Who is the first programmer in the world?

Disclaimer: I'm asking this question because I just got declined a job in a big gaming company, after a short interview process. It's a job I was positive I could do, being a professional programmer for over 15 years. Maybe I simply don't have enough...

There are lot of questions on Quora to become a programmer, data scientist etc. My question is more on the fundamental issue. As an Indian CSE engineer from a 4th tier engineering college, where there was no proper teacher to guide or make you ready...

I'm in my mid 20's, and have been working as a full time programmer / developer for the last ~6 years, with several years of part-time freelancing before this, and three straight years of freelancing in the middle of this short career. I work mostly...

I'm not talking about $1000 or even $500 a month, but >$100 would be great. The question assumes that the student can't leave his room, and that he haven't got any commercial experience.  I also assume that the student can devote his free time for...

"Hello World!" is used as one of the first programming scripts a programmer is taught to write in any programming language. WHY?

I want to travel the world as a lifestyle, but I'm a recently-graduated programmer with no job experience. How do I make this a possibility? I've wanted to travel the world for much of my life, staying in one place for no more than a couple of years...

I'm currently a freshman in school and I am only in one honors class which is Honors Biology, which I struggle with but get the job done. Next year, I have signed up for APUSH and no other honors/harder classes. Is it a bad idea to go straight to APUSH...