Matt Mullenweg Quotes

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

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

I designed and developed an unbelievable number of applications early in my life.

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

Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings.

Anyone can squash a bug but all professors of this world couldn't build one.

The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I.

The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.

Code writers, they are my idols.

I'm kind of a retired software engineer. I don't write code anymore.

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.

I was a programmer.

It's something special being able to build a program up.

Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.

Perl programming is an *empirical* science!

I am a programmer.

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.

There is a strong movement towards increased accountability for software developers and software development organizations.

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

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.

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.

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.

Once you get over the hurdle of how to get something on the screen, it's not that difficult to make apps and share them with your friends.

Computing should be taught as a rigorous - but fun - discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn't have to be boring.