bookmarks/QUOTES.md

* Good code needs motivation, shitty code just needs time.
* Choosing a language because it has cheaper developers is like building your house with Lego so you can hire anyone as a construction worker.
* I cannot fix that bug... I'm busy writing a new one.
* CI is a practice, not a tool, and requires discipline from the development team.
* Red is the new green
* Do it, with <insert the name of a CI/CD tool here>, there is no try
* It doesn't matter who you are, only what you will become
* If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture
* Truth can only be found in one place: the code
* Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. - Richard Feynman
* Let's clarify : Jira is not Agile, Open Source is not Free, Using cloud is not DevOps, Rituals is not Scrum, Developed is not Done" Lemi Orhan Ergin. [Source](https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/859158123722010628)
* Software being 'Done' is like lawn being 'Mowed'. - Jim Benson
* React to someone's mistake and you are part of the problem. Support and help them, and you are part of the solution.
* Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good. [Source](https://twitter.com/girayozil/statuses/306836785739210752)
* In my experience teams that don't do scrum 'properly' work better. They focus more on their productivity than getting the process right - [Daniel Grant](https://twitter.com/djgrant_/statuses/436536267330039809)
* One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year - David Parnas
* How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to waste time: social media. - [Matt Haig](https://twitter.com/matthaig1/statuses/450238719858323456)
* Sometimes it seems like 80% of my job is convincing decision makers to listen to the people who work for them. - [Jesse James Garrett](https://twitter.com/jjg/statuses/474987558154153984)
* Software developers think their job is writing code. But it's not. Their job is to solve the customer's problem. [Billy Hollis](https://blog.codinghorror.com/can-your-team-pass-the-elevator-test/) + [Video] [Billy Hollis - CodeHeads Anonymous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGsw_k8JhY)
* It's not about being first to market, it's about being the best. / It's Never Too Late / Just do it better. [The Next Web](https://twitter.com/Shaun_Springer/statuses/498529232545669121)
* The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. - Edsger W. Dijkstra
* Le talent ça n'existe pas. Le talent c'est avoir envie de faire quelque chose / Talent does not exist. Talent is only hard work . - [Jacques Brel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ylq9CU2lg)
* Le succès vient souvent d’un faux pas dans la bonne direction.  / Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction - Al Bernstein
* [NUS Computing](http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~damithch/pages/SE-quotes.htm?type=bestQuotes) - Quotes for Software Engineers
* I have a feeling that each task I strike off on my todo list gives birth to a few more tasks. - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/status/526145900515962880)
* Poor quality code is a reflection of lack of respect we carry for what we do, often with out realizing it. [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/521625754485157889)
* Solving problems you probably don’t have creates more problems you definitely do - [Mike Acton](https://www.slideshare.net/cellperformance/data-oriented-design-and-c)
* Enemies of creativity: 1 desire to please all 2 big ego 3 self-doubt 4 control 5 fear of failure 6 process rigor 7 impatience 8 abundance. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538067497023311872)
* Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. - [Richard Branson](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538086077861748736)
* Pour avoir l'attention de qqn il suffit de crier dans son oreille - [Toby Cooper](https://twitter.com/tkoopa/statuses/532992339003068416)
* La ponctualité c'est un truc que tu regrettes quand t'es le seul con à être arrivé à l'heure au rendez-vous - [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537579386778959873)
-												one more quote
											
										
										
											2017-05-28 15:09:26 +00:00
+								* Good code needs motivation, shitty code just needs time.
 								* Choosing a language because it has cheaper developers is like building your house with Lego so you can hire anyone as a construction worker.
-												add some quote from a Atlassian presentation

source : https://www.slideshare.net/GoAtlassian/game-of-codes-the-battle-for-ci
											
										
										
											2017-06-03 05:58:44 +00:00
+								* I cannot fix that bug... I'm busy writing a new one.
 								* CI is a practice, not a tool, and requires discipline from the development team.
 								* Red is the new green
 								* Do it, with <insert the name of a CI/CD tool here>, there is no try
-												Add quote heard on "hep taxi", belgian tv show
											
										
										
											2017-06-04 19:23:20 +00:00
+								* It doesn't matter who you are, only what you will become
-												quotes from #OOP2017

https://twitter.com/danielbryantuk/status/826473861172645889
											
										
										
											2017-06-05 17:51:29 +00:00
+								* If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture
-												fix newline (error was introduced on mobile)
											
										
										
											2017-06-06 09:57:35 +00:00
+								* Truth can only be found in one place: the code
-												add quote source. remove useless syntax
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 17:28:58 +00:00
+								* Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. - Richard Feynman
 								* Let's clarify : Jira is not Agile, Open Source is not Free, Using cloud is not DevOps, Rituals is not Scrum, Developed is not Done" Lemi Orhan Ergin. [Source](https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/859158123722010628)
 								* Software being 'Done' is like lawn being 'Mowed'. - Jim Benson
-												Update QUOTES.md
											
										
										
											2017-07-27 17:20:03 +00:00
+								* React to someone's mistake and you are part of the problem. Support and help them, and you are part of the solution.
-												add quote source. remove useless syntax
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 17:28:58 +00:00
+								* Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good. [Source](https://twitter.com/girayozil/statuses/306836785739210752)
-												fix quote source
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 20:34:53 +00:00
+								* In my experience teams that don't do scrum 'properly' work better. They focus more on their productivity than getting the process right - [Daniel Grant](https://twitter.com/djgrant_/statuses/436536267330039809)
-												David Parnas quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 20:58:28 +00:00
+								* One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year - David Parnas
-												Matt Haig quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-09 05:16:32 +00:00
+								* How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to waste time: social media. - [Matt Haig](https://twitter.com/matthaig1/statuses/450238719858323456)
-												Jesse James Garrett‏ quote about decision makers
											
										
										
											2017-10-09 17:51:31 +00:00
+								* Sometimes it seems like 80% of my job is convincing decision makers to listen to the people who work for them. - [Jesse James Garrett](https://twitter.com/jjg/statuses/474987558154153984)
-												Billy Hollis quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:17:29 +00:00
+								* Software developers think their job is writing code. But it's not. Their job is to solve the customer's problem. [Billy Hollis](https://blog.codinghorror.com/can-your-team-pass-the-elevator-test/) + [Video] [Billy Hollis - CodeHeads Anonymous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGsw_k8JhY)
-												TNW / The Next Web quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:31:37 +00:00
+								* It's not about being first to market, it's about being the best. / It's Never Too Late / Just do it better. [The Next Web](https://twitter.com/Shaun_Springer/statuses/498529232545669121)
-												Edsger W. Dijkstra quote on abstraction
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:36:34 +00:00
+								* The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. - Edsger W. Dijkstra
-												Jacques brel quote on talent
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:50:04 +00:00
+								* Le talent ça n'existe pas. Le talent c'est avoir envie de faire quelque chose / Talent does not exist. Talent is only hard work . - [Jacques Brel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ylq9CU2lg)
-												Al Bernstein translated quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 08:29:27 +00:00
+								* Le succès vient souvent d’un faux pas dans la bonne direction.  / Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction - Al Bernstein
-												quotes for software engineers
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 08:46:33 +00:00
+								* [NUS Computing](http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~damithch/pages/SE-quotes.htm?type=bestQuotes) - Quotes for Software Engineers
-												Venkat Subramaniam about todo lists / to do's
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:03:47 +00:00
+								* I have a feeling that each task I strike off on my todo list gives birth to a few more tasks. - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/status/526145900515962880)
-												Venkat Subramaniam on poor quality code
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:10:04 +00:00
+								* Poor quality code is a reflection of lack of respect we carry for what we do, often with out realizing it. [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/521625754485157889)
-												Mike Acton quote on solving problems
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:20:29 +00:00
+								* Solving problems you probably don’t have creates more problems you definitely do - [Mike Acton](https://www.slideshare.net/cellperformance/data-oriented-design-and-c)
-												Vala Afshar quote about creativity
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 18:40:09 +00:00
+								* Enemies of creativity: 1 desire to please all 2 big ego 3 self-doubt 4 control 5 fear of failure 6 process rigor 7 impatience 8 abundance. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538067497023311872)
-												Richard Branson quote on people loyalty at work
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 18:46:51 +00:00
+								* Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. - [Richard Branson](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538086077861748736)
-												Toby Cooper funny quote on getting ppl attention
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 19:00:04 +00:00
+								* Pour avoir l'attention de qqn il suffit de crier dans son oreille - [Toby Cooper](https://twitter.com/tkoopa/statuses/532992339003068416)
-												personal quote on ponctuality
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:24:41 +00:00
+								* La ponctualité c'est un truc que tu regrettes quand t'es le seul con à être arrivé à l'heure au rendez-vous - [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537579386778959873)