Washington Business Winter-Spring 2014 | Page 36

business backgrounder | employment & workplace High-Tech Boot Camp Microsoft unveils new training program that recruits service members, trains them to write computer code, then guarantees them a job after they graduate. Brian Mittge The new Microsoft Software & Systems Academy is a computer industry training ground for troops during their final weeks in the military. Microsoft’s free academy is now expanding from a small pilot program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Texas, California and beyond. Skype was a crucia [