So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch
Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch
What is truth? -- Pontius Pilate
Are you willing to wear your white belt? -- George Leonard, Mastery.
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
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou
Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs