Thomas Otter

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines. Whatever she does, whether she is a sysadmin or a tech entrepreneur, a programmer or a designer, developing software or hardware, a tech journalist or a tech consultant, we want to celebrate her achievements.

I’d suggest you read the whole post here.

Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron, the mad, bad, and dangerous to know poet.  She never knew her father.  She is considered by historians to be the first programmer. Charles Babbage called her the Enchantress of Numbers. The programming language ADA is named after her.

The software industry is relatively new, yet is it more male dominated than most other industries. This doesn’t reflect well on the industry. And we have no excuse.There should be no place for misogyny.

The software industry would be stronger and a better place  if we all could encourage more women to see their future in technology, we are missing out on the next ADA. Showcasing role models rather than just models is a damn good place to start doing our bit to address this inequality.  I’d urge all my readers to sign up here. Over a thousand people have done so.