{"id":339459,"date":"2017-04-27T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1482097"},"modified":"2017-04-27T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:00:59","slug":"ne-yo-makes-his-first-move-into-tech-with-an-investment-in-a-coding-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/ne-yo-makes-his-first-move-into-tech-with-an-investment-in-a-coding-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ne-Yo makes his first move into tech with an investment in a coding school"},"content":{"rendered":"

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R&B artist and producer Ne-Yo is making his first move\u00a0into tech via an investment in the Holberton School for full-stack software engineers. Yup, it turns out Ne-Yo participated in the $2.3 million round Holberton announced in February<\/a>. He\u2019s also joining the school\u2019s board of trustees in order to help attract people from underrepresented groups to learn how to code.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows that tech and all these things are the wave of the future,\u201d Ne-Yo told me. \u201cI just love the fact of what they\u2019re doing with the school \u2014 that they\u2019re making it easier for\u00a0underrepresented people in the world of tech. They\u2019re giving them a platform and access to this knowledge that they probably wouldn\u2019t get otherwise. I think that\u2019s one of the coolest things about this whole situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike other coding schools, Holberton<\/a> doesn\u2019t take your money until you get a job. Assuming that you do get a job, Holberton asks for 17 percent of your salary for the first three years of their new job. It\u2019s also an IRL school that offers a two-year program, instead of a multi-week bootcamp, as well as mentors from companies like Google, LinkedIn, Uber and Instagram.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to the selection process, Holberton has a system in place that aims to reduce human bias.\u00a0Holberton\u2019s current class is 40% female and 53% people of color, which is pretty solid, but Ne-Yo wants to help make it even more diverse.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not clear exactly how much time Ne-Yo will spend working with Holberton, but it sounds like it won\u2019t be insignificant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely going to be hands on,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if i\u2019m going to do every day because there\u2019s this little music career thing that i\u2019ve got going on,\u201d he joked. \u201cSo there\u2019s that but i\u2019m definitely going to be hands on.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told me he has full faith that tech is going to help shape our next generation. Ne-Yo also wanted to make it clear that this is not some vanity thing for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not, \u2018oh, let me attach my name to something.\u2019 This is something that I\u2019m genuinely passionate about,\u201d he told me. \u201cYou know, diversifying the tech world. Tech is changing the world by the second so it makes sense to get the people that live in the world to be part of this thing that\u2019s changing it, as opposed to just this one group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\" R&B artist and producer Ne-Yo is making his first move\u00a0into tech via an investment in the Holberton School for full-stack software engineers. Yup, it turns out Ne-Yo participated in the $2.3 million round Holberton announced in February. He’s also joining the school’s board of trustees in order to help attract people from underrepresented groups to learn how to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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