Skip to content
218,296 profiles ranked

Rands

Webcomic writer · Developers · Born 1970 · age 56

Rands is the pen name and alter ego of Michael Lopp, a blogger, software engineering manager, and webcomic author. Lopp originally used the name "Rands" as his chat room handle, and it is his persona when writing about software management.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Rands is read about 12 times a day, in 2 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare Claim

Media & music

Photos 1

About this person

Rands is his wife's maiden name, though they were dating at the time he chose it. In 2010, he began working at Palantir after more than eight years at Apple. In June 2014 after 4 years he left Palantir for Pinterest. He became Vice President of Engineering at Slack in May 2016, then left Slack in 2019 to return to Apple as Senior Director of Engineering in 2020.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Category
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1970 · age 56