IMPROVEMENT FROM 2014. MICHAEL
ALLISON IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND
CEO
OF CODE HAPPEN NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO
PREPARE MORE UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITIES FOR CAREERS
IN TECHNOLOGY. AND HE'S HERE
WITH US TO TALK ABOUT WHY BIG
TECH COMPANIES ARE FALLING
SHORT MICHAEL GRANTS HAVE YOU
ON THESE BIG
TECH COMPANIES HAVE MADE
DIVERSITY COMMITMENTS, BUT JUST
DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR
THEM WHY IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE
GOING WRONG.
>> SO RACIAL EQUITY IS ABOUT
BUILDING SCALABLE PATHWAYS TO
LEADERSHIP AND POINTS. AND.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE THERE
IS THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU COULD ACTUALLY DRIVE
SYSTEMIC CHANGE INCREASE IN
BUILD THE PIPELINE. IF YOU
LOOK AT COLLEGE COMPUTER
SCIENCE CLASSROOMS TODAY,
WHICH. COMPUTER SCIENCE AS WELL
AS INTERNSHIPS AND THE PRIMARY
PATHWAY INTO THESE LUCRATIVE
TECH JOBS. THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT
IN 2019 THERE ARE ONLY
500 AND 88 CAREER READY BLACK
COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES SO
YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING
AT DRY IN IT INSIDE OF AN
INDUSTRY THAT HAS ONE 0.4
MILLION PLUS ENGINEERS,
IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH AND TECH
COMPANIES NEED TO THEY'RE VERY
MUCH FOCUSED ON INVESTING IN
THE PATHWAYS. THERE ARE
GOING TO. REDESIGN THE SYSTEM
IN ORDER TO REALLY MAKE
LONG-TERM LASTING CHANGE.
>> SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SEE THESE BIG TECH COMPANIES DO
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE EARLIER
ON.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TECH
COMPANIES ADOPT PROGRAMS THAT
HELP TO SUPPORT STUDENTS.
TRYING TO.
FOR FIRST DEVELOPED AN INTEREST
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR,
BUT THEN ALSO HAVE EARLY CAREER
WORK OPPORTUNITIES, MOST TECH
COMPANIES DON'T START THINKING
ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THEIR
PIPELINE UNTIL JUNIOR
SENIOR YEAR AND AT THAT POINT
THE MAJORITY OF ON REPRESENTED
BY NOW 40'S HAVE ALREADY
DROPPED OUT OF COMPUTER
SCIENCE PROGRAMS. THE SYSTEM IS
UP HALF DESIGNED FOR FAILURE AT
THIS CURRENT POINT IN TIME
WHERE
IT'S IF TECH COMPANIES,
ESPECIALLY THE BIG TECH
COMPANIES ARE INVESTING IN NOT
JUST EDUCATION, BUT THOSE
WE REALLY WORK OPPORTUNITIES
NOT JUST FOR THE MOST PRIVILEGE
OF THE MOST
PREPARED, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS
THAT REALLY NEED OUR SUPPORT
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
MANY STUDENTS THAT HAD THE
POTENTIAL THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE
PEDIGREE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE TECH SECTOR.
>> HOW DOES YOUR COMPANY CODE
PATH HELP WITH ALL THIS.
>> COE PAST HISTORIES AS ONE OF
THE
TOP 10 TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS
FOR SILICON VALLEY, WE
REDESIGNED. FACEBOOK'S GLOBAL
ENGINEER
ON BOARD PROGRAM A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO CREATED EVERYBODY'S
FIRST EVER ENGINEER ON MORNING
PROGRAM SO WE TAKE
THAT EXPERTISE AND THEN WE
BUILD COURSES WITH THOSE MAJOR
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND GET
THEM OFFERED OR CREDIT DIRECTLY
ON CALL
TO UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
NATIONWIDE THIS BRIDGES, THE
GAP BETWEEN WHAT'S CURRENTLY
BEING TAUGHT AND THE
EXPECTATIONS IN
THE INDUSTRY AND THAT MAKES IT
SO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE
INSPIRED
THEY'RE PREPARED. WE BUILD
THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEN WE
ALSO END UP LEVERAGING THE DATA
FROM THE COURT THIS IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT TECH COMPANIES ARE
ABLE TO INTERVIEW THE STUDENTS
CONFIDENTLY AND AT SCALE.
>> HOW DID YOUR
OWN EXPERIENCE WORKING IN
SILICON VALLEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
TO START THIS COMPANY.
>> I COME FROM A LOAN
COME BACK BROWN AND ROMAIN SOME
OTHER HOUSEHOLD POINTS IN TIME
WE'RE
ALMOST THERE. AND SO I THINK
APPRECIATE MORE THAN HOW
IMPORTANT. LOT OR MEETING THE
RIGHT PEOPLE HAVING THE RIGHT
THE CONNECTION THAT THE RIGHT
TIME
PLAY INTO BEING ABLE TO REACH
THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AT THIS
FOUNDED 6 DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING A
NUMBER OF TECH COMPANIES.
I WAS A CO-FOUNDER THE COMPANY
THAT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED FOR
A COUPLE BILLION DOLLARS A FEW
MONTHS AGO, ALL OF THAT IS
BASED ON ME I THINK BEING VERY
FORTUNATE, VERY LUCKY.
AND THE THING IS WE CAN'T WE
CAN'T RELY ON LOCK IN ORDER TO
SCALED LEE DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL
RACISM IN ORDER
TO CREATE PATHWAYS THAT SCALE
WILL GET PEOPLE THEIR JOBS FOR
TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
AND SO COE PATH IS UP AT A LIFE
LONG TIME THE PROJECT FOR ME TO
TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE REFER RAN THE SYSTEM TO BE
ONE THAT INSTEAD OF FAILURE
BEING THE
STUDENTS ARE SET UP JUST TO
THRIVE BY THE FALL
AND SO THAT'S THAT WAS THE
MOTIVATION BEHIND COULD PASS
AND WHY WE TAKE SU