On 'Amazing Grace' and 'The Queen Of Code'

There are two things that I like about this person's story. I liked it because it does exposure work that I think is still good for a movement I believe in and I liked it because I think it is... quite frankly good PR for the computing world in general.

My reasoning behind the first reason is the following: I believe in the feminist movement. I believe it stands for a lot of what I belive can/should be fixed/improved about the fundamental principles we humans operate by. These principles still are patriarchal and have been since society came about. As such, I'd still expect to find instances of society hinting, during a young woman's life, that some options are not suited for them because they're not male. So having messages and stories like these, and making an effort to give them exposure I think can help counterbalance patriarchy.

The reasoning behind the second reason is much simpler. I like how you can see, in the computing world, many many instances of skilled individuals making it to the top through their skill alone. I think this correlates with how computers are relatively new. This story is, I think, a good example of how there is an ever growing business incentive for inclusion making it so that empowered entities' best options are to choose skilled individual doing away with violent or discriminatory parameters.