Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on.

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.

Our mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more is really a look back to the very creation of Microsoft.

Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives.

You’re trying to take something that can be described in many, many sentences and pages of prose, but you can convert it into a couple lines of poetry and you still get the essence, so it’s that compression. The best code is poetry.