see also Andrew Hunt Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He co-authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer", was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers. Andy started writing software professionally in early 80's across diverse industries such as telecommunications, banking, financial services, utilities, medical imaging, graphic arts, and of course, the now-ubiquitous web. Source: Amazon.com