Focused, Hard Work Is The Real Key

Focus Is A Matter Of Deciding What Things You're Not Going To Do.

One Of The Big Lessons Of A Big Project Is You Don't Want People That Aren't Really Programmers Programming, You'll Suffer For It!

The Speed Of Light Sucks.

The Idea That I Can Be Presented With A Problem, Set Out To Logically Solve It With The Tools At Hand, And Wind Up With A Program That Could Not Be Legally Used Because Someone Else Followed The Same Logical Steps Some Years Ago And Filed For A Patent On It Is Horrifying.

Programming Is Not A Zero-sum Game. Teaching Something To A Fellow Programmer Doesn't Take It Away From You. I'm Happy To Share What I Can, Because I'm In It For The Love Of Programming.