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Salem, OR
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📢 We're looking for a new Board President at the UPLIFT Foundation! This volunteer, unpaid role is perfect for a leader passionate about social justice & tech. Approx. 5 hrs/week to make a big impact. Apply today at lnkd.in/gdmjBvXA! #Leader #Volunteer #DiversityInTech
POV: it's Halloween week in coding class 👻
Ch. 1: The build that wouldn't end
Ch. 2: The missing folder
Ch. 3: The vanishing install
Ch. 4: The wrong password
They survived. They shipped.
What scares you most in tech? #Halloween
🚀 Orbweaver 1.0 is here.
A tiny glowing orb for every AI coding session — floating on top of your work.
Slate = idle. Violet = working. Amber = it needs you.
Free. Open source. Windows & Mac.
→ orbweaver.uplifttech.org
#ClaudeCode #AI #OpenSource #DevTools
1 in 28 new tech jobs last week was entry-level.
Our students: learning to run the new machines. Day one with Claude Code, they shipped sites.
Know product? Be a volunteer PM/PO:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Salem-Keizer: we need a volunteer nutritionist for 1–2 one-hour classes on meal prep + nutrition. Our students are 18–22 and learning to code full-time. Their diet is ramen. Help. DM us. #SalemOR #MealPrepSunday
product people: what's the one thing you wish someone told you before your first PM job?
not the framework. the thing you learned by getting it wrong in front of people.
our students are about to hit that wall. what would you tell them?
“works on my machine” is not the end of the sentence.
UPLIFT students hit an ARM64/AMD64 container mismatch, fixed the build, and got the app live.
real constraints. real debugging. real confidence.
class win:
a GitHub Actions pipeline, checks on every PR, and a coverage gate that blocks the merge.
they wrote it, broke it, fixed it, shipped it.
software education should include shipping software.
this week in UPLIFT class:
app → container → ARM64/AMD64 debugging → ingress + DNS → Kubernetes → public internet
not a tutorial. a real deployment.
that's what our students are building in Salem.
"entry level. 2+ years experience required."
UPLIFT is the other listing. free, 6 months, salem OR, no requirements.
you got through the door. hold it open.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
direct ask, no story.
UPLIFT needs volunteer PMs and POs. free 6-month software program, salem OR.
- 4-8 hrs/week
- remote is fine
- 2+ yrs PM/PO
two minutes:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
"i'm not senior enough to mentor anyone."
you've shipped something. you've argued about scope and lost. you've watched a feature land with nobody.
that's the bar.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
our students built their own CI/CD pipeline last week.
github actions, checks on every PR, a coverage gate that blocks the merge.
they need product mentors:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
"what would i actually be doing?"
- one live session a week
- review real student work
- tell them the truth about tradeoffs
not a lecture series. 4-8 hrs/wk, remote.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Labor Day is about people who decided the terms of work weren't fixed.
so: "entry level — 2+ years experience required."
UPLIFT is free. 6 months. Salem OR. requirements: none.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Product delivery > time. That is what our students hear every week at UPLIFT. We need volunteer PMs/POs to teach them how it actually works. 4-8 hrs/wk, remote. docs.google.com/forms/d/1p9D…
engineers get paid to solve problems, not clock hours.
real class moment — @UPLIFTTechOrg 🖤 free 6-month coding program in Salem, OR.
Looking for volunteer product managers and product owners.
$0 salary. Real work. Real students.
Read on if you want to know why.
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Ask:
→ PMs/POs with 2+ years experience
→ 4–8 hrs/week
→ Remote is fine
→ Review student work + 1 live session/week
We want people who remember being lost and want to shorten that runway for someone else.
Interested? 2-min intake:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1p9D…
Know a PM who'd be into this? Send them this thread.