He's also a brilliant musician and a master programmer.
He compares it to being a computer programmer, where age seems to be a disadvantage no matter how talented you are.
Each adjustment requires a programmer to open up a writing program and rewrite parts of the code.
Someone might write about how their training has made them the best programmer or best project manager.
He's pointing out the mismatch in user and programmer language.
Plus, the technique lends itself to a computer programmer's mind and a food distributor's logistical demands.
And before his current employ as a novelist, he worked as a computer programmer.
The same company hired a smelly programmer, because he was good and of course cheap.
From a programmer's point of view, the evolution of control statements would be almost obligatory.
In the past, the career path of a gifted software programmer in a poor country inevitably led to a local conglomerate.
British Dictionary definitions for programmer
programmer
/ˈprəʊɡræmə/
noun
1.
a person who writes a program so that data may be processed by a computer
Word Origin and History for programmer
n.
1890, "event planner," agent noun from program (v.). Meaning "person who programs computers" is attested from 1948.
programmer in Technology
job (Or "computer programmer", "developer") Someone who writes or debugs computer programs, for a living or for fun. "Analyst/developer" is a common equivalent job title, implying the added role of system analysis. The term may be qualified according to the type of software - "application programmer", "system programmer", etc. (2000-01-24)