When most people think of developers, they think of socially awkward, not-quite-attractive shut-ins along the lines of the characters from "The Big Bang Theory."
Each year, we try to go against that stereotype by rounding up the sexiest developers out there. (We used to call this feature the sexiest "programmers," but decided "developers" was more appropriate.)
This year we held an open nomination process and found 13 of the hottest developers we've had yet.
Not only are they all great to look at, they're also super talented: from National Science Foundation Fellows to founders that have seen their companies be successfully acquired, these guys and gals show that developers can have brains and beauty.
Vincent Tuscano - Tuscano Studios
We received a bunch of nominations for Vincent almost immediately after our putting up our earlier this week. He's clearly a good-looking guy. He also led the team that created Mashable's iPad app and the websites of Vogue and The Daily Beast and is currently a Founder and CTO at Upfront.
Hilary Rowland - Project Migration
Hilary is the only programmer on this list who also happens to actually be a professional model. She started coding as a teenager and founded one of the earliest online magazines. She's currently CEO of a startup that sells fashionable clothing to support charitable efforts in Africa.
Bryan Jowers
Bryan was the founder and CTO of Giftiki until it was acquired last year. Now he's product manager at AppDirect, where he's working bringing the cloud to the mainstream by making it easier for cloud platform creators to sell their products to users and businesses.
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