Steve Ballmer Quotes

Developers, developers, developers...

I am a programmer.

If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.

Code writers, they are my idols.

I was a programmer.

We're the toolmakers. Our developers are the real creative geniuses.

I don't like programming. It's tedious.

Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be.

After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.

I don't program or code or anything like that.

I started programming Apples in seventh grade.

The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Programming today is the opposite of diamond mining. In diamond mining you dig up a lot of dirt to find a small bit of value. With programming you start with the value, the real intention, and bury it in a bunch of dirt.

I'm really good at making software for publishing.

'Programming' is a four-letter word.

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code.

The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines worked: needed to take them apart, make them better, and put them back together again.

Writing software is a very intense, very personal thing. You have to have time to work your way through it, to understand it. Then debug it.