Before becoming a software engineer at Google, Sahil Gaba, 33, was an entirely self-taught computer engineer with a mechanical-engineering background. Many new programmers who start in Gaba's shoes ...

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Microsoft's new software development tools are more than just nifty -- they are a great boon to humanity.

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