Starting young with Anjali Jayaraman

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Anjali, a 11 year old girl, who has been into coding since she was 7. Anjali shares:Her interest in horses and dogs, and other interestsHow she got into codingCalling herself an introvert, but enjoying competitionUsing logic to interact with animalsWhat she likes and doesn't like about codingCreating a tic-tac-toe to play with an AI opponentAbout writing programs alone or with others sometimesHow she comes up with ideas when entering a competitionWhere programming can be appliedHow she finds time to program.. Do not miss it!How she influenced a friend to learn codingThe pranks she and her friend play during online classesWhat she would love to be known for : making a robot that passes the turing testHer experience with using big computersHow she gets into a calm state of mind - to write programs or even in other situationsHow to get a 5 year old to start codingIf there is a difference between boys and girls on how they learn codingOn programming as a class subject and as a hobbyHer message for older women in ITAnjali Jayaraman is in Grade 7 and lives in Chennai. She loves horse riding and puppies. She is good at debating. Besides coding, her favourite activity is to create worlds in Minecraft and play video games.Her project ‘Toothzy’ was chosen for 'Best Design/UI’ in the 2021 California AI + Healthcare Summit Ideathon competition. https://www.girlscomputingleague.org/Link to the project: https://youtu.be/xxwI36-weJs Certificate https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LBiLp47trP28jvIfuv_c3Jwlj3nERAQY/view?usp=drivesdkShe got a $700 scholarship for ‘Introduction to Quantum Computing for High school Students’ https://www.qubitbyqubit.org/Her idol is Warren Buffet and she wants to be either an entrepreneur or an Investor in technology business when she grows up.Her other projects: https://youtu.be/UlcywVyvWxM Teaching AI to Shakespeare: To AI or not to AI