Career
Stob has been a computer and web programmer since 1984, mostly using Delphi, C++, and PHP.
In 1988, she started her pseudonymous "Verity Stob" column for .EXE magazine (now defunct). Later, she moved it to Dr. Dobb's Journal. Since 2003, her column has appeared in the British technology news and opinion website, The Register.
She lives and works in London, United Kingdom.
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