FUNDAMENTALS TO KEEP IN MIND
"First do it, then do it right, then do it better." ~ Addy Osmani, Software Engineer at Google.
"Talk is cheap. Show me the code." ~ Linus Torvalds, Creator of the Linux kernel.
"When choosing between 'argue with randos on the Internet' and 'go create stuff', lean towards the latter." ~ Jeff Atwood, Co-founder of stackoverflow.com