http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows/ http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows/ -- the author's current blog. He ended up as a program designer for Microso

http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows/ http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows/ -- the author's current blog. He ended up as a program designer for Microsoft for a while, so perhaps that BASIC experience on a tax program didn't go to waste.