Quotes About Proficiency

Yet attentiveness to detail is an even more critical foundation of professionalism than is any grand vision. First, it is through practice in the small that professionals gain proficiency and trust for practice in the large. Second, the smallest bit of sloppy construction, of the door that does not close tightly or the slightly crooked tile on the floor, or even the messy desk, completely dispels the charm of the larger whole. That is what clean code is about.

is not the language that makes programs appear simple. It is the programmer that make the language appear simple!

That these acts are simple doesn't mean that they are simplistic, and it hardly means that they are easy.

It is not enough for code to work.

The only way to go fast, is to go well.

It is not the language that makes programs appear simple. It is the programmer that make the language appear simple!

One difference between a smart programmer and a professional programmer is that the professional understands that clarity is king. Professionals use their powers for good and write code that others can understand.

I had much rather be confined to one element, and be admired in that, than be a goose in all!

In the absence of genius there is always craftsmanship.

The third phase is referred to as the autonomous phase. During this phase, the teacher can perform the strategy with little conscious thought and can, therefore, attend to other issues while performing the strategy.

Some can do things others cannot," Nandera said, as if that was enough explanation.

Moiraine had been taught to judge people's capabilities long before she left home.

A workman should know his tools, and not use them to breaking. The same went for people.

The difference between a good mechanic and a bad one, like the difference between a good mathematician and a bad one, is precisely this ability to select the good facts from the bad ones on the basis of quality.

A genius is someone who excels at something. But a genius isn't necessarily good at everything. In fact, a genius usually has a special ability in one area while being pretty average in others.

In fact, it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

I don't claim to know much: cards, fucking, and dentistry about covers it," Doc said.

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.

My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.

The manipulation of statistical formulas is no substitute for knowing what one is doing.

Surgical knowledge depends on long practice, not from speculations.

Science blogs bore me. When everyone is an expert, no one is an expert.

An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator.

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.