Sean McPherson

I work as a software engineer at Khan Academy building AI-powered activities for students and teachers like Writing Coach.

I have previously worked as a software engineer for Niche.com in Pittsburgh and TSYS in Atlanta. And before that I was a teacher at Gwinnett County Public Schools, AmeriCorps, and a juvenile detention center.

I graduated from Edinboro University with a degree in middle-level education and later The Iron Yard Coding Bootcamp.

I live in Pittsburgh, PA with my wife and two sons. I serve as a deacon at my local presbyterian church, and volunteer on the Wilkinsburg Public Library Board of Directors.

I watch, read about, and play soccer; and play board and adventure games.

1. My on-again-off-again relationship with AI assistants March 31, 2025
2. Introducing Speed Catan January 18, 2025
3. Zed still isn't ready January 15, 2025
4. Rewriting in Eleventy (again) January 14, 2025
5. Mc-Pher-son November 26, 2024