About a great software developer

 

Guido van Rossum.

Mr. Van Rossum is a Dutch software developer who creates Python, the most popular programming language since 2004. He was born in 1956 and raised in the Netherlands. He was the oldest of three siblings, living in a pacifist, atheist and hardworking family.

 

He graduated in mathematics and computer science from the University of Amsterdam in 1982. He wrote and contributed to Unix routines and developed ABC programming language in 1986. He worked for different institutes until he has the vision of creating an easier yet powerful programming language, resulting in Python in 1989.

 

From 2005 to 2012, Van Rossum worked at Google where he developed Mondrian, a code review tool used at the company, written in Python. After that, he worked at Dropbox until 2019, when he announced his retirement.

 

After a year of retirement, he decided to work in the Development division for Microsoft, where he currently has the Distinguished Engineer title. Throughout his career, Guido van Rossum has received several awards and recognitions for his contributions:

·         Award for the Advancement of Free Software in 2002

·         Unix and Linux Users (NLUUG) award in 2003

·         Distinguished Engineer in 2006

·         Fellow of the Computer History Museum in 2018

·         Honorary title of Dijkstra Fellow in 2019

·         C&C Prize in 2023