Photos: Ada Lovelace Day - Women in IT we admire
Ada Lovelace Day - Sarah Blow
Sarah Blow is a 27-year-old software engineer. She works for a medical device company and has done since she graduated, when she was headhunted by her current employer. In her spare time, she set up Girl Geeks, a networking group aimed at women in technology. The group was formed after a somewhat alienating experience at a normal IT networking event – around 90% of the attendees were men and she was repeatedly asked if she was there as someone’s girlfriend. By setting up a female networking group, Blow is not aiming to exclude men, but is looking to “turn things on their head” by giving women a chance to be in the majority and feel less isolated.
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- 24/03/2009
Today (March 24) is Ada Lovelace Day, which aims to raise awareness of female role models in IT. Here are some of the women in technology that the Computer Weekly team admire: let us know who you look up to, or add your comments to our Ada Lovelace Day blog posts over at WITsend.
See also: Round-up of Computer Weekly's Ada Lovelace Day coverage
