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Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Coursera for 2 years
July 19, 2015
Mountain View, California
5.0
Positive Outlook
Pros

Coursera is opening the world's most elite educational institutions to everyone in the world, and creating opportunities for people to dramatically improve their lives.

It's a mission that gets me right out of bed every morning.

Cons

The goals are audacious, and the business model is still in flux. This isn't a better mousetrap, like Uber cabs; it's a new configuration of a vast, complex ecosystem.

Advice to Management

Focus and unify the leadership. While we have academic DNA, Coursera is competing in the short term with fast-moving Silicon Valley companies and has to move fast.

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