The program is open to individuals who identify as women, are people of color, are part of the LGBTQ or disability communities, or are military veterans
Knowing that opportunities in the tech industry are not equitably distributed across gender and racial lines – major tech leaders have employed and retained disproportionate numbers of white men over the last decade – Optimizely and Galvanize are providing four scholarships and paid internship opportunities to those who identify as women, are people of color, are part of the LGBTQ or disability communities, or are military veterans.
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Optimizely and Galvanize to increase diversity in tech with software engineering scholarships, internships for women, BIPOC, LGBTQ, disabled community, and military vets.
Scholarship recipients will enroll in The Hack Reactor Software Engineering Immersive through Galvanize, a leader in developing talent and capabilities for individuals and corporations in technical fields such as software engineering and data science. Students will explore the fundamentals of computer science, full stack JavaScript, and the design/development of functional applications. The Hack Reactor Software Engineering Immersive – scheduled to start January 2021 – will take place over the course of 12 weeks.
“Before we can increase diversity in the workplace, we need to make continuing education more accessible to more people,” said Galvanize CEO Harsh Patel. “We’re proud to partner with Optimizely to improve representation in tech jobs, as it’s well past time that our industry truly become open to everyone.”
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By participating in the bootcamp, recipients will have access to Galvanize’s career services staff and impressive alumni networks – across all of Galvanize’s physical and online campuses, graduates earn, on average, annual base salaries of $90,000 or more.
The students will also be paired with a mentor from Optimizely, the world’s leading experience optimization platform. Once the program is complete, recipients will start a three-month, paid internship at Optimizely. One of the internships will take place at Optimizely’s offices in Austin, and three of the internships will take place at their headquarters in San Francisco.
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