Politico – by Arnesa A. Howell ( Presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co )
How cities are tackling the talent shortage and building the next generation of skilled workers
For Sebastian Rodriguez, 18, growing up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston meant staying out of trouble. “There were bad things going on — drugs, kids trying to influence me to do the wrong thing,” he recalls.
But as a young boy, Rodriguez loved playing video games and developed a growing curiosity about the technology behind them, imagining different gaming scenarios and thinking about how “cool” it would be if he developed a game of his own. After a teacher dedicated a weeklong class to coding, he was hooked.
By ninth grade, he had enrolled in a computer science class. Still, there were academic challenges and an absence of anyone in Rodriguez’s life sharing his tech passion.
That is, until he discovered a Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) program for summer youth employment during his sophomore year at Dearborn Stem Academy. The summer youth initiative is part of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s […]
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