This involves not only the normal get-to-know you questions and technical tests of programming skill.

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That means that as well as adding or changing the rules, anyone with the necessary programming skill can modify the software to correct any bugs that may make the machine malfunction.

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Rather, managers hired women because they expected programming to be a low-skill clerical function, akin to filing, typing, or telephone switching.

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In computing, the driver that determines how the engine is used is the character and elegance of the algorithms, not only the programming logic itself, but also the skill in creating that logic in the first place.

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