Did your boss thank you for coding yourself to death?
Why programmers shouldn't work themselves into the ground for the company, told through the story of a brilliant developer called John.
Alan Skorkin on building software, and the teams that build it, as AI changes both.
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Why programmers shouldn't work themselves into the ground for the company, told through the story of a brilliant developer called John.
Why the claim that 99 in 100 programmers can't program says more about a company's job ads and interviews than about programmers.
How a computer scientist, a programmer and a developer differ in skills, focus and priorities, even though the terms are often used interchangeably.
Why everyday CRUD work needs little math, but search, machine learning, cryptography and other interesting fields need plenty.