Aaron Hillegass

Faculty in CS at Georgia Tech, Author, founder of Big Nerd Ranch, executive director of the Kontinua Foundation

Aaron Hillegass is a lecturer in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.1 5 He recently joined the faculty and is teaching two sections of CS 2110 in the spring semester.5

Background

Aaron Hillegass has an extensive background in technology and education:

He previously attempted to write a book on the Smalltalk programming language after dropping out of a math PhD program at the University of Washington in 1992.2
He has experience training Google engineers on iOS and Android development.4

Career Transitions

Hillegass has had several notable career transitions:

In September 2022, he started a position as Director of Applied Data Science at New College of Florida.3
More recently, he became a lecturer at Georgia Tech's College of Computing.5

Expertise

Hillegass appears to have expertise in various areas:

Software development, particularly in mobile platforms like iOS and Android
Data science
Computer science education

It's worth noting that Aaron Hillegass has been involved in different aspects of technology and education throughout his career, from writing technical books to training engineers at major tech companies, and now teaching at the university level.