Today, young adults and students – some as early as middle school – have the opportunity to enroll and participate in an array of coding programs designed to offer an accelerated pathway to a career in tech. Amid these myriad options, one standout organization based in Camden, New Jersey, is uniquely positioned to train and hire students where they are: in their own community.
Hopeworks is a blended nonprofit organization and tech business that specializes in digital mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web development. The organization works with hundreds of high school students in both Camden and neighboring Philadelphia through their robust skills development program.
So what is Hopeworks’ secret?
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