Good code is its own best documentation.

In my experience, you either have encapsulation and abstraction or you have neither. There is no middle ground.

Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome; it is to determine whether a project's targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them.

It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.