I wanted to remain a technical adviser for Id, but it just didn't work out. Probably for the best, as the divided focus was challenging.

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better

Making one brilliant decision and a whole bunch of mediocre ones isn't as good as making a whole bunch of generally smart decisions throughout the whole process.

I like to think I'm pretty good at what I do.

It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!

If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.