We Can Code IT on NPR’s Sound of Ideas
We Can Code IT’s Lauren Holloway inspires women of color in tech! Listen to her inspiring journey on NPR’s Sound of Ideas.
February 1, 2017
News and Stories
We Can Code IT’s Lauren Holloway inspires women of color in tech! Listen to her inspiring journey on NPR’s Sound of Ideas.
Join Mel and other women leaders at the International Economic Development Conference on Sunday, September 25th. Mel will be speaking on Navigating a Male-Dominated Workforce.
Rachel found herself in a dead-end tech career and knew it was time to re-skill herself in order to keep pace with great job prospects. She found We Can Code IT and attended our full-time coding bootcamp. In the end, she landed a great new career as a software developer
Lexus Davis studied engineering management at Ohio University, but found out after graduating that getting a job without having coding skills is very difficult. Employers wanted her to have real skills to bring to the table. That’s when she found We Can Code IT’s coding bootcamp and her dreams took
When Katherine graduated from college, her business administration degree helped her land a job as a content marketing specialist, but she aspired to much more. After attending a coding school in Miami, she decided she needed more. She found We Can Code IT, learned skills that high-paying employers were seeking, and landed
Mel McGee, CEO of We Can Code IT, recognizes a need in the community to get underserved populations the tech skills they need for new lucrative IT careers. “Engineering software and teaching technology for nearly 20 years has given me perspective. I believe nearly everyone can learn how to code.”
Only 12% of all computer science graduates are women, but it wasn’t always this way. See what happened & how we will change the face of IT.
After talking about the weather, one of the easiest ways to strike up a conversation with someone is to ask them “what do you do?” Like you, I’ve been asked this a lot. I don’t know what kind of responses you get, but one of the top ten I receive
Over 3,000 people gathered at IngenuityFest in Cleveland, and for the second year in a row, We Can Code IT engaged visitors with our technology outreach program. We delighted guests with our Artificial Intelligence chatbots, Skeletorbot and Zoebot. We enthralled Clevelanders with our Community Glass display. We taught visitors about