Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers: Riding the IT Crest

Chapter 7. James Gosling

Fact Sheet

Name: James Gosling

Home Page: http://blogs.sun.com/jag

Rock Star Programmer Credentials: Father of Java

Date of Birth: May 1955

City of Birth: Calgary, Canada

Marital Status: Married

Number of Kids: Two

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1977, University of Calgary; PhD in Computer Science, 1983, Carnegie Mellon University

Number of generations in ancestry (including yourself) that graduated from college: Two

Years as an IT Professional: 24

Role: Vice President and Fellow at Sun Microsystems

Introduction

In doing some research on the term “rock star programmer,” I’ve found it fairly evenly split between negative ...