Apple Partners With Code2040 To Improve Diversity In Tech


Brendan Klinkenberg for BuzzFeed:

On Wednesday morning, the most valuable company in the world announced a partnership with Code2040, a nonprofit trying to close the diversity gap in the tech industry. That mission, in part, comes down to the organization's fellowship program. Each year since 2013, Code2040 has accepted a class of fellows -- "top performing Black and Latino/a college level computer science students," per the organization's website -- and given them both on-the-job skills as well as tools to help them prepare for situations that might arise when you're the only minority in the room at work. Then, it places them at prestigious internships in the tech industry.

Apple reportedly will hire 10 of the 80 fellows, which classifies Apple as a platinum sponsor of the program.