What I hope is that those with the knowledge of the humanities break into the closed society where code gets written: invade it.
Computer programming has always been a self-taught, maverick occupation.
When I hear the word 'disruption,' in my mind, I think of all these people in the middle who were earning a living. We will sweep away all that money they were earning, and we will move that to the people at the top.
Writing was a way to get away from my life as a programmer, so I wanted to write about other things, but of course nobody wanted to publish another story about a family, unless it was extraordinary. When I began writing about my life as a programmer, however, people were interested.
Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system.
Abhorring error is not necessarily positive.
Y2K has challenged a belief in digital technology that has been almost religious.
I was a girl who came into the clubhouse, into the treehouse, with the sign on the door saying, 'No girls allowed,' and the reception was not always a good one.
I hate to see capable, smart people out of work - young or old.
Our Constitution is designed to change very slowly. It's a feature, not a bug.
Reading code is like reading all things written: You have to scribble, make a mess, remind yourself that the work comes to you through trial and error and revision.
