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From Gang Bangers to Web Developers?

Posted by Cliff on from the turning-ones-life-around dept.

evenprime asks: "The Economist is running an article about a program that takes gang members in Milwaukee, sends them through rehab, and teaches them web development so that they can have a decent paying job. I think this type of program - one that gives people the ability to help themselves - is a great idea, and it is something that many of us could help with. Do slashdot readers know of any similar programs in other places? If so, what type of qualifications do you think they would require before allowing someone to help teach web design?" Such programs are just too damned cool. Are there any others like it?

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  1. They should be pretty good at it. by scott1853 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're already used to working with tags :)

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

  2. Considering the current state of tech companies... by x+mani+x · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think a lot of ex-web developers will be running to Compton, begging the gang-bangers to teach them how to pimp and push crack.

  3. Re:Have to learn how to read first by errxn · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are alot of skills Slashdotters take for granted that these kids probably don't know. Like reading at a 9th grade level or knowing multiplication tables or how to write a paragraph.

    Have you been reading the same Slashdot that I have?

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  4. why not? by dboyles · · Score: 3, Funny

    After all, it worked for accountants.

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  5. remember that guy in Office Space? by SethJohnson · · Score: 3, Funny


    In Office Space, they had a guy (Michael Bolton) who was a computer programmer and always talked street and listened to gansta rap. He had a sort of pent-up hard-ass attitude, too. Like when they took that printer out into the field and kicked its ass, you could just see how he was applying experience gained through several stomp-downs he had issued in the tough city streets. Maybe he had graduated from a similar program?

    Michael Bolton: We're not going to some white collar resort prison. No, no, no! We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison!
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  6. Emacs/Vi by Trinity-Infinity · · Score: 2, Funny

    I envision east coast/west coast style Emacs/Vi battles.

    I can almost hear the Script Kiddies... no, Script Playah's saying: "Word, yo! Emacs be tha muthafuckin gleem bling bling! i get all up on that, and then I be rollin on my 20s wit my posse bringin up tha linux rear, word! Where the cristal at?"