16+ David Heinemeier Hansson Quotes On Technology, Communication And Knowledge

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, and writer. He is best known for developing the popular web application framework Ruby on Rails. He is also the creator of the open source project Instiki, the founder and CTO of Basecamp, and the co-founder of the venture capital firm Obvious Ventures. Following is our collection on famous quotes by David Heinemeier Hansson on leadership, technology, communication.

Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years. — David Heinemeier Hansson

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong. — David Heinemeier Hansson

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. — David Heinemeier Hansson

When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Workaholics don't actually accomplish more than nonworkaholics. They may claim to be perfectionists, but that just mean they're wasting time fixating on inconsequential details instead of moving on to the next task. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities. — David Heinemeier Hansson

It took me some twenty-plus years to really learn how to program. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five year plan you can use to worry about tomorrow. — David Heinemeier Hansson

One pattern to help yourself fight the mad dash for the mirage of being done is to think of a good day’s work. Look at the progress of the day towards the end and ask yourself: 'Have I done a good day’s work?' — David Heinemeier Hansson

Facebook has been around for seven years. It has 500 million users. If you can't figure out how to make money off half a billion people in seven years, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're unlikely to ever do. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Before you know it, you're half-way done with your idea and you've accidentally learned how to do it too. In short, you start with little bit of something real and make it tick. Then you make it tock. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Secret to productivity is not finding more time to do more stuff, but finding the strength to do less of the stuff that doesnt need doing. — David Heinemeier Hansson

If you can't figure out how to make money on three billion in revenue, when exactly will the profit magic be found? Ten billion? Fifty billion? — David Heinemeier Hansson

A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else. — David Heinemeier Hansson

There's nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you're out of cash. — David Heinemeier Hansson

Life Lessons by David Heinemeier Hansson

1. David Heinemeier Hansson has taught us the importance of staying focused and passionate about our work. He has shown us that when we are passionate about our work, we can create truly innovative and successful projects.
2. He has also demonstrated that collaboration is key to success, and that working with others can help us to create something bigger and better than we could have done on our own.
3. Finally, David Heinemeier Hansson has shown us that even when things seem impossible, with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.