Computer-programming employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level since 1980, according to data from the Current Population Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The fall correlates with ...

Every parent wonders what their child will be when they grow up. While it’s difficult to make predictions about what our kids will gravitate towards later in life, computer programmers are a special ...

In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

Many computer programmers know multiple languages. The range of programming languages is wide, with some languages used in specific contexts, but some more general. For example, Java can implement ...

Computer programming is how the future is being built. With the tech industry advancing at record speeds these days, there’s always someone behind the scenes making it all work. That could be you.

Children change and develop quite a bit in their youth. But there are some personality traits that will likely stay constant throughout their lives. From confidence to a love of problem solving, these ...

Computer programming is one of the most popular jobs at the moment, and if you’re a programmer you’re probably wondering about the 25 best states for computer programmers. As a writer and someone who ...

Remembering V. Rajaraman, a pivotal figure in India's computer education, whose contributions shaped the software industry ...

This installment’s “guest vetter” is Martin Neil Baily, now with the Brookings Institution. He was chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors and is a certified VKP (very ...

Camille Barmore won’t have to scramble to find a job when she graduates from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in May with a degree in computer science. Barmore, 21, and many of her graduating ...

The first known use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwaite. In it he said, “I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the ...

Expert computer programmers show higher proficiency in certain behavioral and attention skills than their novice peers. To identify the responsible brain regions, scientists used fMRI to analyze the ...