How a New York school disrupts education to prepare Black, Latino students for six-figure tech jobs
Publishing timestamp: 2023-02-27 08:41:49
Summary
Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn, New York, has created a one-year program to help Black and Latino students launch careers in the tech industry. The program is free for students and focuses on teaching engineering skills, coding and networking. The school boasts an 80% completion rate and the average graduate earns a starting salary of $106,500. Former Marcy attendee Devante Duncan is now earning $140,000 annually as a software engineer at Squarespace.
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