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Maybe tptacek just has a really great applicant pool ;). You also have to account for specialization. I have no clue how to do optimized gamedev.

If you want more Lamport goodies: "Paxos Made Simple" (distributed transactions done right): http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.69....

"The Byzantine Generals Problem" (harshest failure model known and how to cope with it): http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/p...

An interview where he talks about his approach to systems, particularly formal reasoning and specification: http://www.budiu.info/blog/2007/05/03/an-interview-with-lesl...

His publication list - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/p...



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