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January 2, 2019

New-style coding schools tackle tech’s diversity problem

Flexibility, targeting can help attract more women and minorities


Maija Palmer

7 min read

Linda Liukas, chairman of Hive Helsinki, hopes the coding school will have a 50% female intake

“We are looking for people who would not traditionally see themselves as coders,” says Linda Liukas, outlining plans to open a new coding school in Helsinki - a school for ‘misfits’ as she calls it - run without teachers or traditional classes.

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