Charity work

Some time last year I was approached by a friend of mine, who had just started a charity, for some help on a website.  At that point they had nothing, but needed to get a portal out to the world to showcase their work.  Normally I would not just give something, because I believe that a lot of people take advantage of charity, and become lazy.  The proof is standing at just about every traffic light in Joburg.

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Coining my own law

I've decided to coin my own law.  Now now, this is not a law, as in what the police are supposed to uphold.  This is a law describing the working of the universe.  Like Moore's law or Bell's Law.

So, without further ado, here's Baldy's Law:

You will never get rich by programming computers for a living.  You could, however, get rich by applying computer programming to a very specific problem.