I remember when TiVO first came out I was all about TiVo. I came home and that thing was frozen, and I thought 'This is awful. This is the end of the world'. Then I unplugged it, and I plugged it back in, and still frozen. It was paralyzing. I called them. They said, 'Just unplug it longer.' Fixed.
A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

