Ep: 034 - David_Delmar - Resilient Coders - Addressing Tech's Diversity Problems
Description
David Delmar is the founder and executive director at Resilient Coders and formerly was a design lead at PayPal. Resilient Coders’ mission is simple: they take students from traditionally under-served communities and teach them the skills needed to be web developers during an eight-week boot camp. Upon completing the boot camp, Resilient Coders helps connect them to job opportunites.
In this episode, David talks about:
When he first recognized the need for a program like Resilient Coders at a conference
How they designed the curriculum for the boot camp
Lessons he took away from MassChallenge
Attributes and characteristics found in great coders
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