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A2SV: Africa to Silicon Valley

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Re: A2SV: Africa to Silicon Valley

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Post by Positive-Shake »

Positive-Shake wrote: post #13

Shout out to Mr.Emre Varol for organizing this and giving time to give opportunities to the talented students and under-represented region[Ethiopia], Africa.

And Great work to the students for making great progress on short period of time on top of your regular classes. Keep on!

Re: A2SV: Africa to Silicon Valley

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Post by dave987 »

emrevarol wrote: post #2

If you really believe that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, please check this out: I’m an ex Palantir, Google Research, and Liftoff software/ML engineer, currently training poor and smart software engineering students at MIT of Ethiopia(Addis Ababa Institute of Technology), and connecting them with opportunities in Silicon Valley. The program is called A2SV. A2SV is a 3-month interview preparation program…

Ow that's really a good job out there. There are many smart students whom didn't get the opportunity to show off their talents.

Re: A2SV: Africa to Silicon Valley

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Post by emrekzd »

My focus is on hiring marketplaces, and ensuring equal opportunity is one of the most important challenges in building an efficient marketplace.

I am also a strong believer that diversity is the bridge to equal opportunity.

I will be sharing this with my network. Kudos to all who made this program happen.

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