Remember that you are humans in the first place and only after that programmers. -- Alexandru Vancea
Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.
C and Lisp stand at opposite ends of the spectrum; they're each great at what the other one sucks at. -- Steve Yegge, Tour de Babel.
I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work
This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer
Resume writing is just like dating, or applying for a bank loan, in that nobody wants you if you're desperate. -- Steve Yegge.
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley