Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
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Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#2I think this is a step in the right direction to address the issue of computer science education and/or coding classes only being accessible to kids from privileged backgrounds. Ultimately, if this is successful (and I know I'm wishing too much at this point), it can lead to greater diversity in the tech workforce or even in academia.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#3Oh great more developer puppy mills, except this time secured by the federal government!
What a great handout.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#4I think this is a step in the right direction to address the issue of computer science education and/or coding classes only being accessible to kids from privileged backgrounds. Ultimately, if this is successful (and I know I'm wishing too much at this point), it can lead to greater diversity in the tech workforce or even in academia.
Why in the fuck is diversity a "thing"?
Algorithimic and behavioral diversity maybe. But this bullshit kumbaya bullshit where team composition has to reflect a skin color ratio that's suitable for an ad exec's eye is fucking worthless.
I've been "lower income". I've been fucking homeless. You're training technical monkey to do technical jobs. No problem with that but don't fucking be "greater diversity blah blah blah".
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#5Here come the grifters! The U.S really needs a counterpart to the U.K's Ofsted agency to do summary executions of substandard education providers.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#6Oh great more developer puppy mills, except this time secured by the federal government! What a great handout.
And chances are the costs of these schools will inflate now that there's free money on the table, just like with regular universities.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#7I think this is a step in the right direction to address the issue of computer science education and/or coding classes only being accessible to kids from privileged backgrounds. Ultimately, if this is successful (and I know I'm wishing too much at this point), it can lead to greater diversity in the tech workforce or even in academia.
Why in the fuck is diversity a "thing"? Algorithimic and behavioral diversity maybe. But this bullshit kumbaya bullshit where team composition has to reflect a skin color ratio that's suitable for an ad exec's eye is fucking worthless. I've been "lower income". I've been fucking homeless. You're training technical monkey to do technical jobs. No problem with that but don't fucking be "greater diversity blah blah blah…
It's a thing because many people have complained, they're pretty persuasive, and at least some of us have started listening.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why in the fuck is diversity a "thing"? Algorithimic and behavioral diversity maybe. But this bullshit kumbaya bullshit where team composition has to reflect a skin color ratio that's suitable for an ad exec's eye is fucking worthless. I've been "lower income". I've been fucking homeless. You're training technical monkey to do technical jobs. No problem with that but don't fucking be "greater diversity blah blah blah…
It's a thing because many people have complained, they're pretty persuasive, and at least some of us have started listening.
If you really want to get into tech, buy yourself a 4 years old laptop, an internet connection, and start coding. If you are not capable to survive by yourself in tech, you are doomed to fail.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#9Here come the grifters! The U.S really needs a counterpart to the U.K's Ofsted agency to do summary executions of substandard education providers.
It's hard to ignore that after all that's come out against for-profit private schools in the US really exploiting these sort of aid programs. Then they have a third-party rating agency coming in and that's supposed to make us all feel better. Will saturating this market make it any better? Are we already at capacity for meaningful classes into potentially meaningful jobs? It's too hard to say.
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#10I think this is a step in the right direction to address the issue of computer science education and/or coding classes only being accessible to kids from privileged backgrounds. Ultimately, if this is successful (and I know I'm wishing too much at this point), it can lead to greater diversity in the tech workforce or even in academia.
Why in the fuck is diversity a "thing"? Algorithimic and behavioral diversity maybe. But this bullshit kumbaya bullshit where team composition has to reflect a skin color ratio that's suitable for an ad exec's eye is fucking worthless. I've been "lower income". I've been fucking homeless. You're training technical monkey to do technical jobs. No problem with that but don't fucking be "greater diversity blah blah blah…
I think there are merits to diversity but of course there are also merits to a fully meritocratic system. But I think the ideal situation would be having a fully meritocratic system that has this "diversity" attribute. I feel as though that is a step up from a fully meritocratic system that has virtually no diversity.
Also, perhaps having diversity would allow for the development of new types of products and services in the tech industry that the "privileged" have no interest in. At least that's what people who call for diversity claim.