Sarah Ford | March 3, 2015
Why Engineers Should Apply to Teach For America
Vincent Mo is an engineering manager at Google and friend of TFA alum Gary Chen (Houston ’04). Vincent recently reached out to a prospective corps member and engineering major to discuss the benefits of giving back and gaining real-world experience in the classroom as a programmer. His note is excerpted below.
For engineering or tech professionals interested in giving back to their communities and bringing real-world experience into the classroom through Teach For America, one of the most common reservations is a concern they might fall behind in their technical skills, making it difficult to return to their field should they choose to. Here are a few points to consider:
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