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Programmers at Work is a collection of technical interviews with nineteen prominent software developers from the early personal computer era. The interviews, published by Microsoft Press in 1986, were designed to capture the personalities and driving forces behind the development of innovative algorithms, computer systems, application software, and video…
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The extracted context around Programmers at Work shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Programmers at Work → Erik Sandberg-Diment, In, It, Paris Review, Programmers, Steven Levy, The New York Times, Wired, Work, Xerox PARC Another extracted example is Programmers at Work → Each, Hand-drawn, Lammers, One, Programmers, She, Work. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 33 structured relationships around Programmers at Work. Examples in this analysis include Programmers at Work → Author → Susan Lammers and Programmers at Work → ISBN → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programmers at Work | Author | Susan Lammers | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | ISBN | .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | Language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | Publication date | 1986 (first edition) 1989 (Tempus Books reprint) 2026 (40th anniversary edition) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | Publisher | Microsoft Press (1986 edition), 8080 Books/Simon & Schuster (2026 edition) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | Subject | Computer Programming | 1.00 | infobox |
| Programmers at Work | is a | collection of technical interviews with nineteen prominent software developers from the early personal computer era | 0.90 | text |
| ethics | instance of | while also exploring larger topics | 0.80 | text |
| the future of computing | instance of | while also exploring larger topics | 0.80 | text |
| AND | instance of | A system of logic functions named after George Boole that uses operators | 0.80 | text |
| OR | instance of | A system of logic functions named after George Boole that uses operators | 0.80 | text |
| NOT | instance of | A system of logic functions named after George Boole that uses operators | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Programmers at Work bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Programmers, Work and Software. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Programmers at Work, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Programmers at Work with Contents. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Programmers at Work to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Contents & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Programmers at Work · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout