Man of Morehouse – What It’s Like to Be Young, Black And Trying to Make It in Silicon Valley – Fortune.com
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Posted By: Hija Chang on July 13, 2016 By Ellen McGirt, Fortune.com Turns out, sometimes interns at fast-paced tech firms need some specialized coaching in order to thrive at their fancy temp gigs. “I wasn’t getting any of the Star Wars jokes,” laughs Josuel Musambaghani, a 21 year-old math and computer science student at Morehouse College. “Everyone talks in Star Wars jokes.” At other times, a crippling anxiety known as “imposter syndrome” threatened to de-rail his confidence. “But I was prepared and I had someone to help me adapt.” Musambaghani is a two time Code2040 Fellow, a Google-funded non-profit. It seems to be doing an unusually good job anticipating the needs of talented young technologists who come from non-traditional talent pools – black and Latino, specifically – and helping them succeed at big tech companies. He is also exactly the kind of person who is poised to thrive in Silicon Valley, but would never have gotten his foot in the door any other way. More on that in a moment. To read the entire story, go to http://fortune.com/2016/07/12/black-intern... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Hija Chang
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