Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.

It would've been amazing [to work as programmer]. You're good at numbers, you're good with people, you like to wear shorts in the summertime.

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.

We just think it's important that everybody have some technical training and background. Even though not everybody is coding but even our deals team and our designers all have GitHub accounts and they go into the code base.

I think the best developers can learn any language; if they are a good developer, they can learn whatever. But the raw talent, the ability to learn it and do it and demonstrate the ability is helpful.

Everyone on the founding team ought to invest the time in a coding bootcamp.

The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.

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.

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for it!

When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.

I've always been obsessed with electronics and using computers and software. It's always been part of my vernacular.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

The central problem of C and C++ is that they require programmers to do their own memory management

Great coders are today’s rock stars.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

If you've never programmed a computer, you should. There's nothing like it in the whole world. When you program a computer, it does exactly what you tell it to do. It's like designing a machine — any machine, like a car, like a faucet, like a gas-hinge for a door — using math and instructions. It's awesome in the truest sense: it can fill you with awe.

I'm still a really shitty programmer, but I know enough to hack a prototype together.