When Robert Arkiletian heard Google Inc. was interested in interviewing him for a computer programming job, he wasn't interested. He told the Google recruiter, who found Mr. Arkiletian's work posted ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

VANCOUVER – When Robert Arkiletian heard Google was interested in interviewing him for a computer programming job, he wasn’t interested. He told the Google recruiter, who found Arkiletian’s work ...

Until last week, my understanding of the inner machinations of computers was reduced to the “black magic and the vile sorcery of the Hobgoblins.” When my research mentor suggested I try my hand at ...

Computer programming for kids could be the next big trend. That’s if the success of recent Kickstarter projects, including one aimed at teaching kids as young as three the basics of programming, is ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Computer programming is the bedrock of the computer systems, ...

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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 ...