Anders Hejlsberg

“I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to. My competency is in the tech realm.”

“I felt there was a need for us to build a new programming language. I also had come to see that Microsoft functions best when it controls its own destiny.”

“I work day-to-day on C# and .Net and work at home two days a week so I can do deep thinking, writing and reflecting.”

“I love working with smart people and being challenged. I also like working on stuff that's relevant. That's my adrenaline shot.”

“Metaprograms are programs that manipulate themselves or other programs as data.”

“It gives you great pleasure to know that millions of developers, day to day, make their living using the software that you created.”