Convert project specifications and statements of problems and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for coding into computer language. Develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information. May program web sites.
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Sometimes, people ask me "why program?".
I have been known to post short programs to techie newsgroups, with full explanations of what is going on. Now, I don't claim to be the best programmer, nor do I claim to be representative of programmers around the globe, but I do encourage people to learn to program. I'm enthusiastic about it, and I hope I can teach others at least enough to get going on their own.
I'm a self-taught programmer. Possibly the worst kind of all, I lack the rigid discipline. I do not think I'd program for a living - I do it more as a hobby. This is personal choice. You see, if it were up to me, I'd be a movie critic. Get to watch lots of movies (good and endearingly terrible) and write my comments. Probably because I'm lazy.
Submitted on 21-Jun-06
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Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. (Bill Gates)
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs. (Joseph Weizenbaum)
Submitted on 07-May-08
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For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless, and then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things.
They are, in short, a perfect match.
Submitted on 07-May-08
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