[liberationtech] Uplifting article - Road to Hire -- Charlotte, NC, tech training job initiative

[Keith Coleman]

Red Ventures: Road to Hire: opportunity, learning, training
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https://www.charlotteagenda.com/228149/a-hand-up-58-people-just-became-charlottes-newest-software-engineers-and-developers-in-six-months/

On Sunday, August 16, 2020, Pat Millen <pat.millen at gmail.com> wrote:

> E2D has been very proud to have a few of our kids go right from our
> Re-Image CLT labs to Road2Hire and then on to great IT jobs.
>
> As a matter of fact, one of our Lab Techs is going to be going to UNC
> Charlotte this coming week as a first-year, courtesy of a full scholarship
> provided by the incredibly generous, Ric Elias of Red Ventures.
>
> I.T. is one of the few pure meritocracies.  Nobody cares who your Momma is
> or where your Daddy went to church.  All they are looking for are smart,
> ambitious and hardworking prospects.  The rest works out brilliantly.
>
> This sort of workforce development is intense and quite expensive, but the
> lives that are altered are changed forever for the positive.
>
> Proud to be a partner with these good folks.
>
> Pat
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 10:20 AM Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> https://www.charlotteagenda.com/228149/a-hand-up-58-
>> people-just-became-charlottes-newest-software-engineers-and-
>> developers-in-six-months/
>>
>> https://twitter.com/RicElias/status/1294304654659026946
>>
>> https://twitter.com/RoadtoHire
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>> https://roadtohire.org/
>>
>> and
>>
>> https://twitter.com/TechTalentSouth
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