I&#x27;ll note a few of the very first ones. There&#x27;s a couple modern ones, but I think the ones that influenced me earlier are more important, so I&#x27;ll stop there.<p>Jim Butterfield: The very first programmer I looked up to. I learned a lot reading his code.<p>Michael Tischer: PC Intern author. That book was very influential for me. I have this crazy drive to know how things work and that book explained a lot to me.<p>Michael Abrash: My assembly language skills owed[0] a lot to his writing.<p>John Carmack: How could he not be on anyone&#x27;s list?<p>[0] Past tense; I don&#x27;t write anything in assembly anymore.