3 Ways to Join Mentors in Tech for Year 4
Kevin Wang
Mentors in Tech Founder | Microsoft TEALS Founder | WA State Board of Education Member
Hi LinkedIn Friends!
We built the Mentors in Tech (MinT) program at the start of the pandemic in 2020 with the mission to help overlooked and underserved CS/IT students from small, less well known, affordable, and accessible colleges navigate the CS hiring process and get their foot in the door in tech.
Thanks to many friends and colleagues, in the past 3 years, we have been able to partner with a dozen college CS programs and help almost 500 non-traditional, modern college CS students, many of them furthest from opportunities in tech, launch their careers in tech. These opportunities are life changing for our students and their families.
In 2022, 75% of our students landed a tech role 6 months after graduation at an average salary of $95k. This is 50% more than comparable graduates from similar institutions in half the time. Despite the headwinds in tech hiring, MinT’s 2023 graduates are trending in the same direction thanks to the support and commitment of our mentors, college, and industry partners. MinT was selected for this year's Geekwire Geeks Give Back Award thanks to mentors from the tech community coming together.
If you can set aside 1 hour a week during the school year, do consider joining us for the 2023-24 year. To learn more, watch the 10-minute info session and apply to be a mentor.
2 Additional ways to work with our students:
Companies and organizations interested in working with our students at an even deeper level can partner with MinT on:
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What our students and faculty say about the impact of our mentors:
Mentors like you make the structured mentoring relationship work. 97% of our students this past academic year felt confident in their ability to successfully transition from student to tech professional, and 90% feel they can confidently navigate the tech hiring ecosystem.
What our students say about our industry mentors and program:
What our partner faculty say about our mentors:
Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft - educating and enabling organizations to achieve their Data & AI aspirations
1 年Awesome program. Looking forward to another year. Highly recommend being involved as a Mentor.
Sr Software Engineer at Health Catalyst
1 年This will be my Year 4 as a mentor with MinT! I have met such lovely people in my mentees all so determined to succeed - it's such a thrill when they post about their internships and new positions. I am getting to the end of my career and it's been such a great way to pay-it-forward to the next generation. I would highly recommend volunteering in this wonderful, growing program if you can spare the time??