Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to…

Linus Torvalds
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Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. ✨ First Monday Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates free software developers?. Interview with Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. March 2, 1998.
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