Ride with three Year Up Alumni as they discuss their journey from learning to code to working as professional software developers
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Ride With Year Up Atlanta Graduates
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Ride with Year Up Atlanta Alumni
Five million young adults in the U.S. do not have a stable career pathway to well-paid jobs. Meanwhile, 12 million jobs that require post-secondary education will go unfilled in the next decade. Year Up is a non profit organization that enables underrepresented young adults ages 18-24 to move from minimum wage to meaningful careers in just one year. In this episode of techrides, get to know three graduates from Year Up and listen to their inspiring stories as they go through the program, learn to code and begin their careers as professional software developers.
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Film Date:
12th May, 2018 -
Guest:
Year Up Atlanta Alumni Carmen Buezo, Emanuel Romero and Kevin Ngunjiri -
Car:
2015 Mercedes Benz AMG G63
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