About the book: Secrets of the Rockstar Programmers is a unique collection of incisive interviews with A-list programmers centering on the themes of "spotting trends," "staying current," "how to avoid becoming obsolete," and "work/life balance." Burns spoke with some of today’s best programmers and gained access to their thoughts and insights. They are software technology, software pedagogy, and software development experts, as well as one actual rock star, the programmer’s rock star, and a personal favorite of his, Weird Al Yankovic. Each programmer interviewed is asked a common set of questions, and responses can be easily found in a "by-question"
About the author: Ed Burns is currently a senior staff engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he leads a team of Web experts from across the industry in developing JavaServer Faces Technology through the Java Community Process and in open source. He is the author of two books for McGraw-Hill:
The book is reviewed by author Stuart Nachbar, who blogs on education and politics for Educated Quest and wrote The Sex Ed Chronicles.
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