“The best way to predict the future is to invent it!“ (Alan Kay)
A few days ago, a very simple but thought provoking question was raised to me: “what it is that drives me?” The simple truth is that I do not know. But I do know what it is that does not drive me. It is not about money. Actually, never has it been about money. Neither is it about power. I am happy to step aside and I am happy to delegate both up and down. It is not about popularity – but I do like to be appreciated for what I do.
No, it has to do with helping others improve themselves over and over again. I get a kick out of seeing others become successful because I helped them. It was like that in the late 1960s and the ‘70s when the Ericsson AXE system beat all competition and won every contract thanks to being component-based. Similarly, when Rational was successful because of UML and Objectory. And Telelogic because of SDL. I am happy when people are successful thanks to use cases.