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 ...

We all know that the job market can be cutthroat, and these days young people are doing whatever it takes to get a leg up on the competition. But this new (and very expensive) trend is how young ...

Jared Flores loved the two weeks he spent this summer at a computer coding school where he programmed a hand-crafted robot that could steer itself through a maze. Aside from the knowledge he gained, ...

A new afterschool program in Durham is offering children a chance to learn profitable and in-demand coding skills for future careers. Two out of three STEM jobs involve software development, so ...

For two weeks, eight teens participated in Layton Boulevard West's Code Academy, a pilot computer programming class that is teaching them skills they can parlay into careers in an increasingly ...

Computer science is the study of computers and computational systems, focusing on the theory, design, development and application of the software and software systems that power our world. Many people ...

More than a quarter of all computer programming jobs have vanished in the past two years, the worst downturn that industry has ever seen. Things are sufficiently abysmal that computer programming ...

More than ever, people are using coding boot camps — intensive short-term programming courses — to quickly pivot careers and find a new job in tech. Insider recently spoke with a 33-year-old ...

Andrew Fechner was unemployed nearly a year when he made a radical move: At age 42, with young twin boys to support, he borrowed $19,000 for tuition and enrolled in a 13-week Manhattan coding boot ...

From beating the best human players at chess, to flying planes, to running stock market transactions, computers are now used in virtually every facet of modern-day life. But children aren't being ...

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