I'm preparing a talk about open source and general contribution to software (in terms of development). How it may help us to get a better job, become a better person or just feel good in terms of self-realisation.
I've asked about it my followers on [Twitter] (https://twitter.com/zajkowskimarcin/status/974203034216665089) and I noticed that people are either not having their coding 'gurus' or are not admitting / sharing info about them.
So...
Who is yours #opensource (and maybe not only) guru / inspiration / authority / role model? Do you have one? Do you find inspiration in someone else's code?
I'm gathering GOOD (and also BAD - feel free to share both) examples of companies and people in the #oss movement for my talk. But here, maybe go one step beyond open source and let's speak about general peogramming and programmers.
Any help appreciated. Looking for an amazing discussion and some more inspirational and like-minded people to follow and learn about their life stories.
Richard Stallman.
I no longer care about the "super coder" or the "smart dude" or the "rock star" because it doesn't really matter. Good and bad coders are both capable of getting things done.
Stallman is, for lack of a better word, a zealot. For as much as that may be off putting at times, he really isn't wrong. Closed source and closed design, starting at the hardware layer, has bitten us rather badly in recent days. This isn't the first time, it won't be the last, and until we collectively demand more it simply won't change.
There are other people who I have deep respect for and look up to, Bunnie Huang and Salvatore Sanfilippo spring to mind as people I keep an eye on there are more but those are off the top of my head.