It will not work to keep asking men to change. Many have no real objective to do so. There's no reward for them. Why should they change? They're doing well inside the halls of coding.

To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accommodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable.

UNIX always presumes you know what you're doing. You're the human being, after all, and it is a mere operating system.

The ability to 'multitask,' to switch rapidly among many competing focuses of attention, has become the hallmark of a successful citizen of the 21st century.

I hate to see capable, smart people out of work - young or old.

The central issue is that they will not change fast enough to meet customer needs. Customers will either reward or punish you for how you create values such as cyber service.