Programming in the real world

A bit of history...

Ada Countess of Lovelace !"enchantress of numbers" !

- b. 1815 - algorithm for Bernoulli numbers

!

The women of ENIAC

- ENIAC = first digital computer (1945) - programmed using ~3000 switches

Radia Perlman"the mother of the internet"

!

- spanning tree protocol (1985)

3 reasons

You already know how to program- alarm clock, thermostat, TV

"Women lead in tech adoption"

!

- internet usage - mobile phone usage - every social network (except LinkedIn) - e-readers - health-care devices - GPS

source: Intel research

It's not a guy's thing

- it's a cultural thing

"Programming requires patience and the ability to handle detail. Women are 'naturals' at programming"

It's not a guy's thing

It's not a guy's thing

"Men were interested in building, the hardware, doing the circuits, figuring out the machinery. And women

were very good mathematicians back then."

Best way to learn

- find something you like to make - keep looking for that feeling