All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.

You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

Apologies are not pass/fail.