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Out of curiosity, is Rob Sobers pretty known in the programming community? I have never heard of him before, but based on the way Zed wrote about him, seems th
by marcamillion 15y ago
Out of curiosity, is Rob Sobers pretty known in the programming community?
I have never heard of him before, but based on the way Zed wrote about him, seems that he just might be famous and I haven't heard about him (which is very possible).
Otherwise, if he was just a 'regular' web designer that learned Python the Hard Way and translated to Ruby and Zed has given him so much credit....that would be AWESOME.
In all honesty, quite uncharacteristic of Zed - as far as I know, not being a dick (just honest) - which is why I think he is 'programming famous'.
I am hoping he was just a regular 'joe blow' though.
Anyone know?
- rsobers 15y agoI'm definitely not "programming famous." My boss, Joel Spolsky, is though (I work for Fog Creek Software). I don't know Zed personally either. He was a bit skeptical about me doing this at first, but he was ultimately really cool about it because I respected his terms, and if at any time he told me to ditch the book, I would have.