Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you"....(Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)

I don't believe in the no-win scenario

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

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

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

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.