[Al-Khwarizmi]

Yeah. I'm sure women will "get accepted in the industry" much more if every man who looks at them is thinking "she's being given $2K extra for winning the same prize as me" or "I wonder if she's working here for her merits or because she took advantage of one of those positive discrimination programs". Brilliant idea.

[enneff]

I'm a man and I would judge a woman just as I judge a man: by their actions.

[belorn]

While a noble view, its is obviously not shared by Google. They would rather judge a woman on the basis that she is a woman.

[ceol]

They aren't just letting any and all women in while telling the droves of men to shove it. They're saying that if you are a woman who already qualifies for Hacker School who cannot pay for expenses while attending, then they will give you some money to help out. They aren't some bouncer at a club pulling the velvet rope back for everyone who checks the "I am a woman" box on the application.

[belorn]

Why would that matter? Surely, only those with expenses for attending hacker school can ask for a grant that repays expenses for attending hacker school.

Those with expenses for attending a chocolate factory visit can not ask for this grant. That should not be considered when judging who should be granted money regarding expenses for attending hacker school. The chocolate factory has nothing to do with this grant.

[ceol]

> Surely, only those with expenses for attending hacker school can ask for a grant that repays expenses for attending hacker school.

They aren't repaying. They're paying. The grant is given so that they don't have to pay.

Do you understand exactly what the grant is doing? It's giving money to women who already qualify for the school but can't afford the expenses of living in NYC during their time there. This has nothing to do with chocolate factories or whatever you're talking about.

[belorn]

Out of the people who is attending the school, they give a grant to those who qualify the requirement of being a woman. That it. No other qualification or requirements made.

Its true they don't care about chocolate factories. They also don't care about the qualification for attending the school. The way Google will judge the people attending the school is on the single aspect of gender. This is what I said in my first post. Rather than judging people based on their actions, they would rather judge a woman on the basis that she is a woman.

[enneff]

The grants are not merit based, so Google is not judging these women at all. The grants are to help restore the gender imbalance in software engineering. You seem to be having trouble understanding this.

[belorn]

Not all judgments are merit based.

[darkbot]

Well, that's just in your head.