I'll note a few of the very first ones. There's a couple modern ones, but I think the ones that influenced me earlier are more important, so I'll stop there. J

I'll note a few of the very first ones. There's a couple modern ones, but I think the ones that influenced me earlier are more important, so I'll stop there. Jim Butterfield: The very first programmer I looked up to. I learned a lot reading his code. Michael Tischer: PC Intern author. That book was very influential for me. I have this crazy drive to know how things work and that book explained a lot to me. Michael Abrash: My assembly language skills owed[0] a lot to his writing. John Carmack: How could he not be on anyone's list? [0] Past tense; I don't write anything in assembly anymore.