Washington Technology Industry Association lays off 14% of staff The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) trade group is laying off 11 employees, or 14% of its workforce, with cuts mostly… Read More
Geeks Give Back award winner: WTIA’s Apprenti program provides path to ‘life changing’ tech jobs The chance to more than double your income after 18 months of free training sounds almost too good to be… Read More
Tech apprenticeship program Apprenti graduates its 1st class, sending workers to Microsoft, Amazon and others Tyler Walser needed a new direction. A born and bred Seattleite, Walser’s studies and career have taken him to a… Read More
Amazon enlists first class of military veterans to graduate from Apprenti technical training program Amazon’s commitment to hiring military veterans took another step forward on Wednesday as the tech giant hosted a graduation event… Read More
WTIA’s Apprenti program is turning out skilled tech workers by the dozens, with no tuition costs Roscoe Bass could easily have been passed over by the technology industry. “I don’t have much history in tech,” said… Read More
Washington governor to honor 37 apprentices headed for tech jobs thanks to Apprenti program The first cohort of apprentices to come out of Apprenti, a program run by the Washington Technology Industry Association, will… Read More