I'm always relieved when some controversy has blown over by the time I hear about it. - Paul Graham

I've seen occasional articles about how to manage programmers. Really there should be two articles: one about what to do if you are yourself a programmer, and one about what to do if you're not. And the second could probably be condensed into two words: give up.

I think the way to "solve" the problem of procrastination is to let delight pull you instead of making a to-do list push you.

Liberal education is a luxury product that the conventional wisdom mistakenly believes to be more utilitarian than it is as a result of the clumsy hiring practices of big companies.