Ten Famous Software Engineers And Their Applications ?

TEN FAMOUS SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Read about 10 famous software engineers, the applications they created and the software engineering degree they earned.

By Jennifer Wegerer

Software, like a novel or film, can leave some people remarkably pleased and others utterly disappointed—if not at the application itself, then at the software engineer behind it.

More likely than not, we have all sat at a keyboard feeling frustrated, and wondering why an application didn't work this way or that.

Then again, we may have felt truly in awe, using a piece of software that was so swift and seamless that we'd like to shake the hand of the software engineer who wrote it and thank that person for making it so understandable and so easy to use.

Ten Famous (or Infamous) Software Engineers

Here's a list of some of the most famous software applications and the software engineers who created them. Depending on your point of view, this list might include some of your unsung heroes, or perhaps a few people with whom you'd like to have a few words. Nevertheless, these software engineers have built world-famous applications, whether we like it or not.