There is a lot of buzz around the topic of gender equality. Are we there yet? Are men and women finally equal? Well, the answer might surprise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a global software developer survey conducted in 2021, an overwhelming number of developers are still men (91.67%)! The world of computer programming used to have a much better gender balance; but even today, the tech industry is full of bright, smart, and tech-savvy women who are eager to change the world. One line of code at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check out these curious facts about women coders to learn more about their crucial role in the world of programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that, the first computer \u201cbug\u201d was an actual real-life bug! Grace Hopper, who was an admiral in the US Navy at that time, was working on a Mark II computer when she discovered a tiny moth inside the machine. After the incident was resolved, she recorded in her journal the \u201cfirst actual case of a bug being found\u201d. And the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samaira Mehta is known as the founder and chief executive officer of CoderBunnyz and the youngest female coder in history. She began coding when she was only six years old and within a year created her first product – a board game for children to learn coding called CodderBunnyz. The game is now used as a STEM coding tool at hundreds of schools and libraries in the U.S. and all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samaira knows many computer programming languages including Java and Python. Her current mission is to help 1 billion kids to learn programming in a fun and interactive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire field of programming emerged thanks to Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron. She was an extremely gifted mathematician who created the very first algorithm that was to be carried out by a machine. \u201cThat brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show<\/em>,\u201d wrote Ada. And she was right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 1930s, female programmers were known not as programmers but as female \u201chuman computers\u201d since they did all mathematical equations and computations by hand. These women were brilliant mathematicians; there were a lot of bright African American women among them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Female mathematicians, programmers, astronauts, engineers, and supervisors are a big part of NASA\u2019s history. Considering the fact that NASA is still using some of their software that was created in the 70s, these women do an amazing job! Check out the movie \u201cHidden Figures\u201d to learn more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer who promoted the COBOL programming language and its adoption. She also created the first \u201ccompiler,\u201d a computer program that allows people to create other programming languages that closely resemble written words rather than complex equations. Her belief that programming languages should be simple and easy influenced the development of almost all modern programming languages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are dozens of other brilliant female developers who defined the modern programming languages. Adele Goldberg, Jean Sammet, Barbara Liskov, and Cynthia Solomon are just a few of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest study proved once again that women\u2019s brains are not that different from men\u2019s brains. Since a lot of people think that you need to be good at math to be a programmer (which is another common misconception), the simple fact that our brains function similarly while solving math problems might help to fight the stigma and bring more women into tech. At least we hope so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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