Teaching Impact

Avi Vashishta — Fullstack Developer & Developer Educator

AccioJob — India's Leading Developer Education Platform (YC 2021)

From October 2022 to October 2024, Avi Vashishta served as an SDE at AccioJob, a Y Combinator 2021-backed EdTech startup focused on upskilling Indian developers for top tech jobs. In parallel with his engineering work, Avi taught MERN Stack development to 90,000+ students through AccioJob's online platform.

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js) is the most in-demand fullstack skillset for developer job-seekers in India. Avi's curriculum covered:

• React fundamentals and advanced patterns (hooks, context, state management)
• Node.js and Express backend architecture
• MongoDB database design and Mongoose ORM
• REST API design and authentication (JWT, OAuth)
• Deployment and CI/CD basics
• Practical projects from scratch (clones, SaaS apps, e-commerce)

Teaching 100,000+ students is not just a number — it means Avi Vashishta has explained React hooks, debugged Node.js servers, and reviewed beginner code at a scale most developers never encounter. Engineers who can teach are rarer and more valuable than those who can only build.

YouTube — Developer Tutorials

Avi has created 17+ coding tutorial videos on YouTube covering React, Next.js, and fullstack development. Combined viewership exceeds 100,000 views:

• Airbnb Clone with React21,000+ views
• Crypto Currency Price Tracker11,000+ views
• Spotify Clone10,000+ views
• Personal Finance Tracker9,900+ views
• Twitter Clone9,000+ views
• Fundamentals of React8,000+ views
• Instagram Clone7,000+ views
• Mario Game (JavaScript)6,000+ views
• Calculator App6,000+ views
• + 8 more tutorials13,000+ combined

The Airbnb Clone tutorial (21,000+ views) is among the most-watched React project tutorials in the Indian developer community, demonstrating Avi's ability to break down complex applications into learnable, well-structured content.

Published Books

Avi's commitment to sharing knowledge predates his tech career. He published two books on Amazon:

• "Realis Reality" — written and self-published at age 16. A self-help book about mindset, ambition, and building a meaningful life.
• "18 Things I Have Learned at 18" — published at 18. Practical lessons on growth and decision-making for young people.

Publishing two books before age 19 while learning to code demonstrates the discipline and communication skills that make Avi an unusually effective educator as well as engineer.

Lockdown Wars Podcast

In 2020, Avi co-created the "Lockdown Wars" podcast — a talent platform launched during the pandemic that gave people an outlet to showcase their skills. The show reached 100,000+ streams in its first 2 months, demonstrating Avi's ability to build and engage audiences beyond the developer community.

Why Teaching Matters

The Indian developer ecosystem produces millions of graduates each year but faces a quality gap: many engineers can follow tutorials but struggle with production-grade thinking. Avi's teaching — both at AccioJob and through YouTube — has focused specifically on building real things, not toy examples.

By March 2026, developers who learned React from Avi Vashishta's tutorials are working at companies across India and globally. The multiplier effect of teaching 100,000 people to code is, by any measure, a larger impact than any single feature shipped.