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Phil MacEachron

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Hi. I’m an engineer at Replit, smoothing the path for software creators. The few things I've learned have given me the ability to do work I find fun and meaningful, so I'm eager to help others have that experience too. My first obsession was tinkering with mechanical and fluid systems, which led to joining SpaceX out of college to work on the Dragon 2 propellant tanks. After doing some teaching and programming on the side, I became more obsessed with creating software that gives people new learning opportunities. I left SpaceX to start a company creating VR software for learning physics. I got the project to a pilot stage, where I used it to teach classes to some awesome kids online, but determined that I wasn’t experienced enough with either education or software to start an online school in VR. At the start of 2020 I joined an inspiring early-stage startup called Primer, to help offer new modes of learning to kids who didn't fit in the traditional system (nearly all kids). I switched

Phil MacEachron Phil MacEachron About Hi. I’m an engineer at Replit, smoothing the path for software creators. The few things I've learned have given me the ability to do work I find fun and meaningful, so I'm eager to help others have that experience too. My first obsession was tinkering with mechanical and fluid systems, which led to joining SpaceX out of college to work on the Dragon 2 propellant tanks. After doing some teaching and programming on the side, I became more obsessed with creating software that gives people new learning opportunities. I left SpaceX to start a company creating V

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