Apologies are not pass/fail.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that matters. Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well; managing your time well makes you successful. Goals, Priorities, and Planning. Why am I doing this? What is the goal? Why will I succeed? What happen if I chose not to do it? 'Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement'.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

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.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.