Ken Thompson Quotes

I was a programmer.

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

'Programming' is a four-letter word.

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

I started out with machine code and assembly language.

I started programming Apples in seventh grade.

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Somebody writing a subroutine is unbelievable boring.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

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.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it's a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs in a childish way - and I mean that in the most generous sense of the word, that is, playing with and building things - is one of the best ways to learn.

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.

After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.

Code writers, they are my idols.

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

The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software.

Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding.

I worked as a programmer for 16 years.

As technologists, we all write code.

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

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.