Focused, Hard Work Is The Real Key

It's A Good Thing Doom 3 Is Selling Very Well.

The Situation Is So Much Better For Programmers Today - A Cheap Used Pc, A Linux Cd, And An Internet Account, And You Have All The Tools Necessary To Work Your Way To Any Level Of Programming Skill You Want To Shoot For.

Honestly, I Spend Very Little Time Thinking About Past Events, And I Certainly Don't Have Them Ranked In Any Way. I Look Back And Think That I Have Done A Lot Of Good Work Over The Years, But I Am Much More Excited About What The Future Holds.

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.

Some Cynical People Think That Every Activity Must Revolve Around The Mighty Dollar, And That Anyone Saying Otherwise Is Just Attempting To Delude The Public. I Will Probably Never Be Able To Convice Them That That Isn't Always The Case, But I Do Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing That I Live In A Less Dingy World Than They Do.