Array students and professors gathered around a low table on the fourth floor of the Paramount building in downtown Cheyenne on a recent sunny spring morning.

“Good news, everybody, we have two more job openings out there, and they want you guys to apply,” said Eric Trowbridge, founder and headmaster of Array, School of Technology and Design.

Students nodded their heads and a few flashed small grins. The mood matched the warm light flooding the room from the expansive windows of the 110-year-old brick building.

None of the seven classmates had any computer coding or web design skills when they started in October. One worked on the rails servicing the coal industry. Some sought to escape a cycle of low-wage jobs with little chance of advancement. Now, here they were in March, two weeks before graduation, and four of their number were hired to high-salary careers. Businesses’ requests for resumes continued to roll in.

“Our number one mission is to put these students back into the Wyoming workforce,” Trowbridge said. “Governor Matt Mead has spoken extensively about bringing the technology industry to Wyoming, and we’re playing our part.”

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