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Im gonna be the antagonist here and say, black people still aren't getting the degrees required for such work. Now, ONLY if these tech companies would drop the
by spoiledtechie 8y ago
Im gonna be the antagonist here and say, black people still aren't getting the degrees required for such work.
Now, ONLY if these tech companies would drop their requirements for university and college, they might see more applicants.
Tech companies should sponsor universities or even create their own. I can see some of the major companies saying "hey, we have this university, which you can attend for FREE only if you work for us for 6 years." Sign up?
Until either black people start taking more classes for tech work, OR tech companies start a university theirself, I don't see this happening anytime soon.
I work with 80% foreigners. 20% Americans. Its only because the Americans aren't going into Tech. Sad, but true.
- nutdip 8y agoMy manager once told me that when a position is open, majority of applicants are either Chinese or Indians.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoHeatmap? There are more of them.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago> Tech companies should sponsor universities or even create their own. I can see some of the major companies saying "hey, we have this university, which you can attend for FREE only if you work for us for 6 years." Sign up? Who do you think would the tech companies recruit for these positions? I think you just described a large scholarship with strings attached. I don't think a company would be willing to foot the bill unless they think the investment is really going to pay off for them.
- spoiledtechie 8y agoThats cool. Lets start with apprenticeships and see where it goes. OR sponsor a black kid for the coding boot camps. Hey, attend this 6-month boot camp on us and work for us for 3 years. for Free.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoSuch programs exist already. The SMART program for instance, which links college scholarship to a job. Companies do it all the time.
- spoiledtechie 8y agoThey do it for black kids? Do they go into the inner cities and ask around?
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoLets talk money instead of 'race' e.g. the Latino problem is similar, so money is probably the more important factor. Other programs like QuestBridge work hard to recruit folks who are underrepresented, either by family income or kids who are first in their family to attend college.
- spoiledtechie 8y agoUm, the article explicitly describes race. Just staying on topic.
- asdsa5325 8y agoSMART is open to everyone. You can simply apply online.