TITLE: Computing Everywhere: Economist Turns Programmer
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: October 02, 2011  5:16 PM
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This
<A HREF="http://ananelson.com/about-me/">
   About Me page</A>,
on Ana Nelson's web site, is a great example of how computing
can sneak up on people:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
Having fallen in love with programming while studying for my
Ph.D. in economics, I now develop open source software to
explore and explain data.  I am the creator of Dexy, a new
tool for reproducible research and document automation.
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

A lot of disciplines explore and explain data, from particular
domains and within particular models.  I'm not surprised when
I encounter someone in one of those disciplines who finds she
likes exploring and explaining data more than the specific
domain or model.  Programming is a tool that lets rise above
disciplinary silos and consider data, patterns, and ideas
across the intellectual landscape.
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