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title: "3 Sam Newman Quotes"
description: "John Noel William \"Sam\" Newman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)."
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# Sam Newman

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John Noel William "Sam" Newman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

##  Quotes by Sam Newman

> [“I have seen perhaps as many country codes stored in databases (shown in Figure 5-4) as I have written StringUtils classes for in-house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-newman/i-have-seen-perhaps-as-many-country-codes-stored-in-databases-shown/)

[Sam Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-newman/)

[Code](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/code/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/sam-newman-80633_code_i-have-seen-perhaps-as-many-country-code_72580.jpg)

> [“With larger, monolithic systems, there are fewer opportunities for people to step up and own something. With microservices, on the other hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-newman/with-larger-monolithic-systems-there-are-fewer-opportunities-for/)

[Sam Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-newman/)

[Career goals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career-goals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/sam-newman-80633_helping-people_with-larger-monolithic-systems-there-are_1366793.jpg)

> [“architects need to shift their thinking away from creating the perfect end product, and instead focus on helping create a framework in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-newman/architects-need-to-shift-their-thinking-away-from-creating-the/)

[Sam Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-newman/)

[Architects](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architects/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/sam-newman-80633_architecture_architects-need-to-shift-their-thinking_1898232.jpg)

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