Hello Marvin,
Alaa kindly posted the list of interviewees in this
thread:
https://coderanch.com/t/32876/Jobs/careers/Secrets-Rockstar-Programmers-Riding-IT No, they're not all Java programmers. I have some Microsoft, Ruby, Python and Smalltalk guys in there too.
As to why rockstar, it just fit. However, there seems to be some confusion between DIVA and ROCKSTAR. I consider a DIVA to be someone who MAY be a master, but IS difficult to work with. Rock, being a medium of the people, and a medium of revolution, has ROCKSTARS, who ARE masters, and OFTEN are easy to work with. The last part is important, IMHO. That's why one of the first questions I asked everyone is, "how important is it to be aware of your own ignorance". True rockstars answer this question with "Hell yes! Very important."
Ed