It’s a criticism that’s often heard in Michigan tech circles: The biggest challenge in growing the local IT sector is a glaring lack of talent. It’s not that we don’t produce people capable of filling the many open tech jobs here, it’s that we have a hard time keeping them in the state. A new program launched last week called IT in the D aims to reverse that trend.
IT in the D, a partnership between Detroit’s biggest tech companies—Quicken Loans, GalaxE.Solutions, Compuware Ventures, Fathead, and Marketing Associates—and local universities, is a training program designed to help students transition between the classroom and the workplace by offering mentorship and a chance to work on real-world IT projects.
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