[alf42red]

I think it's great that you can still follow people like Lawrence Paulson and Moshe Vardi. It's not only a great time for programmers but also for computer scientists. Platforms like LinkedIn make it easy to share a quick observation or question, and occasionally getting a reaction from leading researchers is one of the things that keeps me interested in the field.

[jlundberg]

Very much this. Especially Daniel Stenberg or for Sweden more locally famous coders like Christian Landgren are very approachable on LinkedIn.

Makes for an intresting conversation and you can learn a lot by posting a well thought comment :)