Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
Bjarne StroustrupThere is no one "root of all evil" in software development. Design is hard in many ways. People tend to underestimate the intellectual and practical difficulties involved in building a significant system involving software. It is not and will not be reduced to a simple mechanical "assembly line" process. Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
Bjarne StroustrupThe first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.
Bjarne StroustrupToo many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That's inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.
Bjarne Stroustrup