What's the best entry point for women in computing? Open source. | Linux Today

What’s the best entry point for women in computing? Open source.

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 8, 2014

Leslie Hawthorn is the new community manager at Elastic Search, an open source real time data and analytics company, and a member of the program committee for the Grace Hopper conference that is held each year to increase “visibility for the contributions of women to computing.” In this interview, she discusses Open Source Day’s role at the conference.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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