"I have always loved technology; even when I was young, I preferred my PC to Barbie dolls. The Liceo Scientifico, provided me with a solid basis to choose my future. At the University of Bari, I studied computer science. However, I didn’t truly become passionate about robotics until I started working, thanks to my boss and my colleagues, who always help me to improve. I am now 33 and work for Masmec, a company based in Puglia operating in the automotive sector.
I owe them a lot,” explains Software Engineer Antonella Dipierro, although she sees herself as a Robotics expert. And she is the perfect role model for the Coding Girls Programme. Today, the educational tour is at the University of Bari for the sixth stop [see news: Hackathon in Bari and Naples].
“Operations have just begun in Romania with six robots that I have fully designed and then installed in July. The robots produce a pump for cars. I programme enormous robots. They are three times larger than me. And people still look at me strangely, because it’s not a normal job for a woman.
I also love to travel and name my robots after places I have visited. My last creature, for example, is called Vick, where I saw the aurora borealis.
The advice I give to young women is to dare, to choose unconventional journeys. Machines will not take our jobs from us. They will help us and take over the most risk jobs, so that we can dedicate our time to the most interesting challenges. And travel … “
Yesterday, Antonella was interviewed by the La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Noicattaro, la storia di Antonella: «Programmo robot e li chiamo con i nomi di località» (in Italian)
Antonella Dipierro is a Coding Girls Coach for the hackathon with 120 young women in Bari
by Flavio Campanella
La Gazzetta del Mezzzogiorno, Nov. 15, 2019
