programmer in comment and analysis
Torvalds: "Solaris is a joke"
Comment But the 34-year-old Finnish programmer - a regular fixture in the silicon.com Agenda Setters list - isn't fazed by Solaris. When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create... [21 Dec 2004]
Offshoring dos and don'ts
Comment Tell the same thing to an Indian programmer - and he'll come back with the Taj Mahal. Tell a programmer in Europe the software he's constructing should look like a fine building - and he'll come back... [07 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.05.04
Round-Up The programmer in question, Christian Buhl, is behind a computer game called 'America's Army' which is being used by, well, America's Army, funnily enough, to recruit soldiers. These, sadly, are not the words of George W... [14 May 2004]
Devil's Advocate: That is my software!
Comment A programmer who understands a good selection of efficient algorithms is likely to be more innovative than one who knows only the programming language. There's certainly a right to reasonable return but, says Martin... [02 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.11.03
Round-Up Booher, a 44-year-old computer programmer, was recently arrested for threatening the employees of a company he claims has been spamming him senseless with offers of penile enhancement. and quite frankly today is no... [28 Nov 2003]
AS03: The free spirits
Comment From open source advocates to the lowly programmer or activist not in it for the cash, why are 'free spirits' proving as influential as tech billionaires these days? Tony Hallett investigates one of the defining parts of... [06 Oct 2003]
Through the fog... Software configuration management
Comment In a banking application, a fraudulent programmer might slip a few unnoticed lines of code that make regular payments to an anonymous bank account. In a simple process a programmer is assigned a change... [11 Sep 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.08.03
Round-Up I'm not suggesting the Victorian era wasn't the golden age of coding, but if somebody was clearly in their sixties around 80 years ago, then there is a good chance they weren't keeping themselves in gin and Dickens serialisations by... [29 Aug 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: How to stick to long-term goals
Comment This context - of how the software will be used within the business - will enable a programmer to understand the reasons for the work and to investigate what could be done differently in order to make the system better. [16 Jul 2003]
Outsourcing and offshoring - consultants look to fill their boots
Comment The cost of an entry-level programmer in China, for example, is 30 to 50 per cent less than for one in Tokyo, London or Chicago, according to market analysis firm Forrester Research. The economy remains in a slump, and... [27 May 2003]
How to earn more money by 2004
Comment But before every helpdesk support worker, database administrator, programmer and IT manager start re-working those CVs and rooting the interview suit out of the back of the wardrobe for a trip to the dry cleaners the... [21 May 2003]
Jail time for virus writers: Yes or No?
Comment He is a computer programmer, not a murderer or rapist. News that a 22-year-old Welshman has been sentenced to two years in prison for creating and distributing three computer viruses has drawn mixed responses from UK... [24 Jan 2003]
Environmentally friendly IT. Are you sure?
Comment But picture a programmer sitting at a PC or someone telecommuting or many other uses of technology and they're a world away from 'dirty' manufacturing jobs before the last 30 years, or even plenty of industries as they... [10 Jan 2003]
Activists cheer the acquittal of 'DVD Jon'
Comment Internet and technology activists are hoping the acquittal of Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen in a digital piracy case signals a change in attitudes about copyright in the digital age. By Lisa M. Bowman [09 Jan 2003]
Skills Survey 2002: Message to employers: Understand your current skills set - be prepared for the future
Comment For example, an experienced programmer can learn a new language in a relatively short period of time, so this could be the appropriate move for a business in need of a new Java programmer, instead of... [19 Mar 2002]
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