“It’s easy to educate for the routine, and hard to educate for the novel. Keep in mind that many required skills will change: developers today code in something called Python, but when I was in school C was all the rage. The need for reasoning, though, remains constant, so we believe in taking the most challenging courses in core disciplines: math, sciences, humanities.”
“If all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, then all you’ll ever get is all you ever got.”
“Dsi prepared a fighting cock for the king. After ten days the king asked ‘can the cock fight yet?’ He said ‘not yet, he is still conceited, proud and angry.’ After another ten days the king asked again. He said ‘not yet, he goes after every sound and shadow.’ After ten more days he asked again and Dsi said ‘not yet, he still looks about him too much and is conceited about his power.’ After another ten days he asked again. Dsi said ‘now he is ready. When other cocks crow he no longer takes notice of them.’ The cock looked as though he were made of wood. His bearing was perfect – other cocks did not dare take him on, they turned tail and ran away.”