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When we think of the leading figures in today's tech world, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos spring to mind, and they're all men. It's men who make up more than three quarters of the tech workforce in most of the world, and they hold an even higher percentage of executive positions in that field. But they and the industry in which they work arguably owe a great deal to one woman born 200 years ago this year. Ada Lovelace was a Victorian mathematician who's said to be the world's first computer programmer. We'll find out more about her a little later. But she's become an iconic figurehead for women in the science, tech, engineering and math industries around the world today because of her pioneering work. Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a global celebration of those women. So let's start with their experiences. What's it like to be a female engineer in 21st century San Francisco, Nepal and the UK? First up here is Isis Anchalee, a US software engineer who started the social media campaign #ILookLikeAnEngineer following a backlash against a recruitment ad she appeared in.
It all started when my company OneLogin asked me to be part of a recruiting campaign that was targeted other engineers. So they featured a photo of my face alongside a quote of what I really enjoy about working at the company. | 
发表于 2016-10-17 19:25:29