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Becoming a Famous Programmer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lemme-tell-you-about-1=1 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "GrokCode analyzes more than 200 famous programmers to determine what types of projects made them famous. Inventing a programming language, game, or OS ranked among the top projects likely to lead to fame. Most programmers became famous through their work on only one project. The article also shows that among famous programmers, the ratio of males to females is much larger than among normal programmers."

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  1. Who are the famous programmers? by neonprimetime · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well here's an actual list

  2. Re:Can you think of any famous female programmers? by The+Dancing+Panda · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Two of the three of those were men when they were great programmers...Don't know if that was your point.

  3. Re:Can you think of any famous female programmers? by clickclickdrone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    >Right off the bat I think of Grace Hopper.
    About time too. I'm amazed so many posts went up before someone namechecked her.

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  4. Re:Can you think of any famous female programmers? by gstoddart · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Which is sad, because I just realized that I can't think of any famous female programmers off the top of my head. Of course, the regular ratio isn't terribly different...

    Admiral Grace Hopper comes to mind.

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  5. Re:Can you think of any famous female programmers? by ghbpiper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Admiral Grace Hopper (Invented COBOL)