Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

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.

If you have a question, then find the answer.

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.