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More Coders. More Diversity.

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Apprentices earn a living salary on their first day, and we as a tech community can support a program that puts more coders in the market with a keen eye toward diversity and opportunity while getting work completed. The post More Coders. Reach out to Heather if you’d like more information. More Diversity.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

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Older coders like me view this as a tax on software development time, but younger coders accept it as a given and seem to not only take it in stride but revel in their evolving expertise. That’s right, you can no longer assume that a new version of your programming language will run your existing applications.

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1985: Oil Prices Will Go Up Forever

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He was Course 6 and easily one of the best coders around, even though we didn’t call them coders there. That night I met Dave Jilk, my first business partner and one of my best friends. Dave was a senior and I was a freshman. He took me under his wing and we became thick as thieves.