Ask HN: Are there computing education research jobs not at a college?
I've been teaching people how to code pretty much since I learned how to code myself. In high school I made (now embarrassing) YouTube tutorials, taught my friends how to make games, ran classes with an after school carer. While at university I've been working as a tutor (I think in the US they're called TAs) for a first and second year course: and the work I've done there has been the highlight of my week (in particular, i've been working in a course that introduces art too CS students, and art students to CS --- which I've found particularly rewarding).
I've made friends with the course conveners, taken on extra responsibility in helping run the courses, and last semester I did a research project designing a system to collect information about the roadblocks our students run into when learning to code. Through that project, I found an interest in CS education research (teaching people is cool --- but teaching people how to teach people or finding the best way to teach people? baller).
Somewhat naively, perhaps, it seems to me that I could pursue a PhD in Computing Education Research. The problem is, at least here in Australia, it looks like we're entering into a pretty poor time to go and get a PhD. While perhaps it's still something I'd like to do in the somewhat distant future, I'm curious about what other options there are for someone who wants to do CeD research but in a non-formal capacity. Anyone have any ideas?