OpenAI chairman and startup founder Bret Taylor is optimistic about the future of AI and its impact on productivity, even if ...

AI tools are reshaping programming, automating tasks from bug fixing to full code generation, and leaving many developers ...

Computer programmers earn relatively high salaries: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that computer programmers earned a median annual salary of $99,700 as of May 2023.

Developers are still using Python for data tasks and AI, but many are still using older releases, putting productivity at risk.

Financial institutions like Bank of America, Citibank, and JPMorgan all still require COBOL programmers to keep its systems up-and-running. Each day, $3 trillion in commerce is handled by COBOL code.

In Silicon Valley, some companies are questioning whether software programmers even need their own cubicles. Their method is "pair programming"—where two people share one desk and one computer.