A former Times Square street vendor has helped 3,000 Black New Yorkers learn to code, changing their lives

Dec 28 2022 by Business Insider

 
Devin Jackson started We Build Black to help Black folks land high-paying jobs in tech.

Devin Jackson

Street-vendor-turned-software-engineer Devin Jackson used free resources to break into tech. He started We Build Black to help Black New Yorkers transition into tech and land high-paying jobs. We Build Black offers free programming like social events, tech conferences, and coding bootcamps.

Kris Lee, a network engineer at a law firm, learned how to transition into a software-engineer role for...

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