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 ...

Computer programming jobs involve writing and editing code, analyzing data and maintaining computer systems. Most computer programming careers offer areas of specialization that require additional ...

Programmers write, test, and troubleshoot code for software and applications. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects a 10% decline in U.S. programmer employment between 2020 and 2030, due to ...

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 ...

On a most basic level, a computer programmer writes, well, programs. Programmers will also rewrite, debug, maintain, and test (and retest) software and programs that instruct the computer to ...

As any tech company can tell you, there is a major shortage of engineers in the U.S., particularly computer programmers. Code.org, a non-profit founded by entrepreneurs Hadi Partovi and his brother ...

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 ...

There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...

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 ...

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 ...