If I were younger, I'd jump at this job at the Washington Post.
I'm a programmer by necessity, when I was young, the software I wanted didn't exist, people didn't even understand what I was talking about, so if I wanted it, I had to become a programmer, otherwise (I felt) I'd never see it.
All the software I wanted when I was younger was about writing and reading news, it turns out, although I doubt if I could have explained this then.
So if you're a tech hottie who reads this blog and says Yeah! out loud to what you read here, I'd say it's a good bet you'd fit in as a programmer in a news room, so go for it.
Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:33 PM
~About the Author~
Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.
"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.
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