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by tarheeljason 2967 days ago
> Salsify is led by [...] Catherine Wu, a junior at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California.

Oh

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Shows you the difference in opportunities for a smart kid in Bumblefuck vs. a smart kid living in a $5 million house in Silicon Valley and having transportation to Stanford.
I always laugh (while secretly crying) about the stories from high school people write on here. Seems like everybody is going to top-tier _tech high schools_, meanwhile the most computer science I got was being taught Turing by a gym teacher.
She's not the only person leading the group, but it's awesome that she's one of them!
Yes, of course--the affiliation just jumped out at me.
she's an intern there. I don't see her as a git contributor but she is knowledgeable in physics and math so I'm assuming she helped out with the paper.