Focused, Hard Work Is The Real Key

In The Information Age, The Barriers [to Entry Into Programming] Just Aren't There. The Barriers Are Self Imposed. If You Want To Set Off And Go Develop Some Grand New Thing, You Don't Need Millions Of Dollars Of Capitalization. You Need Enough Pizza And Diet Coke To Stick In Your Refrigerator, A Cheap Pc To Work On, And The Dedication To Go Through With It. We Slept On Floors. We Waded Across Rivers.

The Cost Of Adding A Feature Isn't Just The Time It Takes To Code It. The Cost Also Includes The Addition Of An Obstacle To Future Expansion. ... The Trick Is To Pick The Features That Don't Fight Each Other.

Rocket Science Has Been Mythologized All Out Of Proportion To Its True Difficulty.

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!

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