Niantic Selects Tech Elevator for Launch of New Voyager Apprenticeship Program
August 15 2022 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Niantic will select 20 underrepresented
individuals—with the opportunity to join their team for a six-month
apprenticeship
Tech Elevator, an intensive educational provider helping
individuals and companies gain in-demand technology skills for the
modern workforce, is partnering with Niantic for a scholarship
program that will provide 20 underrepresented individuals in the
San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles and Seattle areas the opportunity to
launch a career in technology. Niantic is the world's leading
Augmented Reality and mobile real-world company, building engaging
applications that merge cutting-edge technology with gaming
experiences that foster exploration, discovery, and social
interaction.
Scholarship recipients will learn to code, tuition free, through
the 14-week coding bootcamp and then launch a career as a junior
software engineer—either with a six-month Voyager Apprenticeship at
Niantic or through one of Tech Elevator’s hiring partners. Tech
Elevator and Niantic are now accepting scholarship applications for
a start date on October 24, 2022.
“Tech Elevator is proud to partner with Niantic to transform the
lives of 20 individuals through our coding bootcamp,” said Anthony
Hughes, CEO and Co-founder of Tech Elevator. “With Niantic, we have
a common mission to foster a more inclusive technology workforce.
This program will open the door of opportunity to deserving
individuals looking to change the trajectory of their careers.”
Based on student performance, Niantic will select the 10
top-performing individuals for a six-month
apprenticeship—immediately following the bootcamp.
For more information, and to apply, visit
www.techelevator.com/niantic.
About Tech Elevator
Tech Elevator, a Stride Company (NYSE: LRN), is an intensive
educational provider helping individuals and companies acquire
in-demand technology skills for the modern workforce. Through our
14-week, full-time, part-time, in-person and National Live Remote
immersive online coding bootcamps, we teach students from a wide
variety of backgrounds to become software developers while helping
them build necessary career-readiness skills and career connections
through our Pathway Program™ to land a meaningful job in tech.
Founded in 2015 with a focus on quality and care in everything
we do, Tech Elevator has placed over 2,500 graduates into software
development roles in over 700 companies nationwide. We have
consistently been an industry leader for job placement outcomes and
are committed to a proactive approach to transparency and
accountability in education. Learn more at
www.techelevator.com.
About Niantic
Niantic builds augmented reality technology that powers the
real-world metaverse. Our Lightship platform is the world’s first
scaled AR platform, enabling developers around the world to create
sophisticated AR experiences for phones and eventually AR glasses.
Lightship is also the foundation for Niantic's hit games, including
Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom and Ingress. For more information, visit
nianticlabs.com and @nianticlabs.
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