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Kevin McGinn
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Who is your favorite fictional techie?

I'm leaving this a little broad on purpose, so all sorts of characters can be included! Books, TV, movies, comics, anything - who is your favorite fictional techie?

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Christian Vasquez

Francisco "Cisco" Ramon, from The Flash TV Show.

cisco ramon

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JD Taft

Bob Howard from Charles Stross's Laundry Files series. Who else deals with elder gods while having to fix a printer or a file share?

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George Donnelly • Edited

Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State.

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Sathish

Gilfoyle is my spirit animal! 💓

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Chris

Still Dennis Nedry. Accept no substitutes!

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Edith

Cameron Howe & Donna Clark - Halt and Catch Fire.

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Paweł Pietryga

Dilbert.

Did I miss something or nobody mentioned him?

youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0

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Ивелин Тенев
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Gregg Bond

Scotty.

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Grumpy

My top spot gets split four ways: Donna, Cameron, Joe, and Gordon from Halt and Catch Fire. Genuine, real-world techies failing spectacularly and breaking shit, and then picking themselves up and trying again. Doesn't hurt that I think this TV series is one of the best ever made, either.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Lisbeth Salander (from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Utter, utter badass. I think the only reason I don't put her in the top spot is because her powers are depicted as a bit "magical"-- she's a hacker without much explanation (or backlash) for how she does her work.