<p>With half a million unfilled tech jobs at any given time in our economy, what prevents talented technologists from launching tech careers? Several myths about who a technologist is, what one should look like and the type of education one should have. Lisa Fasold interviews Laura Beeth and Ann Gibson of Fairview Health Services about how Creating IT Futures’ IT-Ready program helps them bust those myths.</p> <p>Music: C. Ezra Lange</p>

With half a million unfilled tech jobs at any given time in our economy, what prevents talented technologists from launching tech careers? Several myths about who a technologist is, what one should look like and the type of education one should have. Lisa Fasold interviews Laura Beeth and Ann Gibson of Fairview Health Services about how Creating IT Futures’ IT-Ready program helps them bust those myths. Music: C. Ezra Lange

Chapter 14 -- IT-Ready in Action: Busting Diversity Myths

Technologist Tales, an award-winning podcast produced by R.Clement.Creative, shares profiles of people from an array of backgrounds who discovered and shaped successful careers working with technology – and, now, help others do the same.

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Chapter 14 -- IT-Ready in Action: Busting Diversity Myths

Chapter 14 -- IT-Ready in Action: Busting Diversity Myths