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P.J. Hyett
P. J. Hyett (born August 10, 1983) is an American software developer and technology entrepreneur, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development invol ... and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008. Hyett was born on August 10, 1983, and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Central College. After graduation, Hyett moved to San Francisco. He was a senior software engineer at CNET Networks, and then a partner at Err Free, before co-founding GitHub in 2008. Following the acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft in June 2018, Hyett's stake in the company had an estimated value of "close to $1 bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Central College
North Central College is a private college in Naperville, Illinois. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and has nearly 70 areas of study in undergraduate majors, minors, and programs through 19 academic departments organized in three undergraduate colleges/schools (College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Education and Health Sciences) and a masters program (School of Graduate and Professional Studies). History North Central College was founded in 1861 as Plainfield College in Plainfield, Illinois. Classes were first held on November 11 of that year. On February 15, 1864, the Board of Trustees changed the name of the school to North-Western College. The college moved to Naperville in 1870 and the name was again changed in 1926 to North Central College. In June 2017, North Central College acquired Shimer College and instituted the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. North Central College is just 30 minutes fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
