International Programmers’ Day, also known as the “Day of the Programmers” is celebrated on the 256th day of the year to honor the software innovators who continue to change the world, one program at a time.
The day is celebrated based on binary code. Represented by an eight-bit byte, 256 equals 2 to the eighth power. The digit makes it the highest power of 2 that is less than 365. When translated to binary code, the day reads
1 0000 0000. Special, isn’t it?
Since this day is marked to honor and celebrate their nature of innovation, we at TechGig thought to make it more endearing by bringing in advice from the tech leaders across the IT industry. Let’s see what they have to say about the remarkable day.
Brijesh Balakrishnan, SVP – Talent Fulfilment & Digital at CSS Corp- “Fundamental knowledge across a variety of technologies is imperative to stay ahead of the curve, and to scale in this constantly changing technology ecosystem. This is the time to upskill and venture into synergistic learning skills. The onus is upon programmers to continue investing towards their growth and prowess in digital technologies and agile methodologies.”