shes 10!! :eek:
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**In smarts, she’s a perfect 10
‘Pakistan’s girl wonder’ is likely the youngest certified Microsoft expert
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Sitting down for a personal meeting with Bill Gates this week, 10-year-old Arfa Karim Randhawa asked the Microsoft founder why the company doesn’t hire people her age.
Arfa, a promising software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. The designation, given to outside experts who prove their ability to work with Microsoft technologies, has also been achieved by some teenagers. But it’s far more common among adults seeking to advance their computer careers.
Arfa received the certification when she was still 9, an impressive accomplishment in its own right, according to older programmers who have gone through the process. And others called it an encouraging sign of the continued emergence of women in a country where they have historically struggled to advance.
The situation illustrates “another side” of Pakistan, said Anand Yang, director of the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. “That’s another reason to celebrate someone like her.”
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