Zach Sims co-founded Codecademy with Ryan Bubinski after dropping out of Columbia. And over a decade later in 2021, they sold to Skillsoft for $525M.

We discuss his family, scrappy upbringing that led to Columbia, and early life stories before Codecademy.

We also discuss YC, growing to hundreds of thousands of users in a few days, the reason they exited, and much more.

Zach’s on the precipice of a new chapter in his life & work, and it was a pleasure to profile his life up until now.

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