She coined her own job title as ”Security Princess” at Google, as she is their main defender on the web – their “top secret weapon”! White hat hacker and rock climber, Parisa Tabriz manages Google’s information security engineering team and is also fighting gender inequality in Silicon Valley. One of her other accomplishments includes enhancing software and network security at the White House. How did this hero, who’s hacking her way to find the ”bad guys” online, end up there? Find out more about one of the few women who made it to the top of the tech industry in the number one city of tech.
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No, Ada Lovelace didn’t invent the algorithm. No, she didn’t invent the binary language, nor did she invent the computing machine. Nevertheless she is generally perceived as the mother of computer programming. Her entire research was based on the incredible Analytical Engine invented by the famous Charles Babbage.
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Margaret Hamilton is a giant in the world of software engineering, most well-known for her work as the director of software on NASA’s Apollo missions.
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