Just what low income students are looking for.
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
#52I 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.
I grew up dirt poor and taught myself (no CS degree here; I started my career before "bootcamps"). I am a white male, so I guess you can claim I had some special privilege or whatever is the SJW thing to say, but that was about it (my family had no car, no computer, no air conditioning, etc)
Oh not at al! I don't mean diversity strictly by skin color or race. I mainly mean economically underprivileged!
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I also agree that there are merits to diversity, it's just that the negatives of forced diversity outweigh the positives.
Yea I can see that. It does make me question every government policy or "handout" that aims to promote diversity, but I'm wondering whether this government policy of providing financial aid to low income students is one that is "forcing" diversity. Could someone clarify for me?
Re: Low-income students can soon get federal aid to attend coding schools
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I grew up dirt poor and taught myself (no CS degree here; I started my career before "bootcamps"). I am a white male, so I guess you can claim I had some special privilege or whatever is the SJW thing to say, but that was about it (my family had no car, no computer, no air conditioning, etc)
Oh not at al! I don't mean diversity strictly by skin color or race. I mainly mean economically underprivileged!
Perhaps I'm an extreme edge case, but I'm a counter-example to economic status.