Comments on: Hacker School sets out to bring in more women programmers, succeeds http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/hacker-school-sets-out-to-brin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ultan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/hacker-school-sets-out-to-brin.html#comment-1450814 Ultan Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166313#comment-1450814 On the other hand, their acceptance ratio for women is 1/4 what it was before and they rejected over 106 times as many women. On the other hand, their acceptance ratio for women is 1/4 what it was before and they rejected over 106 times as many women.

]]> By: mjfgates http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/hacker-school-sets-out-to-brin.html#comment-1450195 mjfgates Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166313#comment-1450195  When there's enough customer demand to support it, you grow the business.  When there’s enough customer demand to support it, you grow the business.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/hacker-school-sets-out-to-brin.html#comment-1449983 corydodt Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166313#comment-1449983 From the FAQ: <b>How big is Hacker School?</b>Our current batch is 20 students, not including us (Nick, Dave, and Sonali). We accept as many students as we think we can accommodate and keep the batch good. So I guess there are more women in the incoming class than there are total people in the current class, period. That's pretty cool. From the FAQ:

How big is Hacker School?Our current batch is 20 students, not including us (Nick, Dave, and Sonali). We accept as many students as we think we can accommodate and keep the batch good.

So I guess there are more women in the incoming class than there are total people in the current class, period. That’s pretty cool.

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