Communications of the ACM
Want a More Diverse Workforce? Hire Bootcamp Graduates
While the IT industry struggles with diversity and inclusion, bootcamps and apprenticeships have been producing diverse graduates for the past few years — and 2018 could be the year those graduates shift the industry's demographics for the better.
Bootcamps and apprenticeship programs attract applicants and students from all walks of life, including all socioeconomic classes and every race, ethnicity, gender, age, ability, and sexual orientation. And the number of people enrolling in bootcamps and apprenticeship programs is climbing. In fact, as of October 2017, Coding Dojo produces more than double the number of graduates than the largest computer science program in the U.S., says Jay Patel, Coding Dojo's COO and CFO.
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