He was actually quite a successful computer programmer in his time but I think he should probably stick to the music – which he has so we can all be happy. Elvis Costello is a super cool guy but is still a nerd, a geek and a damn good guitarist. You can’t go wrong with a bit of Elvis Costello playing in the background – I wonder if he’d carried on with his computer programming whether he would have made it quite so far? I’m thinking not. Especially when you consider he’s around the same age as good old Bill Gates so he probably would have had stiff competition.