Maryland! He likes to play video games, his favorites right now being Minecraft and Roblox Minecraft. Jett recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker: How did you get introduced to Tynker? When I decided that I wanted to learn coding, I found Tynker, and then I saw that […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 5th grader Doug from West Virginia! When he grows up, he’d like to be a computer programmer! Besides coding, he likes baseball and soccer. And his favorite subject in school is math! Doug recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker: How did you get introduced to Tynker? My dad’s a computer programmer. […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 4th grader Sofilia from Indonesia! When she grows up, she has a list of great careers to choose from—pianist, programmer, architect, and artist. All of them are fantastic choices! Sofilia recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker: How did you hear about Tynker? My Dad introduced me to Tynker about 2 years […]

Talk about cool careers! Cierra McDonald is a Principal Programming Manager Lead at Microsoft where she’s a game developer for Xbox, designing the features for Xbox Live Achievements & Gamerscore systems. Considering young coders at Tynker are making games of their own, we were super-impressed with Cierra and wanted to learn more about her journey in tech. So, we’re very […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 6th grader Liam from Pennsylvania! When he grows up, he’d like to be an architect or engineer. Cool! As for now, he likes playing football and video games. He also likes to animate. Liam recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker: How did you hear about Tynker? I got introduced to Tynker […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 7th grader Cristina from Costa Rica! When she grows up, she’d like to make movies. Cool! As for now, she likes playing video games like Tetris. Cristina recently spoke with us about her experience coding with Tynker: How did you hear about Tynker? My mom showed me, and I’ve been coding for two years! How […]

Meet our newest Featured Maker, 2nd grader Sebastian from California! His favorite hobby is Tynker, and when he grows up he’d like to be a game designer. That’s a perfect combination! He recently spoke with us about his experience coding with Tynker: How did you hear about Tynker? I got introduced through school. How did you learn to use Tynker? […]