# Sebastian Thrun on Reddit (u/sebastianthrun)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/sebastian-thrun

Sebastian Thrun: Founder of Udacity and Google X.

- Reddit account: [u/sebastianthrun](https://www.reddit.com/user/sebastianthrun/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/v59z3/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (18)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2012
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Thrun

## Moments

### u/sebastianthrun in r/IAmA, Jun 16, 2012 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> At what point will there be too many classes on Udacity? Also, what is the one class you would like to see be created? Also, thanks for Udacity.

> Wow - I love this thread. Thanks for the many suggestions - and keep them coming. You just wrote the roadmap for Udacity!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/v59z3/iam_sebastian_thrun_stanford_professor_google_x/c51j0kq/ · 114 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/sebastianthrun in r/IAmA, Jun 16, 2012 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> What would you say to people who want to learn to code? What programming languages would you recommend? What programming languages do you know?

> Do it often. Coding is a skill like riding a bike. If you have a choice between coding and reading a book about coding, do coding first, then read the book when you get stuck. Don't read the book first.
>
> Of course.... I highly recommend CS101 at Udacity and the subsequent classes. All of them focus on making you learn coding by doing it yourself.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/v59z3/iam_sebastian_thrun_stanford_professor_google_x/c51gsn9/ · 149 points as of Nov 7, 2026