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Bubblesort Zines Lure Teen Girls to Computer Science
Amy Wibowo quit her job as an engineer at Airbnb in March to focus on creating and selling her zine.
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Amy Wibowo knew, even as a kid, that computer science was a magical intersection of math, science, and pictures. "As the teacher introduced a new concept, I would make cartoons about it," she says; the visual elements of math theory sparked inspiration for her. "Textbooks are so dry," she mourned; why didn’t anyone create textbooks with comics? She resolved to make it happen someday.
That day has come.
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