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Etsy Hacker Grants Support Female Programmers

Posted by samzenpus on from the glass-coder-ceiling dept.

samazon writes "Online retail shop Etsy announced a living-expenses grant program for women interested in attending the free Hacker School 3-month programming course. The program is hosted in various New York locations (NYU and Spotify have both hosted sessions) and not only is Etsy offering $5,000 grants to ten women who are accepted into the program, they're also hosting the summer course, and have offered enough space to double the class size to 40 students."

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  1. Re:Sexism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why would you have it be what's best for only another, then? We can reach a situation that's best for all of us, but it won't be found through this kind of sexism.