I'm now retired, but I was a programmer for way too many years, starting by entering a program through front-panel switches on a PDP-8. (If you know what that's like, you've also been programming for too many years and we should have a beer some time.) Although retired, I enjoy keeping up with technology. For many years, my wife and I ran a two-person company developing language learning and study apps for smart phones, as well as web-based learning activities with a game-like spin.

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Howard Thurman