Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Programmers write, test, and troubleshoot code for software and applications. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects a 10% decline in U.S. programmer employment between 2020 and 2030, due to ...

With the mass open source database that is the internet, you have all the resources you need to learn coding available to you, but often the problem with a sea of knowledge is distilling it into ...

Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...

If you have a passion for computers and coding, perhaps you've wondered how to become a software engineer. The BLS reports that software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers positions ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980. Computer-programming employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level ...

Computing is part of everything we do. Computing drives innovation in engineering, business, entertainment, education, and the sciences—and it provides solutions to complex, challenging problems of ...

For years, computer science degrees, or even certificates from coding bootcamps, seemed like a golden ticket to a sustainable, well-paying job. But in recent years, job openings have become more ...