Joshua Bloch, author of Effective Java, JSR 175 spec lead, and much more, has decided to hang up his hat at Sun.
Just after his promotion to Distinguished Engineer, he moves down the road in the Valley to join the small startup Google.
He will still be involved in the Java community of course. There is talk of an Effective Java upgrade for Java 1.5.
Good luck Joshua!
NOTE: TheServerSide.com has a tech talk interview with Joshua on Java 1.5. View the tech talk
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Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google (23 messages)
- Posted by: Dion Almaer
- Posted on: July 07 2004 11:29 EDT
Threaded Messages (23)
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Toby Reyelts on July 07 2004 11:32 EDT
- No reference, we heard from Josh by Dion Almaer on July 07 2004 11:36 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Rashid Jilani on July 07 2004 11:52 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Mark N on July 07 2004 12:05 EDT
- 1,900+ is that small? by Matthew Wilson on July 07 2004 13:22 EDT
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Sarcasm. I am british :) by Dion Almaer on July 07 2004 01:55 EDT
- Sarcasm. I am british :) by Mark N on July 07 2004 03:13 EDT
- Sarcasm. I am british :) by John Davies on July 07 2004 06:46 EDT
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Sarcasm. I am british :) by Dion Almaer on July 07 2004 01:55 EDT
- 1,900+ is that small? by Matthew Wilson on July 07 2004 13:22 EDT
- Who is Joshua ;) by Adeel Ali on July 07 2004 14:08 EDT
- Sorry to see Josh leave by Arindam Gupta on July 07 2004 15:16 EDT
- Joshua Bloch and Don Box by Harris Reynods on July 07 2004 15:07 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Race Condition on July 07 2004 15:30 EDT
- Java is not enough by Fernando Racca on July 07 2004 17:55 EDT
- Java is not enough by Michael Mahemoff on July 07 2004 19:23 EDT
- real computer scientists by mike wong on July 08 2004 03:27 EDT
- Need any help? by Pete Haidinyak on July 07 2004 19:20 EDT
- You could always find out here... by Jeff Huber on July 15 2004 02:06 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Daniel Palomo van Es on July 08 2004 02:49 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Barre Dijkstra on July 08 2004 05:56 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by JT Wenting on July 08 2004 07:20 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Barre Dijkstra on July 08 2004 05:56 EDT
- Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google by Robin Roos on July 08 2004 04:00 EDT
- Good Luck!! by Anand Jayaraman on July 08 2004 20:45 EDT
- Maybe will be better for Java by Leandro c on April 27 2009 00:41 EDT
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Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Toby Reyelts
- Posted on: July 07 2004 11:32 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Dion, do you have some source reference for this?
Josh added a lot to Java. He will be missed.
God bless,
-Toby Reyelts -
No reference, we heard from Josh[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Dion Almaer
- Posted on: July 07 2004 11:36 EDT
- in response to Toby Reyelts
Hi -
We don't have a reference, other than an email that Josh wrote to the JSR 175 metadata expert group.
He will be missed, and we look forward to seeing what he comes up with at Google!
Dion -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Rashid Jilani
- Posted on: July 07 2004 11:52 EDT
- in response to Toby Reyelts
<!--Josh added a lot to Java.-->
I coudn't agree more. If MR.Gosling is the father of Java, MR.Josh nurture Java like a mother. I wish him good luck and hope he still be involve with Java. -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Mark N
- Posted on: July 07 2004 12:05 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
...the small startup Google...
Wish I could join such a "small" "startup". :) -
1,900+ is that small?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Matthew Wilson
- Posted on: July 07 2004 13:22 EDT
- in response to Mark N
Yeah, 1,900+ is that small?...the small startup Google...
Wish I could join such a "small" "startup". :) -
Sarcasm. I am british :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Dion Almaer
- Posted on: July 07 2004 13:55 EDT
- in response to Matthew Wilson
Guys -
I was being sarcastic when I said a small startup. I forget that outside of the UK I need to put on either::)
or:just kidding
:) :) -
Sarcasm. I am british :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Mark N
- Posted on: July 07 2004 15:13 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Guys -I was being sarcastic when I said a small startup. I forget that outside of the UK I need to put on either:
I figured you were. So I tried to point it out before someone else did. Guess my plan didn't work either.:)
or:just kidding
:) :)
Yeah, that British accent gets us everytime. :) -
Sarcasm. I am british :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Davies
- Posted on: July 07 2004 18:46 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Guys -I was being sarcastic when I said a small startup. I forget that outside of the UK I need to put on either: :) or: just kidding
Don't worry Dion, I got it, it's all those bizarre senses of humour the Americans picked up from their impure past.
Ooops, I missed the smiley :-)
I'm sure Joshua will be missed at Sun but it shouldn't make much difference to his contributions to Java and JSR 175, hopefully.
-John- -
Who is Joshua ;)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Adeel Ali
- Posted on: July 07 2004 14:08 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Really .. who is the guy .. and what was he doin at SUN ??? -
Sorry to see Josh leave[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Arindam Gupta
- Posted on: July 07 2004 15:16 EDT
- in response to Adeel Ali
Josh's contribution to Java has been immense. Goodluck to him and hope he continues to nurture the language. -
Joshua Bloch and Don Box[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Harris Reynods
- Posted on: July 07 2004 15:07 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
If Josh was more visible, he could likely be the same kind shepherd for Java developers that Don Box is for the MS/.Net crowd. Wonder why he never jumped into the blogosphere? Josh?
Yeah... his book is a classic in object oriented API design.
~harris -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Race Condition
- Posted on: July 07 2004 15:30 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I'm really going to miss... What's his name again? -
Java is not enough[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Fernando Racca
- Posted on: July 07 2004 17:55 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Google is the place to be for all major computer scientist like him. To bring GoogleOS online ^^
Good Luck Joshua!!! you can still contribute through JCP :P -
Java is not enough[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michael Mahemoff
- Posted on: July 07 2004 19:23 EDT
- in response to Fernando Racca
Google is the place to be for all major computer scientist like him. To bring GoogleOS online ^^Good Luck Joshua!!! you can still contribute through JCP :P
I wouldn't be surprised to see him involved in some sort of redesign for the Google API.
Josh Bloch set a great example with his APIs, especially Collections. No matter how fancy we can get with patterns, frameworks, blogs, or insightful online forums, what people learn the most from - and what helps to tie these things together - are archetypal examples. This is one reason why Microsoft periodically produce MS-Office in the look-and-feel they want developers to follow. And the same could be said of an API such as Collections, which is well-known throughout the Java community and embodies many of the principles and patterns discussed in "Effective Java".
Hopefully, Josh will continue to contribute through JCP or other means, as this is a big loss for Sun. -
real computer scientists[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: mike wong
- Posted on: July 08 2004 03:27 EDT
- in response to Fernando Racca
I thought SUN is where the real computer scientists are. Like bill joy :) -
Need any help?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Pete Haidinyak
- Posted on: July 07 2004 19:20 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I wonder if Google needs any more help? ;-) -
You could always find out here...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jeff Huber
- Posted on: July 15 2004 02:06 EDT
- in response to Pete Haidinyak
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Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Daniel Palomo van Es
- Posted on: July 08 2004 02:49 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I wish him good luck at Google. And hopefully he'll still spread Java best practices into the world :-) -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Barre Dijkstra
- Posted on: July 08 2004 05:56 EDT
- in response to Daniel Palomo van Es
New google search algorithm:
search on .NET, Perl or C++: 1.500.000.000 hits on Java related sites ;-) -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: JT Wenting
- Posted on: July 08 2004 07:20 EDT
- in response to Barre Dijkstra
New google search algorithm:search on .NET, Perl or C++: 1.500.000.000 hits on Java related sites ;-)
yes, all linking to brothels and sexclubs on the Indonesian island >:-) -
Joshua Bloch leaves Sun and joins Google[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Robin Roos
- Posted on: July 08 2004 04:00 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Many thnks to Joshua for his enormous contibution to Java, and best wishes for him in his next role. -
Good Luck!![ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Anand Jayaraman
- Posted on: July 08 2004 20:45 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Good Luck, to Josh!
I wonder if he has started saying " I'm feeling lucky " ?? -
Maybe will be better for Java[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Leandro c
- Posted on: April 27 2009 00:41 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Hello all! Hope Google let Joshua work 50% of his time to the Java improvement. I heard that Google let Guido work 50% of his time to take care of Python.