Thomas Middleditch Quotes

I understand what scripting and programming is, but do I know how to do it? Not really. But, I think that even knocking on the door allows you to understand a little bit of that kind of stuff. Mainly what 'Silicon Valley' has taught me, in that respect, is the business side of it, with that gold rush element as opposed to creating software.

If people want to code, and they want to be entrepreneurs, there's opportunities for them to do that.

I know one business, and that's how to make software.

In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program.

It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.

Somebody writing a subroutine is unbelievable boring.

In the early '80s, I happened to find myself in the vicinity of people who would work for Microsoft five years later.

Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.

There is a huge amount of wealth that's generated here in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

Before I started Code for America, I spent my career around startups. First it was game developers, small teams trying to make hits in a tough business. Then, when I started working on the Web 2.0 events, it was web startups during times of enormous opportunity and investment.

There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

Writing software is a very intense, very personal thing. You have to have time to work your way through it, to understand it. Then debug it.

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.

For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.

If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.

I have always been very tech-focused, which you may almost say is the traditional CEO in Silicon Valley.

When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be.

When you learn to code, it opens up for you to learn many other things.

I didn't know anything about Silicon Valley.