@d0rk0fy0rk Not just a rebrand – about a year ago, the role of operating the building changed from The Fortress Initiative to a YMCA-established board called Fortress of York. The goal was to have a more neighborhood-focused group lead. Few understood the difference and we dropped the name.
I mean there are non-redistributive ways to reduce wealth inequality, the primary way is to decentralize wealth production through a little something we call #Entrepreneurship
@ChanelleEMurphy Hello! You can shoot a message to Jose Santiago (jsantiago at yorkcoymca dot org), who is the @YorkCountyYMCA staff person responsible for overseeing TechRev, or the Exec Com at officers at techrevyork dot com.
@d0rk0fy0rk Not just a rebrand – about a year ago, the role of operating the building changed from The Fortress Initiative to a YMCA-established board called Fortress of York. The goal was to have a more neighborhood-focused group lead. Few understood the difference and we dropped the name.
A senior engineer got drunk and posted career lessons on Reddit. One of the most honest and insightful pieces on engineering.
My favorite quotes:
1/5:
“Good code can be understood by a junior eng. Great code can be understood by a CS freshman. Best code is no code.”
All over the world, including Baltimore, Philly, & Pitt.
Still working on getting enough Slack-using Susquehanna Valley founders together for our own version, but for now our neighbors’ networks will have to do!
Thanks for the feature, @fox43!
We believe the most effective way of impacting the entire community is by finding solutions that address the most underserved, be they jobseekers or local small companies.
https://t.co/5sax8ohEsN
@d0rk0fy0rk Anyway, we're more than happy to talk about it with you and anyone else in person, via DMs/email/etc, or out in the open like this. The vision will never be realized without radical transparency and community action. Thanks for feeling strongly enough to type up this thread!
We understand that trust has been eroded over time by big pronouncements with no action. The entire point TechRev York existing is to create a meaningful organizational structure that works long-term to build trust and effect change in our community.