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"We believe great things are accomplished 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration." Sounds like one of those banalities you might see on the back of a T-shirt. I'
by sofal 18y ago
"We believe great things are accomplished 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration."
Sounds like one of those banalities you might see on the back of a T-shirt.
I'd have a real hard time working for anyone who really thinks that programming has that kind of ratio. It smells too much like the construction-worker metaphor.
- DocSavage 18y agoIn case you didn't know, it's a slight alteration of Thomas Edison's famous quote: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." 37signals has been beating the drum that inspired programming can greatly decrease the required perspiration, and even then, perspiration doesn't mean Rapleaf's long hours.
- smanek 18y agoHad Edison thought out his work and spent more time in preparation, he would not sweat so much. -- Nikola Tesla