Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.
My first job after college was at Magic Quest an educational software startup company where I was responsible for writing the content. I found that job somewhat accidentally but after working there a few weeks and loving my job I decided to pursue a career in technology.
Our technology is very scalable. Our software can accommodate enormous numbers of clients. It's a marvelous opportunity. We'll keep developing products.
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Defect-free software does not exist.
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
Today's leading real-world retailer Wal-Mart uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities which it has used to crush its competition.
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used that's great.
More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense.