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I love this epic Businessweek story by Paul Ford that explains what's involved with coding by using a (hilarious) story of being a non-technical VP at a medium
by dankohn1 9y ago
I love this epic Businessweek story by Paul Ford that explains what's involved with coding by using a (hilarious) story of being a non-technical VP at a medium company trying to manage a website replacement.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-co...
"Technology conferences are where primate dynamics can be fully displayed, where relationships of power and hierarchy can be established. There are keynote speakers—often the people who created the technology at hand or crafted a given language. There are the regular speakers, often paid not at all or in airfare, who present some idea or technique or approach. Then there are the panels, where a group of people are lined up in a row and forced into some semblance of interaction while the audience checks its e-mail."