Posted on 08/24/2013 3:52:54 PM PDT by Innovative
McConlogue approached Leo, a 36-year man who lives on the streets of lower Manhattan, on Thursday and gave him two options.
The first was $100 in cash.
The second option on the table was a laptop, three JavaScript books and two months of coding instruction from McConlogue.
Soon, McConlogue will deliver him a Samsung Chromebook with 3G connectivity, three JavaScript books, a solar charger for the laptop and something to conceal the laptop in. He will spend an hour before work every morning teaching him the basics of software coding.
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Used to do it myself - those on EBTs would pay me in groceries generally for transportation. Sucks, but you do what you have to do.
A lot of the very best coders have no degrees... If he can find a company - even a temp agency - who's willing to give him a test, it could be a first step.
A guy I worked with when I was first starting in IT (teaching myself unix out of the Bell Labs "phone book" and Steven Bourne's "Russian Doll" book, and K&R C, 1st edition.) This guy was a top notch coder, writing entire DBMS using C. He was brought up around computers, and we worked for his father. He had problems getting a job with AT&T - They wouldn't touch him w/o a degree, but the managers REALLY wanted him. The AT&T managers found a temp agency to hire him, and he wound up working as a contractor for AT&T for really good money.
Mark
I remember when I gave a “starving” homeless guy in Penn Station (NYC) $5, and then watched as he went right to the store and grabbed a six pack of tall boys.
“What is an EBT hotel?”
They’re saying they’ll take your EBT card instead of cash for a place to stay.
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