As true today as it was way back in the days +

Stumbled upon an article by Orson Scott Card, published in Windows Sources, March 1995, p. 208.

The article opens up with something that rang so true:

The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing types – and vice versa. Programming is the Great Game. It consumes you, body and soul. When you’re caught up in it, nothing else matters.

The article is definitely worth a read.