A Zen student asked how long it would take to gain enlightenment if he joined the temple. ‘Ten years,’ said the Zen master. ‘Well, how about if I work really hard and double my effort?’ ‘Twenty years.’

@codinghorror What if the student is a 10x student?

@codinghorror This is profound.

@codinghorror "Ok. What if I do the bare minimum?"

@codinghorror The Tao of Programming 3.4 "How long will it take if I assign five programmers to it?" "It will take one year" "if I assign ten programmers to it?" "In that case, it will take two years." "a hundred programmers to it?" "Then the design will never be completed"

@codinghorror What i just slack at home instead?

@codinghorror What if I work half as hard? 5 years?

@codinghorror I think a cool way to teach computer science in this style is teach C in C++ class, and have the student build C++ from the base up.

@codinghorror - grasshopper. . for is not the butterfly. . yet, also the caterpillar but with wings. . to reach greater heights

@codinghorror Says who?

@codinghorror It's here now.

@codinghorror You must slow down to go faster, Grasshopper.

@codinghorror You have to know how to “work” and its difficult to work more than 20 h / day.

@codinghorror I love these. “After a year is over where does it go?”

@codinghorror Not enough cores.

@codinghorror ZDD 😎 Zen Driven Development