Fullstack Launches Coding School For Women (sdtimes.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Fullstack is tackling technology's diversity problem in its latest venture. The coding schooling has announced a new coding school dedicated to women. Named after computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, the Grace Hopper academy aims to provide women with high-quality coding education, and won't ask for tuition until the student finds a job post-graduation. "Technology has become intrinsic in our daily routines, regardless of gender, but the tech industry remains exceedingly male-dominated," said David Yang, cofounder of Fullstack Academy. "We have always been inspired by innovation and it seems peculiar that an industry revolutionized by a pioneer like Grace Hopper would remain so divided along gender lines."

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Nothing is stopping women

[Anonymous Coward]

It's make dominated because males are more interested in the introverted nature of coding. An all-woman school doesn't solve that problem. Women have to want to code, has nothing to do with the culture.

Yknow what else is male dominated?

[Shadow of Eternity]

Homelessness, suicide, prison, and all of the worst and most dangerous jobs.

Yknow what isn't male dominated?

Education, start to finish and top to bottom. Nearly 2/3rds of college graduates are women and women dominate virtually every single aspect of the education system from pre-K through college.

Re:Yknow what else is male dominated?

[bluescrn]

This woman set up one of the first womens shelters, and founded the charity now known as 'Refuge': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

She set out to help female victims of domestic violence, and her work basically turned her into an MRA. She suggested, based on her experiences, that women are equally capable of violence as men - and ended up on the recieving end of death threats... from feminists!

She's now involved with probably the most vocal and controversial men's rights group out there - 'A Voice for Men'

Not exactly your stereotypical neckbeard misogynist keyboard warrior, is she?

Re:Yknow what else is male dominated?

[Anonymous Coward]

And now you're trolling.

You've already been informed how Earl Silverman attempted the first all male shelter for domestic violence in Canada, and feminist petitioned the government to deny them equal standing with regards to state funding. It ended in his suicide.

And of course there is all the attempts to set up men centers on collage campuses that get opposed by feminist, some times violently.

And just getting a group togetherr to speak on male issues ends in scenes like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bvOxsnvSXs

And you have the temerity to suggest MRAs aren't attempting to help themselves? It would be far easier without the constant interference by feminist.

And as far as suicide prevention schemes, look no further than:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/us/marine-battalion-veterans-scarred-by-suicides-turn-to-one-another-for-help.html?_r=0

Now shut the fuck up.

Not Helping

[Anonymous Coward]

"We have always been inspired by innovation and it seems peculiar that an industry revolutionized by a pioneer like Grace Hopper would remain so divided along gender lines."

They say as they further divide the industry along gender lines. It's the new separate but equal.

Re:Again?!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not sure this is really social justice. Imagine if there were schools just for african-americans. This is more like segregation.

I wonder what would happen if..

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder what would happen if someone started a school specifically for men for a female dominated trade? For example hairdressing or nail painting?

How long would it take for someone to yell sexist at them and say that it is wrong and should not be allowed?

Double standards much?

Re:I wonder what would happen if..

[Anonymous Coward]

Where do you get the idea that is something that has never happened?

When men form men-only institutions, they are forced to allow women in. When women form women-only institutions, men are told they can't participate, because they are dangerous. I may have the scouting organizations incorrect here, but not long ago, there was a girl who demanded to be part of the boy scouts and they were eventually forced to let her in.

Meanwhile, there was a boy who wanted to be in the girl scouts. He was refused on the basis that he was a risk to their "safe space".

So let's just perpetuate segregation, shall we?

[mark-t]

For fuck's sake, you can't create gender equality out of thin air by just adding more gender segregation.... I mean, I get what they are trying to do... trying to "balance" the imbalance by adding more imbalance in what might superficially appear to be the opposite direction, but at the end of the day still amounts to people either being treated differently or feeling treated differently on account of some aspect of their person that should in actuality be entirely irrelevant to the subject at hand.

Whether a person is a man or woman should have absolutely no bearing on whether they are interested in computer programming or how competent at it they might be, and there should be absolutely no reason that a person's gender should *EVER* factor into what kind of computer science education options are available to them.

However idealistic the intentions might be behind this, I perceive that they are ultimately counterproductive to the long-term goal of gender equality.