People think Ian Wheeler has almost $3 million from his NFL career. But he has closer to $60K (his guaranteed money, plus a few months of salary). It's a bad deal.
There are better options for Howard graduates.
About 10 years ago, I started connecting Howard, and all the HBCUs, with leading tech companies. I got involved with projects at my company and across the industry, and started some new ones. This has had a transformative effect on the number of Black software engineers.
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