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Originally posted by Katrina Owen:
and my personal hero Kathy Sierra (someone corrected me and said she's a Rockstar Programming Educator).
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Originally posted by Katrina Owen:
Hi Ed,
The first names that came to mind were Linus Thorvalds, the Gang of Four (though admittedly not all of them can be interviewed), Donald Knuth, Martin Fowler, and my personal hero Kathy Sierra (someone corrected me and said she's a Rockstar Programming Educator).
I'm certain that if I had been obsessed with encryption, I'd probably have come up with the RSA trio first, and if your main area of interest was compilers I'm sure I wouldn't recognize any of the names on your list.
Actually, now that you ask, I'm curious. I'm going to ask the people at work who comes to mind. I'm pretty sure the .NET people will have different answers than the SysAdmin or the people more into scripting languages.
[ May 20, 2008: Message edited by: Katrina Owen ]
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Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
Because they no longer need the money, or are keen on sharing knowledge? Lots of people provide their time for free; unless you have specific reason to assume the ones mentioned wouldn't do that, I think it's best not to assume anything.
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Originally posted by Kishore Dandu:
2. Do you think they collaborate after achieving their stardom without a zeal for something bigger(more payday for their talks or books)?
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If you can answer yes to the questions below for any one of the super star programmers, i would accept your statement
1. Have you attended a conference where the star programmers have given free lecture?
2. Do you think they collaborate after achieving their stardom without a zeal for something bigger (more payday for their talks or books)?
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