This is a pretty new trend... maybe 10 years? When I was in high-school (before 2000) my heroes were the likes of Linus Torvalds or Mel (http://www.pbm.com/~lin

This is a pretty new trend... maybe 10 years? When I was in high-school (before 2000) my heroes were the likes of Linus Torvalds or Mel (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html). I don't think I ever felt a lack of masters. It could be that things are fuzzier now... more blogs, forums, lots of people writing about stuff they're at best intermediate in. But this doesn't mean the really good guys aren't there any more. For a healthy dose of awe and humility you can take a look here: http://groups.google.com/group/clojure http://groups.google.com/group/clojure