Eric Sink quotes
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“When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call “the first derivative.†Is this person learning? Is this candidate moving forward, or have they stagnated.”
-- Eric SinkSource : Eric Sink (2006). “Eric Sink on the Business of Software”, p.103, Apress
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“I believe strongly that a group's potential is eventually limited by the strength of its leadership. I'm an outsider, but it still looks to me like the leadership in the Java w orld is Fouled Up Beyond ALL Recognition. Java ISVs don't know whether to listen to Mom or Dad. Everybody knows IBM should just buy Sun and clean up the mess. When are they going to do it?”
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“If Sun were to hand the management of Java over to a committee of monkeys, would it be more successful?”
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“When I ask candidates to tell me about their weaknesses, I am hoping for a wise, honest, and self-confident answer. When I hear a candidate rationally admit a weakness, I am impressed. When I hear a candidate duck the question with language straight out of a book, I start thinking about the next candidate.”
-- Eric SinkSource : Eric Sink (2006). “Eric Sink on the Business of Software”, p.104, Apress
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“Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.”
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
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“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”
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“The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.”
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“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”
Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
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