Jon Evans Quotes

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

Today, there are industries employing hundreds of thousands of engineers creating artificial intelligence.

Building the machine for 'Speed' was fun, as was working on the 'Spitfire' programme. They are programmes I enjoyed being on, but they are not my job.

For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

I became convinced that the whole essence of the computer revolution is interactivity. That was very early in my career. At the time I did that it was heresy.

I don't understand computers. I've been unable to construct a working mental model of how they do what they do. I can break software by looking at it. I can blow anything up. Without trying. It's sort of like being a dowser. And this extreme elaborate clumsiness on my part is actually something people will pay me for. It's quite wonderful.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

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've always wanted to get involved in the tech industry, but hadn't come across anything that really clicked for me.

I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and I just became more curious over time.

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

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

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

I love software and I love technology.

When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.

I always considered programming as being like modern-day wizardry. You could think of things in your mind and then make them happen.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

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

Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing.

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.

The computer would do anything you programmed it to do.