A Declaration of Love to Our Industry

I have a deep passion for the software and Internet industry that started when I got my first computer 15 years ago. With all the stress due to the crisis, it's sometimes easy to forget why we are in this game. So here it goes: Ten reasons why I love our industry.

1. Because this is an industry where a few geeks can create something that affects millions of people.
2. An industry that brings out services with 300 million users in five years and three year old companies with a 1 billion Dollar valuation.
3. An industry with a creativity that is unlimited.
4. Where nobody knows you're a dog.
5. That inspires "an urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch" (TBL).
6. And forces you to learn and adapt, with an obsession for the new big thing.
   
7. Because the barriers of entry for new participants get lower continually.
8. Because the world's smartest people work in it.
9. And still is most suited to generalists - versus rewarding specialists and narrowness.
10. Because one of its first books ended with "A future so bright you'll need to wear sunglasses" and the most important magazine declared a Long Boom.
11. And bonus reason: Because it brings people together, globally.