David Delmar

Resilient Coders

As an early employee at PayPal, David Delmar could not help but notice that the people around him at work every day were predominately white and male. Somehow, that just didn’t seem right. So David, being David (read, high energy, entrepreneurial and civic-minded) set about to change it, launching Resilient Coders: a non-profit training ground for people of color – especially young people – preparing them for high growth careers in techonology. Coders participate in rigorous, hands-on course work focused on coding and software development. They are the heart and soul and brains behind the RC lab, providing top flight talent for paid project work for leading tech companies and others. And they go on, to apprenticeships, paid positions, and promising careers, benefiting themselves and the industry they become part of. The RC mission says everything about David and his contribution to diversity and inclusion for Boston and beyond: “We believe in social justice through economic empowerment, and in the opportunity for meritocracy in tech. This isn’t about one-off camps or hackathons. This is about meaningful change.”