technology

The class operates out of half a Mattapan duplex, in a long narrow space that could have been a dining room in a past life. Now the table stretching the length is lined with chunky laptops, where local students consume computer science and information technology skills.

To encourage more Black entrepreneurs to found businesses in Boston, we need a plan, a champion and a coalition of stakeholders.

A small, Boston-based consulting firm has been recognized for its rapid growth in the technology space. Onyx Spectrum Technology, founded by Adrienne Benton, provides IT solutions while contributing to organizations like the Dimock Center, Fenway Health and more. Roxbury’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City ranks Onyx number 18 on its Inner City 100, for its four-year revenue growth of more than 500%.

Black Tech Pipeline is a one-person operation where founder Chandler, who lives in Cambridge, connects Black and brown technologists with employers who want to diversify their workforce.

It is unreasonable to expect the average person to be ready for whatever change comes.

American citizens usually protest vehemently against any conduct that they believe curtails their civil rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. But strangely enough, the people seem to be willing to surrender passively the Fourth Amendment rights to be secure in one’s person. There has been no protest against the invasion of individual privacy by digital technology.

Doing your best to stand out during the application process is recommended regardless of what sort of position you’re applying for. But, it becomes straight up necessary when you’re tossing your hat into the ring for an administrative assistant job.