"Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering."

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Source : Steve McConnell (1999). “After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering”

Steve McConnell

#Engineering Quotes #Principles Quotes #Ends Quotes

“The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Don't try to steer the river.”
“There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.”
“Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.”
“I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it.”
“Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.”
“I started in high school with a teacher there. I also took lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit. Detroit was very motivating. There were a lot of local people who inspired me like Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Donald Byrd, etc.”

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