Low-level Programming Is Good For The Programmer's

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 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.

Honestly, I Spend Very Little Time Thinking About Past Events, And I Certainly Don't Have Them Ranked In Any Way. I Look Back And Think That I Have Done A Lot Of Good Work Over The Years, But I Am Much More Excited About What The Future Holds.

Some Cynical People Think That Every Activity Must Revolve Around The Mighty Dollar, And That Anyone Saying Otherwise Is Just Attempting To Delude The Public. I Will Probably Never Be Able To Convice Them That That Isn't Always The Case, But I Do Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing That I Live In A Less Dingy World Than They Do.

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.