how did you start out as a computer scientist

Question: how did you start out as a computer scientist
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Asked by made519buna to Kirsty R, Alastair HH, Abigail S on 10 Apr 2025.
- Kirsty Ross answered on 10 Apr 2025:
  
  I slightly fell into it to be honest! I attended Wiki editor training in 2019 and did nothing with it for a year. I then started adding photos as part of Wiki Loves Monuments, and it grew from there. An opportunity popped up in the School of Computer Science, I applied for and got it, and my career as a computer scientist grew from there! I’m very much at the human end of human computer interaction research, but there is space for all sorts of researchers here.

Question: how did you start out as a computer scientist