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

4 points by khoobid_shoma 3 years ago | 2 comments

rolph 3 years ago |

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.

throwawayadvsec 3 years ago |

Aaron Swartz was a legend before even turning 18

rolph 3 years ago |

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.

throwawayadvsec 3 years ago |

Aaron Swartz was a legend before even turning 18