One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one's work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be.
Seymour CrayThe trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.
Seymour CrayI'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.
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