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A comment on How CMU Increased the Proportion of Women in Computer Science (2013). Parent comment

Re:How CMU Increased the Proportion of Women in Computer Sci... by jamesbritt on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:10PM (#7400240)
Where is the hot-shot requirement?
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Re:How CMU Increased the Proportion of Women in Computer Sci... by cschmidt on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:13PM (#7400265)
> In the past, admissions gave preference to people with lots of previous programming experience.
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Re:How CMU Increased the Proportion of Women in Computer Sci... by jamesbritt on Friday March 14, 2014 @02:20PM (#7400763)
Right. Lots of exerience doesn't equal "hot shot" though.
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