Wall of heroes
These are the people I aspire to be like. I know I'm probably not going to
win a Turing award, someday at the end of my career I'll be very happy if
I can look back and think that these people would have been proud.
This list is very important to me.
Ivan Sutherland
Created Sketchpad, greatest program of all time. Also made the first VR headset.
Bret Victor
Fearless explorer and inventor who builds on a set of deeply important principles. He's a great communicator and inspired me to pursue a different path in computer science. His talks are legendary, much like his work.
Alan Kay
A very thoughtful person whose has a keen and precise vision of a better future with computers
Doug Engelbart
In a mission to augment human intellect, invented the modern (a la 2010s) computer workstation in 1968.
Seymour Papert
Inventor of the LOGO childrens programming language and author 'Mindstorms', Papert foresaw the potential that computers have to change how we learn. Many of his ideas are still far ahead of today.
Frances Allen
Powerful advancements in the field of compiler optimization, which she shared openly.
Evan Wallace
He's a bit less known than others on the list, but an early inspiration of mine for his WebGL demos. Later I found out he created Figma and ESBuild. He's extremely talented, and I repeatedly stumble upon great things he has made.
Joe Armstrong
Visionary language designed and creator of Erlang. Designed systems that heal and don't fail