--- title: 2. Building The Team tags: forum --- # Building the Team The time to learn has never been better. Everyone is online and everything is online. To serve this hungry and growing audience we are generating new forms of reference material and exploratory products designed to inspire and engage the community in a bright vision of the future. Education @ NEAR has many different customers. To serve the community we have focused in on significant team growth (from 1 to 18 people) in 90 days. This is **part 2 of 4** in a series 1. [Build a Story](https://hackmd.io/@near-edu/building-the-story) 2. **Build the Team** (this post) 3. [Build the Tools](https://hackmd.io/@near-edu/building-the-tools) 4. [Build the Road Ahead](https://hackmd.io/@near-edu/building-the-road-ahead) ## team growth The education team has grown from 1 person to 18 people in 90 days. Regarding "skin in the game" commitment to the success of NEAR: - 13 of these good people are being competitively compensated with 100% NEAR tokens This growth has come from 3 main recruiting activities - through the NCD pipeline - among online developer communities - internal to the NEAR collective The 17 new members of the team, in the order they joined, are: ```csvpreview {header="true"} date,name,role,origin story,code APR 2021,Hiba Mashfij,"Junior Developer, EDU.T3", via NCD,T3 APR 2021,Ozan İşgör,"Junior Developer, EDU.T3", via NCD,T3 APR 2021,Çağatay Soyer,"Junior Developer, EDU.T3", via NCD,T3 APR 2021,Anuj Duggal,"Junior Developer, EDU.T3", via NCD,T3 MAY 2021,Jordan Madieros,"Videographer",via Chad Lamon MAY 2021,Aleksandr Sai,"Developer",via community JUN 2021,Jacob Lindhal,"Developer", via Cameron Denis JUN 2021,Ben Sayeg,"Developer", via Mally Anderson JUL 2021,Daniil Podkovko,"Designer",via community JUL 2021,Nazar Nyzhnyk,"Designer",via community JUL 2021,Shashi Shekhar,"Strategy & Operations", via Shreyas JUL 2021,Claudio Cossio,"Growth -- Americas", via community,EIR JUL 2021,Cristian Badillo,"Developer", via community,DIR JUL 2021,Jorge Gonzalez,"Developer", via community,DIR JUL 2021,Abe Uccello,"Growth -- US", via community,EIR AUG 2021,Fortune Ikechi,"Technical Writer", via community AUG 2021,Alan Estrada,"Developer", via community,DIR ``` # doing what exactly? - over the past 90 days we have - supported dozens of students completing the NCD program - built 10 fresh products (see part #3: [Build the Tools](https://hackmd.io/@near-edu/building-the-tools)) - over the next 90 days we will continue to learn, build, and teach We welcome the community to join us in our effort in three areas: ## inspiration Welcome – developers, designers and NEAR enthusiasts interested in bringing new ideas and energy to inspire students and make NEAR easier to learn. - **more examples**: create new and original content that highlight features of the platform including contracts and frontends - **video guides**: capture video guides and walkthroughs of concepts and applications - **student code reviews**: conduct code reviews of student contributions to help them level up while learning - **learning tools**: help us build more tools for learning ## inclusion Welcome – developers, designers and entpreneneurs who speak English and another language natively and want to contribute to the effort of making NEAR easier to learn. - **localized content**: translate content into your native language and help us promote it regionally - **localized workshops**: translate our workshops and deliver them to your regional audience - **localized technical verifications**: conduct coding interviews for NCD graduates in your native language ## integration Welcome – developers familiar with web2 and web3 technologies, product designers and entrepreneurs to make technical and non-technical contributions that make NEAR easier to learn. - **popular web 3 tech**: connect NEAR with other technologies like IPFS or Textile for example. - **advanced components**: integrate some of our more advanced tech like [NEAR Indexer](https://docs.near.org/docs/concepts/indexer) and [SputnikDAO](https://www.sputnik.fund) into the curriculum - **popular programming languages**: wrap our RPC API with a new library or adapter that helps your community engage with NEAR --- # now what? **Now we need your help.** If you are interested in *earning* while helping other with their *learning*, please fill out this form: :::warning ## [:moneybag: Earn by Helping Others Learn](https://near.org/educate) ::: # doing what exactly? - **inspiration** -- do you have fresh ideas and energy? - **inclusion** -- can you speak English and another language natively? - **integration** -- will you make meaningful (technical and non-technical) contributions? If so the join us! Earn by helping others learn NEAR today.