What Selena Deckelmann thinks about open source
American software engineer and engineering leader: PostgreSQL contributor, PyLadies Portland founder, former Mozilla VP of Firefox engineering and Wikimedia Foundation CTO.
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3 dated positions, 2013, in their own words. Our reading of what Selena Deckelmann has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingToo little is done to teach adult women computer science; outreach wrongly focuses only on children.
Their wordsMy most striking realization is how little work is done to educate adult women about computer science, about open source and open culture.
↗Why I gave $1024 to the Ada Initiativechesnok.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThird, reviewers don’t always need to be expert developers, or experts at Postgres to get started, but many people who do open source work have no idea this is true.
↗Why give credit to reviewers?chesnok.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsGiving people appreciation for the review work they’re doing, for free, is a good thing for everyone.
↗Why give credit to reviewers?chesnok.com 2nd of 2 in this piece