Jesse Liberty

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Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty (born July 10, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York),[1] now living in Massachusetts,[1] is a best-selling author [2] who has written extensively about programming [3]and especially about Microsoft .NET. [4] He is the author of nearly two dozen books [3] and dozens of articles for computer journals, [5] newspapers and web sites [6], [7] and has written on both technical and non-technical topics. [8] [9]

Currently: Senior Program Manager Microsoft Corporation, Silverlight Development Team (working title: "Silverlight Geek") [10]. Responsibilities include creating resources for developers who are learning or using Silverlight [11] . Liberty spends his time creating videos, tutorials, showcase applications, and speaking at industry events [12]

Liberty's CV includes: VP of Technical Development at Citibank [13], Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T [14] and PBS/Learning Link [15]and President of Liberty Associates, Inc,[16] and is on the faculty at Brandeis University where he periodically teaches in the Raab School of Continuing Studies (Graduate Division). [17]

Liberty, an out bisexual [18], has been active in gay rights since 1971; former member of the Gay Activists Alliance, and is active in the Human Rights Campaign and the Massachusetts rights organization MassEquality. His coming out story was featured on the Human Rights Campaign Coming Out Page[19] and his blog records his political comments.

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[edit] Quotes

  • "Each time you miss a deadline, you make the next deadline easier to miss."[20]
  • "Far more programs die from not shipping than from shipping with not enough features." [21]
  • "Write like you won't be in the room when your book is read, because you won't." [22]
  • "Monogamy is what you choose, bisexual is what you are." [23]

[edit] Selected books

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Liberty's blog - see About Me section
  2. ^ Amazon lists numerous best-sellers within category
  3. ^ a b Amazon lists over 2 dozen books programming books
  4. ^ Amazon search finds over 1 dozen books by Liberty on .NET topics
  5. ^ MSDN Magazine bio
  6. ^ Intel Column from 2003
  7. ^ reprints of articles from numerous sources
  8. ^ Simple-Talk column on politics and programming
  9. ^ note technical journals and mainstream non-technical articles
  10. ^ Silverlight Blog about page explaining role on team
  11. ^ Learn page with Liberty's videos and tutorials, etc.
  12. ^ typical industry event listing
  13. ^ reference to position at Citibank
  14. ^ reference to position at AT&T
  15. ^ University of Wisconsin validation of position at Learning Link
  16. ^ Corporate site
  17. ^ current faculty listing page
  18. ^ coming out story
  19. ^ Awarded coming out story of 2004
  20. ^ Clouds to Code Wrox Chapter 1
  21. ^ Clouds to Code, Wrox, Chapter 1
  22. ^ Quoted in Scott Meyer's Advice to Prospective Book Authors
  23. ^ Acton Beacon May 2006
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