Chris Desmarais

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Chris is one of our “OG” technical facilitators and has been guiding our learners through the Evolve full stack developer program with his warm and friendly teaching style for several years now. Chris brings his passion for computer science and all things code to our learners through unique “choose your own” sessions as well as scrum master and product owner for the learner project teams.

He has worked as a full-stack developer on several existing and startup companies. Currently, he is a Senior Developer with Duck Labs based in Calgary. Chris has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa. He is passionate about getting new projects off the ground and finds the startup phase the most exciting. 

In his spare time, he plays games, paints and is working on the third draft of a novel! 

What essential skill is helping you be future fit?

“Being open to learning. This industry is not standing still, and definitely favours life long learners. Even though you can't sit still for long in this career, you might be surprised how much the next thing looks like today's thing.”