As someone young, and highly ambitious, I've taken to seeking like-minded peers by asking people where they'd like to be in 10 years. It has the air of being a

As someone young, and highly ambitious, I've taken to seeking like-minded peers by asking people where they'd like to be in 10 years. It has the air of being a quite typical interview-y type question, though I think it's useful to see, given youthful optimism and the astounding future promise of our field (software + computing), just how many shy away from declaring great personal hope and aspiration, seeing no place for themselves in the future's next great achievements or assuming they will 'just happen' around them. It's a shot in the arm to actually hear someone young candidly express grand aspirations whilst soberly embracing the year and years of toil those aspirations demand. It galvanises me, and no matter how much work I've taken on recently, makes me feel far less tired.