Apprenticeships are common in sectors like building and manufacturing, but now Washington state is trying to apply the model to the tech industry. The first cohort of 41 apprentices were pinned by Governor Jay Inslee in a ceremony Friday honoring the state's only registered tech apprenticeship program called Apprenti . The typical pathway for jobs in the tech industry tends to stem from four-year universities and coding schools. People complete those programs hoping to come out with the