Jesse Liberty

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Jesse Liberty
Jesse Liberty

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

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

Liberty's CV includes: VP of Technical Development at Citibank, Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T and PBS/Learning Link and President of Liberty Associates, Inc.

Liberty, an out bisexual, 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 and his Queer blog records his political comments.

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  • "Each time you miss a deadline, you make the next deadline easier to miss."
  • "Far more programs die from not shipping than from shipping with not enough features."
  • "Write like you won't be in the room when your book is read, because you won't."
  • "Monogamy is what you choose, bisexual is what you are."
  • "If the gay community can't embrace bisexuals, how can we expect the straight community to embrace queers?"

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