Available Quote by Steve McConnell

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

— Larry Wall

The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have…

— John Carmack

Programmers can be lazy.

— Larry Wall

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

— Seymour Cray

To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accomodations with…

— Ellen Ullman

One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year.

— David Parnas

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

— Larry Wall

Finding a programmer to work with if you don't already know one will be a challenge. Merely judging if a programmer is exceptional vs.…

— Jessica Livingston

Programmers work in bursts of productivity. Then, they let the brain rest and get back into it. A lot about the office world is…

— Marco Arment

Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire.…

— Sam Altman

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to…

— Linus Torvalds

When you start new programs there's always things you can't anticipate.

— Michael Capuano