Ada Lovelace Day – My Heroines

“I have many heroes that inspired me to go ahead. Valorie
Aurora, Telsa Gwynne, Pia Waugh, Akkanna Peck, Carla Schroeder, so
many… but today I would like to talk about two women, who
were the most inspiring for me from the beginning. One is a
historical figure, other you may not know.

“My historical figure is Grace Hopper. She is someone to admire.
Seriously, she was an Admiral 🙂 As many women who made history in
Sciences, she was born from a professors couple, who support her
interest in academic studies. She is known for many things, the
first computer bug, the concept of a compiler and the COBOL
language. She won 7 awards for her amazing work in the Navy. She
never retired, because every time she tried, they would call her
again.

“Once Jon Hall “Maddog” told me some stories about
her. See, he meet her in person, and attended one of the many talks
she would give to schools and academies about Computer Science. The
first thing is she was a firm believer that is better to as for
forgiveness than for permission. If you ask for permission to do
something, you probably will have to fill many forms and reports,
schedule, estimations…”

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