The City of Baltimore is launching a fellowship that aims to serve as a pipeline to software development jobs with local government.

The Technology and Software Development Fellowship program will train Baltimore residents for software development positions in the Baltimore City Office of Information & Technology (BCIT) and the Baltimore City Health Department.

The city agencies are partnering with a pair of local orgs on the effort. One is Catalyte, the Otterbein-based company that uses predictive analytics to identify people with the potential to be great software developer regardless of background, and create more diverse tech teams. The other is Baltimore Corps, a nonprofit which seeks to create a more equitable city that has also been part of a wider city government fellowship program.

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