We’re creating new pathways into
public interest technology for early-career technologists.

OUR STORY

In January 2017, we were a group of early-career technologists frustrated by the lack of mission-driven technical internships — so we decided to do something about it. We started a blog, newsletter, and online community to rally around the idea that being a technologist can be more than developing the latest app.

That summer, we launched the Coding it Forward Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind summer fellowship program for early-career technologists to innovate in the federal government. Overwhelmed by the positive response, we expanded the program to state and local government partners in 2021. Since 2017, we have placed 691 Fellows at 80 local, state, and federal government offices nationwide.

Today, our greater movement reaches over 8,000 early-career individuals, and together, we're redefining what it means to create impact as technologists.