The City of Atlanta is making ongoing efforts to engage young people in tech careers as officials explore how to grow the industry in Atlanta.
Donnie Beamer, Atlanta’s senior technology advisor, says an e-sports gaming tournament coming to MomoCon this year is part of that initiative.
“What we want to do is not just have the young people come in and game, but we also want to give them a behind-the-scenes tour, connect them with operators in the industry so they can look at the careers if they want to be a developer, a designer. And there are a lot of dev shops and houses in the state of Georgia,” said Beamer.
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