The Speed Of Light Sucks.

Honestly, I Spend Very Little Time Thinking About Past Events, And I Certainly Don't Have Them Ranked In Any Way. I Look Back And Think That I Have Done A Lot Of Good Work Over The Years, But I Am Much More Excited About What The Future Holds.

The Situation Is So Much Better For Programmers Today - A Cheap Used Pc, A Linux Cd, And An Internet Account, And You Have All The Tools Necessary To Work Your Way To Any Level Of Programming Skill You Want To Shoot For.

The Escalation Programmers Come From A Completely Different Background, And The Codebase Is All Stl This, Boost That, Fill-up-the-property List, Dispatch The Event, And Delegate That. I Had Been Harboring Some Suspicions That Our Big Codebases Might Benefit From The Application Of Some More Of The Various “modern” C++ Design Patterns, Despite Seeing Other Large Game Codebases Suffer Under Them. I Have Since Recanted That Suspicion.

I'd Rather Have A Search Engine Or A Compiler On A Deserted Island Than A Game.

Focused, Hard Work Is The Real Key To Success. Keep Your Eyes On The Goal, And Just Keep Taking The Next Step Towards Completing It. If You Aren't Sure Which Way To Do Something, Do It Both Ways And See Which Works Better.