Scattered thoughts...

Steel sharpens steel. Your colleagues are not breaking you down. They are preparing you for battle.

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"When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code." - Richard Pattis

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"Bugs are just tech debt that users can see." - Jon Thornton

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"We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins." - Ellen Ullman

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When you talk, you're only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new. - Dalai Lama

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"It was a failure of imagination." - Astronaut Frank Borman, regarding the Apollo I fire.

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Remember rule #6*









*Don't take yourself so goddamned seriously.

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"Always implement things when you actually need them, never when you just forsee that you need them." - Ron Jeffries

This quote reminds us to be mindful of what we are trying to accomplish. For example, don't write a switch statement when you only have one condition to check. Trust that when the time comes to add conditions the next developer knows when a switch will be beneficial. If you can't, your team has bigger problems.

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"Give someone a program, you frustrate them for a day; teach them how to program, you frustrate them for a lifetime." - David Leinweber

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"No code is faster than no code." - Merb Motto

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