Mike Lee came up with this idea and I believe it's a way to praise the people that deserve be recommended or just recognized (by me) as good. Of course each one of us has our own definiton of good. These are the people that I know fit in my definition. Everything besides the list itself and this paragraph was written by Mike. I'll be adding my observations/definitions when I think it's necessary.

Everyone has a list of good companies and people they believe to be ethical, smart, and hard-working—doing it the right way, for the right reasons. Mine just happens to be on GitHub.

This list should not be considered complete, nor does non-inclusion imply anything. For more information, and before complaining about it, read the WAT.

Please file issues to suggest changes, and fork this list to create your own, because I certainly don't know who all the good people are.

If you needed a job, and I could afford it, I would hire you if:

1. Your name is on this list.
2. You worked for a company on this list.
3. You were introduced to me by someone whose name is in bold.

Names in bold are people of exceptional quality—typically people I have worked with or know well enough to go so far as to risk my personal reputation to vouch for them. Names in italics are intensely strong-willed people with me on the A* list.

Industry Legends are people who have been around for a very long time, are very well known, have been involved in so many things that there's no easy way to describe them, or are generally considered to have made such tremendous contributions to the industry in the past that nothing further is expected from them.

• 2thinkers
• Central dos Apps
• Github

• Amy Kinney {@}
• Bruno Fernandes {W3} {@}
• Camila Pelizaro
• Christian Sampaio {W3}
• David Kinney
• David Sachs
• Fraser Speirs
• Guilherme Andrade
• Guilherme Kurama
• Guilherme Mogames
• Guilherme Sampaio Martinez
• João Vitor Trevisan (Sabugo)
• Luiz Reolon
• Marília Boer
• Mike Lee {@}
• Samuel Goodwin
• Samuel Menezes
• Ylva Kronkvist