To close out 2015, we've asked our local neighborhood editors to choose their favorite stories from the past year, and to explain why they loved them so.
Today, we hear from local editor Brittany Hopkins:
If you hang out in the Tenderloin long enough, you're bound to run into Del Seymour, the neighborhood's prolific tour guide. When he's not navigating the streets with tourists and tech workers hanging on his every word, there's a good chance you'll find him at PianoFight helping Tenderloin residents suit up for lucrative interviews at the likes of Twitter, Zendesk and Dolby through his workforce training and placement program Code Tenderloin. Spend just a few minutes with Seymour, and you'll instantly feel like long-time friends and catch a dose of the fever that drives him to work ruthlessly on behalf of neighbors who want to get back to work and improve their lives. Below is our first conversation, focused on Code Tenderloin, and I look forward to seeing how the program changes the dynamics between the impoverished Tenderloin district and enlivened Mid-Market corridor.
Below is an excerpt from the original story, published on Aug. 6th, 2015.
If you don't see him walking the streets of the Tenderloin with tech workers and tourists in tow, hanging on his every word, there's a good chance you'll find Del Seymour at PianoFight quizzing a Tenderloin resident on the proper way to greet a hiring manager.
Through his latest project, Code Tenderloin, Seymour has had seven Tenderloin residents hired at nearby companies last month, two hired earlier this week and two intern candidates expected to receive offers in entry-level tech jobs by the end of this week ...
Continue reading one of Brittany's favorite stories of 2015, "Del Seymour's Code Tenderloin Prepares TL Residents For The Interview."
