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S'Monday 😪 Alan Kay

From the Sunday scaries to the Monday...ughs, it can be hard to start the week off in in a good state of mind. So, if you're looking for a little motivation to tackle the week ahead, we gotchu.

From programming wisdom to career advice, we've compiled a collection of quotes that will make you think, make you laugh, maybe make you roll your eyes.

This week's quote is from Alan Kay, sometimes referred to as the father of personal computers:

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Share your quotes, inspirational memes, words of wisdom, or anything else to help us brave the day!

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Michael Tharrington

I got an inspirational video of Herbie Hancock talking about playing music with Miles Davis. I'll let the video speak for itself:

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Dan Bailey

My first day at my first real dev job, I went to lunch with my boss. We were wrapping up and I cracked open my fortune cookie, and in it was the usual slip of paper. It read: "Always know what is expected of you."

So I asked him what his expectations of me were. This led to the two of us sitting there for almost another hour, talking and I was scribbling notes. Those notes became the cornerstone of that job. By the end of my three years there, I was leading what was left of the dev team and running project management (this was the dot-com blowout of 2001).

I still have that little scrap of paper. I've made it my mantra in my professional life, and it's served me well.

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Parimal

Beautiful story. Would you please share the notes ? Or may be write an article about it and share its link with us here.