In spite of ongoing activism efforts to shatter the glass ceiling and raise awareness about gendered discrimination across fields, women face conti...
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The first thing I coded was an Everquest 7-page website in plain-old HTML. I was 14 and I had figured out HTML from right-clicking and wondering if 'View Source' was how it was made.
Pretty much still how I do things. 🤔
I think mine was FKiSS, a paper-doll making program I found in middle school. You needed to use their scripting language if you wanted to add snap-to, blinking dolls, or easter egg animations, which were considered requirements for the "good" dolls. There were a ton of girls and women in the community who were learning to script for the first time this way. I wonder how many of us stuck with it.
The first programming language I learned was pascal! 🙂
Not too different from my beginnings 🤓
I dabbled a bit in programming in high school for class but it wasn't until I started college in Computer Science that I got into programming. I basically had no experience but I loved it. And I want to continue coding for as long as I can.
Thank you for this article. :)
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Really cool stuff. Thanks!
A great initiative! Just added my own story :)
Thanks to all of you for contributing your stories!