Allison Flicker & Jennifer Tulipano On The Amazon Future Engineer Program, Amazon & More

Somewhere between story time and scissor practice, young students throughout the country are learning about another skill: computer programming. An estimated 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs are expected to be on the market by 2020, with a mere 400,000 STEM graduates holding the applicable degree in order to pursue a career within the computer science field.

This month alone, hundreds of thousands of students will participate in this year’s Hour Of Code: Dance Party, a Code.org program that encourages creativity among students made possible by a partnership with a new Amazon program called Amazon Future Engineer. Amazon is thinking big and long-term, helping close the opportunity gap within younger generations and supporting the creation of a more diverse talent pipeline for the future through their new program, Amazon Future Engineer.

From coding camps and online tutorials, to funding Introductory and Advanced Placement Computer Science courses in low-income schools, to providing college scholarships and Amazon internships, AFE is excited to give students of all ages the opportunity to get ahead in this rapidly-growing field. AFE is particularly focused on students from underprivileged and under-represented communities, ultimately aiming to reach one million female students through the program’s efforts.

I had the pleasure of doing Q&A with Allison Flicker (STEM Ambassador at Amazon) and Ms. Jennifer Tulipano (Computer Science Teacher at Monsignor Scanlon High School in Bronx, New York), and video highlights from that interview are embedded from my channel on YouTube.

More on AFE can be found online at www.amazonfutureengineer.com.

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Tags: AFE, Allison Flicker, Amazon, Amazon Future Engineer, Computer Programming, Darren Paltrowitz, Jennifer Tulipano

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."