A lovely sentiment, and one that I do share. If we (programmers/developers) are to regard ourselves as professionals then we must plan/design for the fact that

A lovely sentiment, and one that I do share. If we (programmers/developers) are to regard ourselves as professionals then we must plan/design for the fact that we will not be around forever. (In the sense that we may not be associated with a project forever, but also that we will eventually/accidentally/intentionally die at some point. If you really care about your profession, you'll hopefully plan for that.)