Programming at newspapers

Saturday, March 10, 2007 by Dave Winer.

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.