I've been reading a lot of threads and lately, I've started to see a lot of people mention, if they were a "real programmer" they would be able to pick this stuff up. <BR><BR>I wonder what it takes to ...

I'm 26 and currently am in a job I hate. It's very menial work, and I can just feel my brain rotting away. I've long struggled with what I want to be 'when I grow up.' Programming is topping my list, ...

If you're a young person who is thinking about becoming a computer programmer but can't afford college, you might think about skipping college altogether, says Ryan Carson, co-founder of an online ...

Brian Noble dreamed of becoming a computer programmer after seeing the film “Batman Forever.” Noble said he was captivated by watching Bruce Wayne using his multi-computer set-up to fight crime in ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Brian Noble dreamed of becoming a computer programmer after seeing the film “Batman Forever.” Noble said he was captivated by watching Bruce Wayne using his multi-computer set-up to fight crime in ...

Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...