Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Appalachian Miners Are Learning to Code

The demand is huge:
Bit Source got started in 2014, when Justice and Parrish bought an old brick Coca Cola bottling plant on Pikeville’s northern edge. Last winter, they began broadcasting radio ads and posting flyers across Appalachia, seeking unemployed coal workers interested in becoming computer programmers.  
Justice said he expected 50 applications. He wound up with 950.
Read more in Bloomberg.

Thanks, +John Griffin 

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .