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The only people who come to mind when I think of famous programmers are John Carmack, Grace Hopper, and Linus, maybe Ada Lovelace if you want to include her. Th

The only people who come to mind when I think of famous programmers are John Carmack, Grace Hopper, and Linus, maybe Ada Lovelace if you want to include her. Though Grace and Ada didn't use version control so they wouldn't be able to make the list anyway. Who are the other famous women/minority programmers that people don't know about?

toyg 7y ago
> Grace and Ada didn't use version control so they wouldn't be able to make the list anyway. Yeah, this analysis is inevitably going to overrepresent white males today, because it's based on a subset of "programming" (i.e. opensource projects using git) that we already know as overwhelmingly skewed towards that particular demographic.
dewey 7y ago
As we are 2 days away from the 50th anniversary of the moon landing (and I just finished a Podcast about that topic, so it's fresh on my mind) I'd say: Margaret Hamilton - https://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8689481/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software https://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8689481/margaret-hamilton-apol... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads
yesbabyyes 7y ago
Someone who is active during git time: Audrey Tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang
- nojvek 7y ago
  even though I was downvoted to oblivion for my comment (I kind of expected that). I really appreciating someone to go out of their way to bring examples that break the stereotype that you can only be a successful programmer if you are a white male. I have struggled with this for a large part of my life. Thank you! I'm also super glad that we're having this conversation. I think it's important that people at-least talk about it and realize that not everyone has the same privilege. Thank you again!

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The only people who come to mind when I think of famous programmers are John Carmack, Grace Hopper, and Linus, maybe Ada Lovelace if you want to include her. Th

by jimmaswell 7y ago

toyg 7y ago
> Grace and Ada didn't use version control so they wouldn't be able to make the list anyway. Yeah, this analysis is inevitably going to overrepresent white males today, because it's based on a subset of "programming" (i.e. opensource projects using git) that we already know as overwhelmingly skewed towards that particular demographic.
dewey 7y ago
As we are 2 days away from the 50th anniversary of the moon landing (and I just finished a Podcast about that topic, so it's fresh on my mind) I'd say: Margaret Hamilton - https://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8689481/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software https://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8689481/margaret-hamilton-apol... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads
yesbabyyes 7y ago
Someone who is active during git time: Audrey Tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang
- nojvek 7y ago
  even though I was downvoted to oblivion for my comment (I kind of expected that). I really appreciating someone to go out of their way to bring examples that break the stereotype that you can only be a successful programmer if you are a white male. I have struggled with this for a large part of my life. Thank you! I'm also super glad that we're having this conversation. I think it's important that people at-least talk about it and realize that not everyone has the same privilege. Thank you again!