A2SV: Africa to Silicon Valley

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 that focuses on algorithms, data structures, problem-solving, communication skills, and personal development. For more information, please watch the trailer(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy00E8FklC0), check out the website(http://a2sv.org), and take a look at the progress sheet(https://bit.ly/327Pf4g).

The ask is simple: Interview these folks for summer software engineering internship positions at your company(or share with others in other companies in the valley or Europe). The inspiration these guys have is amazing and contagious, so the distance they'll go - or even make the team go - is likely greater than most others you can find locally.

Sounds like you're doing a great job here Emre, thanks from Addis Ababa. I hope you guys get the chances that you're looking for the interviews.