Build great engineering teams and have a positive social impact
summary
An organization trains refugees, migrants and low‑income people into tech with part‑time, cost‑free courses that provide laptops childcare transport and internet, claims a major income lift and nearly 250 people placed into employment; a consultancy partnership places 50+ people and a joint program with Slack (and Sales for / Salesforce) builds an SRE pathway to mid‑level roles, demonstrating a repeatable hiring pipeline and tangible job outcomes rather than abstract diversity goals.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:27Personal journey from Venezuela
- 3:36Tech and global inequality
- 4:20Sarah’s move to the UK
- 6:04CodeYourFuture career support
- 8:12Measuring impact and outcomes
- 9:16Tech partnerships and opportunities
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