It’s a Google and Amazon world. And these kids are taking this step to work there


  • TECH
  • Monday, 16 Jul 2018

Katie Altamirano, 15, left, and Darius Thomas, 17, work on a coding challenge that is part of a web development class at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami campus Monday, July 9, 2018. 600 students, age 16-18, who quailify for the free lunch program in the Miami-Dade school system attend a camp that teaches them important skills in technology and coding. The students are given a stipend to attend the course and once they complete the 6-week course and pass the exam and for their CIW certificate, they receive an addition stipend. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/TNS)

MIAMI: Tech is work and work is tech. And a group of Miami kids don't want to be left out when it comes to a job. 

They may still be in high school, but hundreds of students from disadvantaged homes are in boot camp this summer. They're learning coding and app development – and about the jobs they can pursue after graduation. 

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