I Was Glad I Liked Chemistry.

With All Due Respect To Microsoft And Intel, There Is No Substitute For Being In The Right Place At The Right Time.

There's A Tendency At The Senior And Middle-manager Level To Be Too Big-picturish And Too Superficial. There Is A Phrase, "the Devil Is In The Details." One Can Formulate Brilliant Global Strategies Whose Executability Is Zero. It's Only Through Familiarity With Details - The Capability Of The Individuals Who Have To Execute, The Marketplace, The Timing - That A Good Strategy Emerges. I Like To Work From Details To Big Pictures.

The Sad News Is, Nobody Owes You A Career. Your Career Is Literally Your Business. You Own It As A Sole Proprietor. You Have One Employee: Yourself. You Need To Accept Ownership Of Your Career, Your Skills And The Timing Of Your Moves.

A Fundamental Rule In Technology Says That Whatever Can Be Done Will Be Done.

Not All Problems Have A Technological Answer, But When They Do, That Is The More Lasting Solution.