Focused, Hard Work Is The Real Key

Programming Is Not A Zero-sum Game. Teaching Something To A Fellow Programmer Doesn't Take It Away From You. I'm Happy To Share What I Can, Because I'm In It For The Love Of Programming.

In The Information Age, The Barriers [to Entry Into Programming] Just Aren't There. The Barriers Are Self Imposed. If You Want To Set Off And Go Develop Some Grand New Thing, You Don't Need Millions Of Dollars Of Capitalization. You Need Enough Pizza And Diet Coke To Stick In Your Refrigerator, A Cheap Pc To Work On, And The Dedication To Go Through With It. We Slept On Floors. We Waded Across Rivers.

The Xbox 360 Is The First Console That I've Ever Worked With That Actually Has Development Tools That Are Better For Games Than What We've Had On Pc.

You Can Prematurely Optimize Maintainability, Flexibility, Security, And Robustness Just Like You Can Performance.

At Its Best, Entertainment Is Going To Be A Subjective Thing That Can't Win For Everyone, While At Worst, A Particular Game Just Becomes A Random Symbol For Petty Tribal Behavior.