Help kids from low income communities access careers in tech by hiring them

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Post by ScriptEd » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

ScriptEd (scripted.org) is a New York City based nonprofit that teaches web development to kids from under served high schools and places them in paid summer internships with tech companies.

We're looking for more companies to hire our students as interns this summer in NYC. For more info, please see here: https://scripted.org/give/opportunity/ or contact Manish at manish@scripted.org.

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Post by akilism » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:10 PM UTC

ScriptEd is a great program and if I worked for a company that did internships I would definitely try to bring one of their students on for the summer.

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Post by braveheart1723 » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:11 PM UTC

Really well run, some of the most passionate volunteers i've seen and program's growing year on year !

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Post by dopeboy » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:13 PM UTC

Hey all - Manish here. Happy to answer questions in this thread too.

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Post by pen2l » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:23 PM UTC

I don't know about this program as I've never heard of it before, but I just want to commend you for the idea and running with it. This is precisely the thing to do to empower these kids.

Most of us got jobs and internships because of connections from our parents' friends, or parents' professional contacts and such and such. These kids don't have the luxury of having those connections, so they can't even get their foot in the door. Best of luck.

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Post by acbart » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:24 PM UTC

dopeboy wrote: post #4

Hey all - Manish here. Happy to answer questions in this thread too.

Out of curiosity, what's the rough outline of your curriculum?

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Post by ScriptEd » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:27 PM UTC

acbart wrote: post #6

dopeboy wrote: post #4

Hey all - Manish here. Happy to answer questions in this thread too.

Out of curiosity, what's the rough outline of your curriculum?

Here it is! https://github.com/ScriptEdcurriculum/curriculum

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Post by dopeboy » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:28 PM UTC

pen2l wrote: post #5

I don't know about this program as I've never heard of it before, but I just want to commend you for the idea and running with it. This is precisely the thing to do to empower these kids. Most of us got jobs and internships because of connections from our parents' friends, or parents' professional contacts and such and such. These kids don't have the luxury of having those connections, so they can't even get their fo…

Thanks for the kind words pen2l!

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Post by cbee17 » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:34 PM UTC

Wish my company had room to take on HS interns. ScriptEd sounds like a great program.

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Post by kbandes » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 2:46 PM UTC

I'm a volunteer with ScriptEd. I work with a fantastic group of kids at Washington Irving High School. I've also met a lot of the kids from the other schools in the program. If you met them, you would love them instantly! There are four really sharp kids (all girls) in my group for whom we need to get internships. They're learning html, css, and javascript (including jQuery), and doing some cool stuff. Please help (and upvote)!