#programmer

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.' ↗

— Peter Drucker

#clerks #companies #computers #employment #even

I am a programmer. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#i #i am #programmer

LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#everything #know #lisp #nothing #programmers

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#lisp #nests #parentheses #pens #programmer

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#continuing #his #measure #noting #perspective

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity. ↗

— John Romero

#creative #creativity #extremely #might #profession

My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#answer #basic #changed #code #come

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious - they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you. ↗

— Richard Hatch

#buying #colors #designs #dollars #feel

The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#mark #mature #out #pointless #programmer

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#educate #future #programmers #teacher #train