Today Nicole Forsgren started an inspiring conversation on Twitter with these three tweets:
I want to do a talk: Hidden Figures of DevOps. Women’s contributions thru history. I know we’re there. I we’re erased or forgotten. Help me remember. Give me dates and names and what we did. Please RT.
— dr. nicole forsgren (@nicolefv) May 5, 2019
Example: people list dudes starting DevOps in ~2007-09(?). I started my foundational research at USENIX LISA in 2007. SODR in 2013. Not allowed to even talk about my role in SODR 2015.
I know there’s more. Let’s go!
— dr. nicole forsgren (@nicolefv) May 5, 2019
I list my example
1) because I know mine
2) because I want ladies to feel okay speaking up for themselves! This is my thread and I make the rules.Brag! If it doesn’t fit into a talk I’ll fit it into a blog post. We are amazing. 💪✨💖
— dr. nicole forsgren (@nicolefv) May 5, 2019
The huge number of responses showed great interest in documenting the forgotten contributions of women in DevOps. There were so many replies, Nicole generated a shared Google doc to make sure nothing is missed: [Read more…] about The Forgotten Contributions of Women to DevOps