"When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call â€œthe first derivative.â€ Is this person learning? Is this candidate moving forward, or have they stagnated."

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Source : Eric Sink (2006). “Eric Sink on the Business of Software”, p.103, Apress

Eric Sink

#Moving Quotes #Important Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
“I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.”
“What seems most likely is generally true.”
“Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up.”
“Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.”
“Genuine peace is based on inner peace, because you cannot build peace on the basis of anger”
“The film industry has become a universal medium exercising a profound influence on the development of people's attitudes and choices, and possessing a remarkable ability to influence public opinion and culture across all social and political frontiers.”
“The pain over my heart returns, and from it I imagine tiny fissures spreading out into my body. Through my torso, down my arms and legs, over my face, leaving it crisscrossed with cracks. One good jolt...and I could shatter into strange razor-sharp shards.”

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