#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers
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#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers

Michael Ellison is currently the Chief Operating Officer of CodePath where he leads product, operations, and business development. CodePath is an education technology startup that has a reputation for excellence in training engineers with the skills that they need for cutting-edge tech jobs. Running for four years now, CodePath has worked with over 850 of the top tech companies. Not to mention, they're the most popular Android resource on the Internet with over 20,000 startups and over 500,000 developers using their resource every month. They've also helped redesigned onboarding programs for companies like Facebook and Airbnb, of which 25% of their engineers have been taught by their program. Recently, they launched CodePath.org that is powering under-searched schools with coding curriculum. Presently, they've worked with over 30 schools and 1,200 students.

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#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

Rodney Urquhart grew up in a North Philly neighborhood ridden with gang violence and effects of the crack epidemic. After seeing people around him get involved with gangs and crime, he realized that s...

25 Helmi 20171h 51min

#27: Jotaka Eaddy - From Senior Advisor at NAACP to Head of Government Affairs at a Tech Startup

#27: Jotaka Eaddy - From Senior Advisor at NAACP to Head of Government Affairs at a Tech Startup

Jotaka Eaddy is a concrete example that you can come from political and social activism, take those exact same skills, and use them everyday to help build a business that creates change. Even back as...

19 Helmi 20171h 12min

#26: Charles Pridgen - Account Executive at Loggly & Founder of BPN

#26: Charles Pridgen - Account Executive at Loggly & Founder of BPN

A Baltimore-native, Charles Pridgen majored in International Business and Finance, but realizing that he didn’t fit into the financial field he pursued a career in sales and eventually decided to brea...

17 Helmi 201736min

#25: Ty Olatoye - How to Build Genuine Relationships & Land a Job

#25: Ty Olatoye - How to Build Genuine Relationships & Land a Job

Influenced by a strong Nigerian culture of excellence, education and faith, Ty moved from Arizona to San Francisco in search of that ONE opportunity that would push him every single day. Currently, Ty...

13 Helmi 20171h 19min

#24: Divine - The journey from going in and out of prison to Breaking Into Tech

#24: Divine - The journey from going in and out of prison to Breaking Into Tech

A Newport-native, Divine started dealing drugs at 13, got incarcerated at 18, and found himself not only locked up physically in federal prison, but also, in a psychological cycle of recidivism. Alw...

7 Helmi 20171h 54min

#22: Idalin Bobe - Community Organizer who broke into Tech and became a Tech Activist

#22: Idalin Bobe - Community Organizer who broke into Tech and became a Tech Activist

Growing up in one of the poorest zip codes in the U.S., Idalin wanted to bring change and put social justice in the forefront. From North Philly to Cali, Idalin wanted to break into tech so she could ...

5 Helmi 20171h 12min

#23: Rita Henderson - Who broke into startups as a Teen Mom

#23: Rita Henderson - Who broke into startups as a Teen Mom

Growing up in one of the poorest areas in Philadelphia, Rita Henderson broke a ton of barriers as a single mom proving to the society that she was more than just a statistic. Moving from North Philly ...

5 Helmi 201755min

#21: Mo Woods - Ball is Life: Pro Basketball Player (6' 10" in) who became a Designer

#21: Mo Woods - Ball is Life: Pro Basketball Player (6' 10" in) who became a Designer

Maurice is a 6'10" Richmond, California-native, legendary designer, and former professional basketball player who worked at several tech companies including Microsoft and Yahoo. He is the Founder of I...

31 Tammi 20171h 6min