We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy.

Quote of the Week 1

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy."
― The Programmers' Credo 

Triggered by a tweet of a slight variation of the credo:

“We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”



A play on John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the moon" speech (Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, September 12, 1962):

“We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”  

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