Derek Sivers Quotes
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better.
Topics
Evolution
Experience
Language, Languages
Subjectivity
Improvement
Adaptation
Learning Curve
Personal Growth
Programming
Reformer, Reformers
Girlfriend
Comparison
Preference
Code Quality
New Experiences
Programming Languages
Skill Development
relationship analogy
Self-Improvement
Technical Progress
Citations
Sivers, Derek. "Programming languages are like girlfriends." sive.rs, 24 Aug. 2005.
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Derek Sivers (born 1969) is an American writer, musician, programmer and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians. A professional musician since 1987, Sivers started CD Baby by accident in 1997 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby went on to become the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.