Diversity, gender roles, and representation in DevOps

Liz Keogh: You know, I'm not the right person to ask. Every time somebody asks me what the difference is between a team with a woman on it and a team without one, I say I don't know because I've never been on a team without a woman on it. I'm not an expert; being a woman does not make me an expert on what it's like to be a woman in development—I couldn't possibly tell you. I do know that nobody told me I wasn't supposed to be there.

I started programming when I was seven years old because my dad left the BBC computer lying around with the manual, which was illustrated with beautiful colored robots. It was deliberately marketed to kids. So, I had an early start. For almost as long as I can remember, I had computers, and I think maybe that's the secret: it's just making sure that you're supporting girls as they come up through school, and making sure they have a...