Think of all those would-be 90,000-word novelists, eight-by-four-foot oil painters, or multilevel computer game programmers. Really, there is no denying these activities will be a bit of a slog ...

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"They work really hard and they're very diligent and very detail-oriented," she said. "And they're extremely team-oriented" — essential in programming, where tasks are shared or broken down into ...

WRITTEN BY: JENNA ANDERSON. When you think of the tech industry and all of the computer programmers employed there, it is likely that you think of a bunch of young men in their 20’s wearing jeans and ...

In 1986, Susan Lammers did a series of interviews with 19 prominent programmers in a Microsoft Press book, Programmers at Work.These interviews — many of which the author transcribed on her own ...

The ENIAC programmers’ work cannot be understated but neither can it ever be taken for granted once they’ve finally been given their due, a goal that Kleiman says has yet to be reached.

Programmers who can take new tools, languages, and other information and effectively incorporate them into their day-to-day work will be a great deal more successful than those who cannot.

Computer Programmers Get New Tech Ethics Code. ... Their work can protect—or jeopardize—critical infrastructure like electrical grids and transportation lines.

Their body of written and presented work – books, articles and presentations; Their contributions to programming’s state-of-the-art; Specific books that “stand the test of time” ...