Sunday, 3 December 2017

A non-profit is helping ex-convicts land job as Silicon Valley programmers

A non-profit is helping ex-convicts land job as Silicon Valley programmers

Seven months ago, Chris Schuhmacher was inmate number T31014, serving out the tail-end of a 17-year murder sentence at California's infamous San Quentin prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. Today, just months after his release, Schuhmacher blends in with the Silicon Valley crowd as a software engineering intern at a bustling tech firm, ditching his blue prison uniform for a sweater and khakis, and his cell for a cubicle.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/01/the-last-mile-helps-ex-convicts-land-jobs-as-silicon-valley-programmer.html?source=Snapzu

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