This is what I have learned:

• Happiness comes from pursuing excellence. And occasionally blondes.
• Happy clients write happy checks. Unhappy ones may not write checks at all.
• Software is easy. People are hard.
• Never send an e-mail when you are angry.
• You can tell somebody bad news in a good way. It usually works out better.
• Don't write code after 12 am, unless you are nocturnal.
• If the answer doesn't come in an hour, walk away.
• People are more important than money or things. You would think this would be obvious.
• Nothing makes the software work like the hardware.
• The bad push out the good (Gresham's Law for people). Unless the good push back really hard.
• I have no overt art skill. All my art is in the code. With my luck, it will probably only be appreciated after I have died.
• You are almost always writing code for others who are paying for it. It costs less to be risk averse than code/object/tech happy. You never want to be in a position of defending your vanity.
• Your body prefers one side or the other to execute a spin kick (Dwi Hoorigee). Don't ever try it from your "less than good" side...you won't be fast and your opponent will clock you.
• There is nothing in any video game I have ever played that is as real or important as the world outside the computer.
• Anyone who wants you for what you have won't stay around when you don't have it.
• The code is always better in my head than it is in the file.

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