Despite their best efforts to eliminate the need for programmers, that need has only increased and diversified. And now, they think the solution will be AI. But, trust me, the outcome will be the same. With greater power, the need for and stature of programmers can only increase.

— Robert C. Martin, We, Programmers

In today’s world, the ability to solve complicated problems has been devalued into the commonplace. It’s what you’re expected to do when you come to the workplace.

— David Komlos and David Benjamin, Cracking Complexity

Is software development really hard, or are software developers not that good at it? Certainly there are parts of software that are hard, but software developers seem to do everything in their power to make even the easy parts harder by wasting an inordinate amount of time on reinvention and inefficient approaches.

— Adam Barr, The Problem With Software

We believe that leadership goes beyond inventing things, making money, and dreaming up world-altering ideas. Leadership is stepping forward and taking responsibility and doing so knowing that your choices will be highly visible to others.

— Janice Fraser, Jason Fraser, and Eric Ries, Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama

Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.

— James Clear, Atomic Habits