2 posts in the “culture” category

You Don’t Suck at Programming; Programming SucksFebruary 10, 2015

I recently spent an extra 40 minutes with a brand-new coder who had made the mistake of copying something from the internet that he didn’t understand, and another well-intentioned person had then helped him to get that nasty, terrible code … Continued

How To Be More Than A StereotypeJuly 13, 2014

When I was 11 years old I saw a news story about a controversy generated by the new talking Barbie doll. The uproar was caused by one of Barbie’s lines: “Math class is tough.” Frankly, I was too young at … Continued