LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Code Louisville, a free tech training program that has prepared an estimated 5,000 Kentuckians for careers in software development over the past 13 years, will teach its final class in August as the unstable tech job market makes the program untenable.
Program Director Brian Luerman said the workforce development program, funded by Metro Government through Kentuckiana Works, can no longer keep pace with dramatic changes in the tech industry.
“At our core, we are a workforce program; we are here for jobs, and the tech industry has been going through some rather seismic changes in the last few years,” Luerman said. “Personally, I’m gutted.”…