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"... who likes to code." What language does she prefer? Does she prefer complexity or simplicity? Is her code verbose or terse? So many questions. Does any

by jingo 13y ago

"... who likes to code." What language does she prefer? Does she prefer complexity or simplicity? Is her code verbose or terse? So many questions. Does any of this matter? If you're into coding, then the answer is "Yes", in my opinion. In fact, when it comes to software, I really do not care about what the coder looks like, what clothes the coder wears, the coder's personality type, etc. In evaluating software, these things are all irrelevant to me. I only care about the coder's code sensibilities and tastes, and the quality of the code. Anyway, can we see any code samples to back up her statement? I will believe it when I see the evidence. No matter what he says or does in real life, and even if he wears cheap suits and ugly ties, I will always have an appreciation of one well-known, former CEO as a coder. Because lex is one of my favorite programs.

slurry 13y ago
The information you're curious about does not seem to be in the public record. It's not easy to convey things like that through journalists, especially business journalists. Some of it may not even exist: some of the best coders I've ever known don't really have a favorite language. Knew a math PhD from MIT who used to just churn out Perl and C++ all day happy as a clam. I asked him if he'd prefer Lisp or something but he didn't really care - all about the algorithms for him. Anyway, there are still good indications that Marissa Mayer has kept up both an academic interest in computer science and suspiciously coder-like habits well after her ascension to upper management. Mayer was still teaching CS classes at Stanford after becoming a Google executive.[0] She uses a terminal-based email client.[1] And uses plain text for all her personal organizing.[2] [0]http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/marissa_mayer http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/marissa_mayer [1]https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/327200020128489472 https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/327200020128489472 [2]http://lifehacker.com/265651/google-vp-organizes-her-life-in-txt http://lifehacker.com/265651/google-vp-organizes-her-life-in...

by jingo 13y ago

slurry 13y ago

The information you're curious about does not seem to be in the public record. It's not easy to convey things like that through journalists, especially business journalists. Some of it may not even exist: some of the best coders I've ever known don't really have a favorite language. Knew a math PhD from MIT who used to just churn out Perl and C++ all day happy as a clam. I asked him if he'd prefer Lisp or something but he didn't really care - all about the algorithms for him. Anyway, there are still good indications that Marissa Mayer has kept up both an academic interest in computer science and suspiciously coder-like habits well after her ascension to upper management. Mayer was still teaching CS classes at Stanford after becoming a Google executive.[0] She uses a terminal-based email client.[1] And uses plain text for all her personal organizing.[2] [0]http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/marissa_mayer http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/marissa_mayer [1]https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/327200020128489472 https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/327200020128489472 [2]http://lifehacker.com/265651/google-vp-organizes-her-life-in-txt http://lifehacker.com/265651/google-vp-organizes-her-life-in...