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For low-income teens in Oakland, California, success across the bay in Silicon Valley seems impossibly far when gang violence and tussles with the police are daily happenings at home.
Silicon Valley is home to the some of the world’s top coders and developers, whose apps—like ride-sharing and travel deal platforms—often aren’t relevant to low-opportunity teens from the inner city. How can these teens get a shot at participating in the ever-growing app economy?
Empower them to code on their own.
His visit did offer him a chance to immerse himself to the local culture as he sampled goreng pisang (banana fritters) and visited famous attractions such as the National Mosque and Jalan Bukit Bintang.