THE CODE ISSUE 11
Duda Owner IONOS • July 14, 2015
Here is another one of my favorite quotes from the special double issue of Bloomberg Businessweek on computer coding. This one humorously conveys the ultimate characteristics of the best coders functioning at their maximum efficiency (Paul Ford, “The Code Issue”, 6/15/15–6/28/15, p. 59):
“ Programming has twin cults of genius and youth. One of the ways Google acquired its reputation was by hiring fresh-faced whizzes. Ph.D.s from Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon were table stakes. The true programmer began to code in utero and has an IQ of at least 10,000. ”
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