Introducing Prism Shift, D.C.s Women-Only Coding Bootcamp from Launch Academy
Summary
Prism Shift aims to reduce the barriers and gender-based challenges women face when starting out in tech careers, and also provide mentor relationships and insight to help students in future endeavors.Jesse Norris, Prism Shift’s Experience Manager, has played a crucial role in building the program from the ground up and believes it will allow “one portion of historically marginalized individuals to enter the tech scene with fewer barriers and start down the road of a successful career.” She hopes that Prism Shift alumnae, in turn, will “work to reduce barriers for others in their future workspaces.Its the start of a ripple effect to make the tech scene more inclusive.” Founded in Boston in 2012, Launch Academy has a total of 547 graduates over the course of 16 Boston cohorts and its first Philadelphia cohort, with 92% of graduating students who were job seekers between 11/10/14 and 10/28/16 obtaining full-time, non-temporary jobs in their field of study.Prism Shift aims to reduce the barriers and gender-based challenges women face when starting out in tech careers, and also provide mentor relationships and insight to help students in future endeavors.Jesse Norris, Prism Shift’s Experience Manager, has played a crucial role in building the program from the ground up and believes it will allow “one portion of historically marginalized individuals to enter the tech scene with fewer barriers and start down the road of a successful career.” She hopes that Prism Shift alumnae, in turn, will “work to reduce barriers for others in their future workspaces.