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I think this is really commendable. When you put your money where your mouth is you really show that you're serious about your values. All the best to the forty

I think this is really commendable. When you put your money where your mouth is you really show that you're serious about your values. All the best to the forty future winners of this grant!

writepub 8y ago
This is excellent marketing at best, and nothing to do with values. Lambda school is a YC portfolio company, and this program/post has gotten YC and LS oodles of positive press. The gender of this batch is designed to generate positive buzz, there was never any restriction on admissions before this announcement, no bias in getting into LS. So what exactly is this supposed to achieve? Great marketing, guys and gals! Cheers
- austenallred 8y ago
  Well, that's one way to look at the world. Lambda School's traffic is down 20% today as compared to yesterday, so if this was a marketing stunt it was a very inefficient and expensive one.
  - rudedogg 8y ago
    > Lambda School's traffic is down 20% today as compared to yesterday This seems weird; did you account for the time (since it's only around noon?)
    - dang 8y ago
      Fridays are lower traffic on HN too. Maybe that generalizes.
- dang 8y ago
  Jessica's posts explain exactly what exactly this is supposed to achieve.