Software Architect's Handbook

Being proud of your work

Developing software is fun, rewarding, stressful, and full of challenges. It is not always easy, but it can be very enjoyable. As you strive to be the best software architect that you can be, do not forget to take pride in all of your accomplishments. There are only so many people in the world who get to do what we do: make software. Everyone can affect the world, even if it is only in some small way. One of the ways, and certainly not the only way, that you and I can make a positive difference is through the software that we create.

Perhaps we are making someone's job easier, helping someone complete a mundane task in a faster way, allowing someone to be more productive so that they have more spare time in their ...