I can't choose whether someone is offended by my actions. I can choose whether I care.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

If you're a technical lead, you need to be coding.

If you're afraid to change something it is clearly poorly designed.

Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.

Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code

Comprehensiveness is the enemy of comprehensibility.

When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.

I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

The biggest issue on software teams is making sure everyone understands what everyone else is doing.

Whether your situation is dire or stable often depends on your point of view. Exploring different vantage points can give you valuable perspective.

What is a ghost? Something dead that seems to be alive. Something dead that doesn't know it's dead.

When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

Number one way life would be different if dogs ran the world: All motorists must drive with head out window.

A time of disarray is also a moment of opportunity.

It's highly competitive to be here. People don't come to California to drop out anymore. It's a very striving place.

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.