Ask HN: Who are the legendary programmers with irrelevant academic background?

by khoobid_shomaon 7/23/2023, 12:26:48 AM with 2 comments
  • by rolphon 7/23/2023, 12:51:33 AM

    i refer to them as the ancients, those who RTFM and independently learned to program, when there was no such thing as a computer science class.

    most of these people would be well into senesence by now.

  • by throwawayadvsecon 7/23/2023, 8:02:39 AM

    Aaron Swartz was a legend before even turning 18