From an interview by Naomi Hamilton:
Do you have any advice for up-and-coming programmers?
Find an area that interests you and get involved with an existing community. There are free software projects in just about any area of programming.
The nuts-and-bolts — which language you use, what programming environment you use, where you do your work — are not as important as the passion and interest you bring to the work itself.
Chet Ramey, interviewed by Naomi Hamilton, “The A-Z of Programming Languages: BASH/Bourne-Again Shell: When the Bourne Shell found its identity,” Computerworld, 20080530, accessed 20111029.
