Well an idealistic 23 year old is hardly the type to be a good sifter of humanity as to who is a good candidate for this. But assuming the black man is a good candidate. The 23 year old is going to have to ferry the job candidate to interviews, be his reference the whole 9 yards else its just an exercise in futility, not to mention the hurdles a black man with no degree or equivalent formal educ/experience will have to overcome. IT jobs...programmers/coders are not exactly ripe with either women and blacks.
I applaud the helper, it is truly a gracious deed.
Just hope both sides fulfill what is needed.
Around my area, I just hand out blankets, odds and ends clothes/shoes and food money occassionally to those who really need it and arent’ just standing around collecting up money. The lowest of the low. And the lowest of the low are sometimes so snaggle toothed and grisly that even if they cleaned up, no one would hire them, nor would they be qualified for anything....for these I buy them a beer!
The article also had a link to the sw engineer’s blog, where he has documented the story so far and intends to continue.
https://medium.com/architecting-a-life/fee8f3ee97a0
As I said, I can hardly wait...