To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.

In software you can't really add people and expect to get more done, because their ability to understand the program and what's going on it would require so much investment and all their work would require so much review that you'd be more likely to slow things down.

Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor substitution and you’re going to go buy machines and automate things - or cause jobs to appear outside of that jurisdiction. And so within certain limits, you know, it does cause job destruction. If you really start pushing it, then you’re just making a huge trade-off.

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses ... it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. ... 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model.