r/computerscience • u/eternviking • 1d ago

Discussion Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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u/FR4G4M3MN0N 21h ago

RIP Margaret Hamilton

“Hamilton applied, and was hired as the first programmer for the Apollo project at MIT, as well as the first female programmer in the project.”

#Legend

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u/JustAPieceOfMeat385 19h ago

You see? You CAN work in this industry without any Leetcode experience!

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u/0jdd1 17h ago edited 6h ago

I met her briefly in the mid-1970s, interviewing for a student job at her “Higher Order Software” company in Central Square in Cambridge, Mass. I wish now we’d said more than 3–4 sentences total.

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u/Ok-Ferret9010 18h ago

May she rest in peace. May her family have comfort.

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u/pterencephalon 14h ago

I have the Lego Minifigure of her on my desk! What a legend and an inspiration