Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers.

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers are younger, and the young are always optimists. But however the selection process works,the result is indisputable: "This time it will surely run," or "I just found the last bug."

There are no standards for computer programmers and no group to certify them.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Programmers can be lazy.