Favorite Quotes

"We can be proud of our abilities, but we must own up to our shortcomings—our ignorance and our mistakes."By The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition

"We developers are incredibly privileged. We are truly building the future. It's an extraordinary amount of power. And with that power comes an extraordinary responsibility."By The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition

"We only get value from finishing projects, and getting a project over the finish line is the magical moment it goes from risk to leverage. Time spent getting work finished is always time well spent."Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track

"whatever you do will set expectations for the team. For that reason, it’s important to produce good work. Meet or exceed your testing standards, add useful comments and documentation, and be very careful about taking shortcuts"—The Staff Engineer's Path

"What you can accomplish alone is far from what you can accomplish by creating leaders."Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track