"We believe great things are accomplished 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration."
Sounds like one of those banalities you might see on the back of a T-shirt.
I'd have a real hard time working for anyone who really thinks that programming has that kind of ratio. It smells too much like the construction-worker metaphor.
In case you didn't know, it's a slight alteration of Thomas Edison's famous quote: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
37signals has been beating the drum that inspired programming can greatly decrease the required perspiration, and even then, perspiration doesn't mean Rapleaf's long hours.
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"We believe great things are accomplished 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration."
Sounds like one of those banalities you might see on the back of a T-shirt.
I'd have a real hard time working for anyone who really thinks that programming has that kind of ratio. It smells too much like the construction-worker metaphor.
In case you didn't know, it's a slight alteration of Thomas Edison's famous quote: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
37signals has been beating the drum that inspired programming can greatly decrease the required perspiration, and even then, perspiration doesn't mean Rapleaf's long hours.
Had Edison thought out his work and spent more time in preparation, he would not sweat so much.
-- Nikola Tesla