Programming as a Profession

Thomas, a friend of mine, recently posted an article on his experiences in programming in an enterprise environment. In particular, he talked about someone called the Career Programmer. Very minimally paraphrased, a Career Programmer is described as follows.

We’ve all seen them. The ones who never coded in school outside of assignments. These . . . → Read More: Programming as a Profession

Culture Shock: Programming for the Enterprise

As a disclaimer, this is my experience, and not a broad generalization about enterprise work environments, or the software industry as a whole.

Background.

Some background about myself will probably help you understand where I’m coming from, so here’s the skinny: I’ve been developing software for a decade, and contributing to open source projects . . . → Read More: Culture Shock: Programming for the Enterprise

Rest In Peace, John McCarthy

John McCarthy passed away yesterday, and news broke today. He coined the term “artificial intelligence”, invented the programming language Lisp, invented garbage collection, and many other things.

Peter Norvig has confirmed this, as has Les Earnest. To quote him,

I just learned that John McCarthy passed away in his sleep last night. I . . . → Read More: Rest In Peace, John McCarthy