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I Went From College Drop-Out to One of Facebook's Leading IT Personnel

By: Kyle Wilson on Sep 23, 2021

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Manager, Executive Support Engineering at Robinhood Year Up Alumnus

Year Up alumnus Jay Hammonds describes how Year Up gave him the opportunity to intern at Facebook and pursue his career ambitions. He says: “The most impactful thing that I've ever done at Facebook was helping run the Year Up at Facebook program. I oversaw the hiring of over 500 interns with 48 percent eventually receiving a full-time role.”

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