Erick

“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“If we really want to spend our days programming, we are going to have to learn to talk to—people.1”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Coder, The: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

“No one should sign up for more than one or two cards at a time.”
― Mike Cohn, Agile Estimating and Planning

“Individuals should be given every incentive possible to work as a team. If the team’s throughput is increased by my helping someone else, that’s what I should do. Team velocity matters; individual velocity doesn’t.”
― Mike Cohn, Agile Estimating and Planning