To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.

Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more.

I like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call 'real money,' I'd be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.