Michael Smith Jr.

October 21, 2021

Day 495 :: Geeking out

I had the best job yesterday of playing co-host to James Gosling having a roundtable with some of our AWS VIP customers.

I first met James when Sun launched Java. I was friends with Miko, the first Java evangelist, and we slipped back to hang with James in his office. I still remember it vividly. I don't think he does but I mentioned it on the video call.

So for an hour we peppered James with all sorts of nerd, people and company questions.

All of his answers were amazing.

He was kind, candid and full of wisdom.

There are times in your life where you meet someone you have followed for years and when you finally meet them - you are hugely letdown.

This was not the case.

happy Wednesday!