"Lurking" is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow.
It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.
Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.