It ain't easy being Lazy

Larry Wall the creator of Perl programming language couldn't put it better. One of the first qualities of being a great programmer is laziness. He later says "its only a joke" but deep down I know its not. However, its not the same laziness of sitting on the couch all day watching TV but a laziness towards doing repetitive tasks.

Growing up I was always taught not to be lazy but here goes another unconventional way of life for a programmer. It seems that programmers are always breaking the rules, next we will be break the law of gravity.

Programmers make computers their slaves not the other way around. Computers were meant to make our life simpler, free our time and be more efficient. I'm really stating the obvious. The desire to be lazy was what created amazon.com, zappos.com and other online stores.