Many older computer programmers believe they are victims of discrimination; they think companies push them out in favor of younger IT hires who are perceived as more knowledgable about the latest ...

Some tech companies advocate "pair programming"—where two people share one desk and one computer. Proponents say it's a more efficient way of creating software, but for some engineers, it can ...

Many computer programmers begin as self-taught enthusiasts and a persistent interest in programming can be an asset in your career because continued learning is vital to a computer programmer. In 2024 ...

Saurabh Bagchi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science at Purdue University, said ChatGPT-like AI tools appear to be getting better at generating “snippets” of ...

First computer programmers were women; they figured it out without manuals. By ABC News. February 12, 2009, 1:04 PM. Dec. 4, 2007 — -- At 83, Betty Jean Jennings Bartik -- a devoted bridge ...

Computer programmers held about 648,000 jobs in 1998, the most recent year for which the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) offers statistics on the profession.

Learning to code was supposedly the salvation of millions of liberal art majors. But now programming jobs are plummeting. The Post’s Department of Data tries to figure out what’s going on.