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Occupation | programmer |
Nationality | American |
Genres | non-fiction, fiction |
Ellen Ullman is an American computer programmer and author. She has written books, articles, and essays that analyze the human side of the world of computer programming.
She has owned a consulting firm and worked as technology commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. Her breakthrough book was non-fiction: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents.
Ullman's adoptive father's family included computer scientists and mathematicians who had a major impact on her decision to pursue software engineering, a field for which she did "not have native talent." [1] Ullman earned a B.A. in English at Cornell University in the early 1970s. [2] She began working professionally in 1978 as a programmer of electronic data interchange applications and graphical user interfaces. [3]
She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer. From 1994 until 1996, she published articles in Harper's Magazine and in the collections Resisting the Virtual Life and Wired Women. [3] She lives in San Francisco. [4]
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Ellen Ullman | |
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Occupation | programmer |
Nationality | American |
Genres | non-fiction, fiction |
Ellen Ullman is an American computer programmer and author. She has written books, articles, and essays that analyze the human side of the world of computer programming.
She has owned a consulting firm and worked as technology commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. Her breakthrough book was non-fiction: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents.
Ullman's adoptive father's family included computer scientists and mathematicians who had a major impact on her decision to pursue software engineering, a field for which she did "not have native talent." [1] Ullman earned a B.A. in English at Cornell University in the early 1970s. [2] She began working professionally in 1978 as a programmer of electronic data interchange applications and graphical user interfaces. [3]
She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer. From 1994 until 1996, she published articles in Harper's Magazine and in the collections Resisting the Virtual Life and Wired Women. [3] She lives in San Francisco. [4]
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