Chapter Four: Stereotypes, failure and the creative side of CS with Camellia Pastore
In this episode, we talk about stereotypes, failure and appreciating the creative side of CS with Camellia Pastore, a rising senior studying computer science at Virginia Tech. We last spoke with Cami during #MorningMeeting. We have worked with Cami through Tech-Girls, Spark Hackathon, Summer Spark and most recently as co-presenters at #MozFest and we are always blown away by this young woman's drive and wisdom.
Resources
Stereotypes:
Failure, and how to use it as motivation:
Appreciating the creative side of CS:
Other ideas/resources mentioned in the episode
- Study: Elementary School Students Tend to View Scientists as White and Male (UVA Today, June 2020)
- Geek Mythology (Carnegie Mellon Project on Gender and Computer Science )
- Keeping Girls in STEM: 3 Barriers, 3 Solutions (Edutopia, March 2019)
Failure, and how to use it as motivation:
- Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail (The Atlantic, January 2013)
- Quote: “So here is the point: you are going to meet the dragon of failure in your life... But as sure as the sun comes up, there will come a time on the next day or next week or next year when you will grab that sword and tell him "Be gone, dragon."”
- Failure Is an Option (Parents)
- Failure, Frustration & Fearlessness (Miss-Bit @ UVA blog, October 2017)
Appreciating the creative side of CS:
- Computer science isn't all that scary (The Daily Tar Heel, May 2020)
- The Artist in the Machine: The bigger picture of AI and creativity (TechTalks, April 2020)
- Stitch Fix’s CEO on Selling Personal Style to the Mass Market (Harvard Business Review, June 2018)
- The Art of Creative Coding (PBS Digital Studios, January 2013)
Other ideas/resources mentioned in the episode
- Computer Systems Genome
- How Automation Bias Encourages the Use of Flawed Algorithms (Slate, March 2020)
- AI Is Biased. Here's How Scientists Are Trying to Fix It (Wired, December 2019)
Music credits
- Music from filmmusic.io
- "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
