As someone who's hopefully a decent programmer (after all, I've been doing it since the mid 1980s, and hundreds of millions of people daily use stuff I helped with), I'll disagree with those who say ...

I worked at Microsoft and Oracle before the web. These were the main differences from today: Reference manuals -- These were sometimes as long as a bookshelf with many volumes. Every system and ...

There's a lot more to professional programming than writing code. From working with a team to solve problems to version control, you won't make it to the major leagues without a toolkit of other ...

IT failures are often rooted in hidden, almost tectonic forces — organizational, political, and so on — that are difficult to measure or control. However, this focus can obscure those special folks ...

When Jerry started their job as a junior developer, they couldn’t wait to get to work each morning. And each evening, even after their 10-hour workdays, they’d still feel energized. Now, two years ...

A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers. Tom Smith, a veteran programmer, shows how ...

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BLACKSBURG — Grant Martin grabbed a slice of pizza to calm his nerves as he sat down and pulled a microphone closer to his face at Thursday’s computer programming class organized by Let’s Code ...

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