The 20 Richest Programmers in The World

 I came across this  top rich programmers to know in the whole world

Coders or programmers have changed the world. The world is changing at avery fast pace into a tech-based organization where programmers are valued more than anything. Software engineers, web developers are taking not only the credit but earning huge money.

Most of the richest persons are entrepreneurs who took the world into a new turn.

Here is the list of the richest programmers in the world

1 .Elon Musk

Net worth: 202 billion USD (even more now)

Contributions:

1. Zip2: Directory service founded with his brother.
2. X.com: The online bank, investment & payment system service company. It was later acquired by Paypal.
3. SpaceX: Aerospace Company that designs, creates, and launches spacecraft.
4. Tesla: Electric & automated automobile company.

Success Story:

Started in 1995 with the company Zip2, then moved on to X.com in 1999, later merged with Paypal. With the funds from both of the businesses he founded, SpaceX and Tesla, the success made him the richest programmer and businessman in the world.

 2  Bill Gates

Net worth:131 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder, Microsoft

Success Story:

Before making his name with Microsoft, he already made his ground in programming at a very early age. IBM was already a big company even before Bill Gates started working on Microsoft. Back then, the codes needed to be input manually in the PC to operate through an operating system, but very few could code. So, Gates took that opportunity to solve the problem and launched his OS to test before IBM and became a millionaire and carried the legacy.

 3 .Mark Zuckerberg

Net worth:122 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Facebook, owns WhatsApp, Instagram.

Success Story:

Facemash gained massive popularity at Harvard but was later banned by the administration. That is where Facebook evolved from. After the initial launch of Facebook in 2004, he never looked back, going on to buy companies like WhatsApp, Instagram and taking over the whole social media single-handedly.

 4 Larry Page

Net worth:120 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Google & Alphabet.

Success Story:

Page is an investor of Tesla and has an interest in high-tech cars. He also invested in a flying cars project named Kitty Hawk. He also has a private Jet and even has an airport under his name, acquired alongside Sergey Brin. He also cherishes Green technology and is a charitable person who contributed over 38 billion to charity on several occasions.

 5 Larry Ellison

Net worth: 118 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of Oracle Corporation.

Success Story:

Oracle is a name that passed through every developer working in Java. One of the brightest names of Silicon Valley. Most of his fortune comes from Oracle, the second-largest technology firm by revenue, where he is the chairperson and the CTO of the company. Besides, He has an investment of 10 billion USD in Tesla as well.

6 Sergey Brin

Net worth:115 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder Google.

Success Story:

Sergey Brin is the mind behind a lot of the products of Google. He has a great partnership with Larry page either for the services of Google or acquiring the properties. He was the President of Alphabet until 2019. He is interested in solving problems through technology and investing in renewable energy.

 7 Satoshi Nakamoto

Net worth: 60 billion USD

Contribution: Founder Bitcoin

Success Story:

If asked about the most mysterious person/s right now, Satoshi Nakamoto might come on top of the list. No one is sure if the name is a person or a group of people using the name as a hideout. Though we don’t know them, they are probably the best programmers in the world. The craze of bitcoin and blockchain has arisen because of their creation.

 8 Pony Ma

Net Worth: 47 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Tencent

Success Story:

Pony Ma made his fortune through this company by excelling in the gaming, entertainment industry, and investments as well. Tencent is the largest tech company in China. In 2017 alone, Ma invested $1.4 billion in Flipkart, $863 million in Vipshop with JD.com, and $200 million in Zhuan Zhuan.

 9 William Lei Ding

Net Worth: 35 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of NetEase

Success Story:

Before NetEase, one of China's biggest mobile gaming companies, he first developed an Internet application software. Then an e-mail system was launched by Netease that gained popularity immediately. Since he never looked back. Ding led the company into a new path by launching a search engine and microblogging on NetEase.

 10 Shiv Nadar

Net Worth: 25.90 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of HCL

Success Story:

He is the Chairman of one of the leading software service provider companies in India. He has been working there for 46 years and counting. Initially, it was an IT hardware company that turned into an IT enterprise. He is also awarded the Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry.

 11 Paul Allen

Net worth: 20.9 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Microsoft

Success Story:

Paul Allen earned millions with his shares in the company. Even after his death in 2018, he is still one of the wealthiest men in the world. He also owned sports teams. Brain science, Artificial intelligence, cell science were his research institutions.

12 Collison Brothers

Net worth: 9.5 billion USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Stripe

Success Story:

John & Patrick Collison established a financial tech service company and the most valuable privately-owned company in Silicon Valley, worth 95 billion USD. Patrick Collison is the CEO of the company, which was founded by the brothers in 2009. They have achieved big in a very short time span.

 13 Judy Faulkner

Net worth: 6.68 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of Epic Systems

Success Story:

Epic is America’s leading medical-record software established in 1979. Judy put her life into this and is named as the most powerful woman in healthcare by Forbes. This is probably the biggest health record storage IT company in the world.

14 Brendan Greene

Net worth: 5 billion USD

Contributions: Developed PUBG.

Success Story:

Brendan was already making his way to programming good video games, but the turning point was “PUBG”. After the game, his fortune changed, and now he’s widely known as the PlayerUnknown. Previously, he worked as a web designer, where he did great as well.

 15 Azim Premji

Net Worth: 4.5 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of Wipro

Success Story:

He is one of the richest persons in the world. He is the owner of Wipro, an IT & consulting company. But he was a programming enthusiast and moved into IT because of his love and expertise in the sector. He still owns a huge 73% of the company.

 16 Rasmus Lerdorf

Net Worth: 3 billion USD

Contributions: Developed PHP

Success Story:

It is nearly impossible to find a web developer who does not know about PHP. 34% of the websites in the world are run by PHP and this man Rasmus is the maker of the language.

17 Markus Persson

Net Worth: 2.5 billion USD

Contributions: Founder Mojang, developed Minecraft

Success Story:

Markus Persson also known as “notch” is the developer of the popular game Minecraft. He also started his own game development company, “Majong” which he sold to Microsoft for a humongous 2.5 billion USD. He sold Minecraft because he was shy of too much attention and wanted to move on to other ventures.

18 Sundar Pichai

Net Worth: 1.3 billion USD

Contributions: CEO of Google, Alphabet.

Success Story:

The former CEO of Google came into the limelight after taking on the position for Google in 2015. Then he worked with the products such as Google Chrome and Chrome OS and was largely responsible for the development of Google drive. Currently, he is the CEO of Alphabet, the mother company of Google, and currently earns 2 million a year annually from the company.

19 Vitalik Buterin

Net Worth: 1 billion USD

Contributions: Founder of Etherium, Bitcoin Magazine

Success Story:

The founder of Etherium. Due to the growth of cryptocurrency, Vitalik jumped into the list. Unlike Satoshi Nakamoto, he is a well-identified man of 27 years of age. He also had publications about bitcoin that he co-founded called Bitcoin magazine.

20 Steve Wozniak

Net Worth: 150 million USD

Contributions: Co-founder of Apple

Success Story:

Wozniak was the co-founder of the tech giant Apple. This is a corresponding case of Microsoft’s Paul Allen. Wozniak sold all his shares, but one left in 1985 to get the annual report. He left the company with millions earned. He has a worth of 150 million USD and still receives weekly paychecks from Apple up to this day.

cheers!

thanks for reading 

by ken 

HOW TO START YOUR OWN BLOG

                        

HOW TO START YOUR OWN BLOG

                                  

THE QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO STARTING YOUR OWN BLOG

One of the most common questions I get from readers is: “How do I start a blog like yours?” It’s really simple and easy to do! But what if you’re not good with technology or don’t know anything about building websites? No problem, keep reading and I’ll show you how easy it is…

Whether you plan to write a book, work from home, gain more exposure for your business or share your passions with the world – starting your own blog/website is highly recommended.

It takes as little as 10 minutes to set up your new site. And the best part is … ANYONE CAN DO IT!

Put everything on hold for a second and follow the easy steps below. You’ll be up and running with your own blog in minutes. Ready?

HOW TO START A NEW BLOG TODAY?

STEP 1: DOMAIN NAME // HOSTING

              

    You’ll then be asked to pick your plan level. I’d go with the Basic Plan.

STEP 2: PICKING YOUR DOMAIN NAME

Do you have a website name in mind?

If so, enter it into the box at Bluehost.

>>> Your domain name (how people find your blog) is included with your hosting plan.

STEP 3: DOMAIN HOSTING

You will need to host your website. A host provides server space for your website so that others can find you on the internet. You can also use the same account to host multiple websites (if you plan on creating more websites down the road).

If you’re just starting out… I’d advise you to go with the 36 Month Plan (which is paid in one lump sum instead of monthly) for the extra monthly savings.

Why Bluehost? Personally, I like them because their customer service reps are super friendly and helpful. Also, their website is very simple and easy to use compared to other hosting companies.

Plan Selection:

I would suggest including Domain Whose Privacy to keep your contact information private. You won’t need the other add-ons.

After completing your purchase, check your email. You’ll find a welcome email from Bluehost with your login info. Keep this information for future reference.

STEP 4: INSTALLING WORDPRESS

Login to Bluehost and scroll down to the Website Builders section of the first page. Click on the WordPress logo.

On the next page click Install.

You can leave this section AS IS with your domain showing in the dropdown menu. Simply click Check Domain.

                              

Once you get the “Installation Complete” you’ll need to make a note of your login code and the login link. You can change your username and password after you login with the login credentials provided.

Type your login URL ( http://your-website-name.com/wp-login ) into your web browser. You’ll see a login screen like the one below. Enter the Username and Password you copied down from the previous step.

STEP 5: CUSTOMIZING YOUR NEW WEBSITE

At this point, you officially have your own blog! Congrats! You can now type your website address into a browser and your new site will appear. Before sharing your first post with friends and family, you should consider grabbing a nice theme. A good theme allows you to design and customize your site exactly how you want it to look.

Again, congrats on launching your first blog.

Cheers!

ken

How to reduce software bugs in sofware projects

 5 hints for reducing bugs in software program development projects

Every software system has bugs — let’s s analyze a few hints to reduce them while coding.

   

Bugs refer to unexpected behaviors of software systems. Bugs have different severity levels.

Some bugs block the user from doing some straightforward actions; some bugs halt a part of your software system, and sometimes, the entire software system may halt due to a critical bug. In most scenarios, the community/userbase finds workarounds to skip software bugs. For example, we often see several blog posts, video tutorials, and GitHub repositories to solve bugs and limitations in software frameworks.

Bugs occur due to various reasons: coding errors, errors in dependencies, and hardware failures.

1 .Think Twice Before Using a Dependency

Programmers often use dependency libraries to save their time while writing code. For example, if you need to build a Nodejs-based CLI program, you may select Commander.js without parsing command-line arguments by yourself. Dependency libraries help programmers to minimize logical errors and development time. But, dependency libraries may reduce your code quality, introduce limitations, and introduce new bugs too.

2. Retest Everything Even After a Simple Refactoring

Think about how programmers initialize their software projects. Some development teams turn proof-of-concept (POC) projects into production-ready software. Meanwhile, a few programmers even design the structure of the codebase before they start writing code. However, most software products were started as POCs. For example, look at the Flutter framework’s initial codebase and compare it with the current project structure.

  

 3. Avoid Keeping Quick Patches in the Main Codebase

No programmer can write perfect code that has no bugs, no minor design patterns flaws, and no hidden logical issues. The code you are preparing to commit today may contain hidden bugs that you have to fix tomorrow. Three parties will detect bugs in the code you wrote: you, testers, and users. When programmers notice a bug occurred in the user’s end, they often try to solve it by applying quick patches.

These quick patches are also known as hotfixes in some development scenarios. Those patches make users happy but may reduce code quality and create more bugs sometimes. Therefore, it is always good to leisurely implement a proper fix if possible.

4 .Write Clean Code With a Good Code Style Guide

Every senior engineer motivates their project’s junior engineers to write clean code to maintain the source code’s quality. The clean-code practices help us to make our codebases less error-prone, well-understandable, and well-extendable. Every codebase has a unique logical flow based on inputs and conditional statements. We can draw a directed graph structure according to that logical flow.

The clean code practices help us to reduce the complexity of the logical-flow graph. When your codebase is not clean and has spaghetti code, that graph becomes complex. Then programmers may struggle to draw this logical structure in their minds to apply code modifications. As a result, your software system’s upcoming features may contain more bugs.

5 Rethink Your Error Handling Strategy

All software systems do four generic actions: capture inputs, process data, store information, and display/return information. Every user action has an expected result. For example, if you use Angular CLI to create a new single-page application (SPA), we expect the ng new command will scaffold a new app. Sometimes, software programs cannot give the expected results during run-time.

In those situations, programmers write error-handling code to give an alternative result instead of the expected result. Programmers use different approaches to handle errors. Some programmers use if-else conditions and check error codes. Meanwhile, some programmers use exceptions and catch them with try-catch blocks.

Unhandled errors may cause system crashes. Also, continuing program execution with errored inputs may crash your system or persist invalid information in the software system’s storage. Make sure that your error handling approach is good enough to produce a better alternative result. Otherwise, error-handling flaws may create long-running bugs that we can’t fix easily.

cheers!

thanks for reading

ken