Torvalds 2.0: Patricia Torvalds on computing, college, feminism, and increasing diversity in tech

Posted by bob on Aug 3, 2015 3:32 PM EDT
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Patricia Torvalds isn't the Torvalds name that pops up in Linux and open source circles. Yet. At 18, Patricia is a feminist with a growing list of tech achievements, open source industry experience, and her sights set on diving into her freshman year of college at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. She works for Puppet Labs in Portland, Oregon, as an intern, but soon she'll head to Durham, North Carolina, to start the fall semester of college. In this exclusive interview, Patricia explains what got her interested in computer science and engineering (spoiler alert: it wasn't her father), what her high school did "right" with teaching tech, the important role feminism plays in her life, and her thoughts on the lack of diversity in technology. read more

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