"famous" != "great". For every famous programmer who cares about recognition and does open-source stuff to get her name out there, there's a great programmer w

"famous" != "great". For every famous programmer who cares about recognition and does open-source stuff to get her name out there, there's a great programmer who cares more about getting paid to do awesome things, and isn't particularly concerned with public recognition. There are thousands of astoundingly good programmers who you have never heard of, and many of them are working on closed-source projects.