Why This Matters
This article highlights the incredible opportunities available to programmers today, emphasizing the chance to learn from and interact with legendary figures in the tech industry. It underscores how accessible expert knowledge and mentorship have become, empowering both aspiring and experienced developers to grow and innovate. This democratization of expertise is shaping the future of software development and industry progress.
Key Takeaways
- Many tech legends are still active and approachable for mentorship or collaboration.
- The current era offers unprecedented access to influential programmers through social media and direct communication.
- Encourages programmers to reach out and learn from industry pioneers to enhance their skills and careers.
It is an amazing time for programmers!
This is something I have been thinking a lot about but not yet written down in an article or blog post. It truly is a unique time to be alive as a person writing software. Many of the legends in the computer science space are still alive. Actively programming.
And you can interact with them!
Programmers such as:
Andrew Tridgell link link
Creator of Samba and rsync.
Linus Torvalds link link
Creator of Linux and git.
John Carmack tweets link link
Game developer behind Doom, Quake and CTO of Oculus Rift (now Meta Quest)
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