Great quote by Paul Graham which explains why working in a large software development organization sucks.

..we can get a portrait of the “normal” world. It’s populated by people who talk a lot with one another as they work slowly but harmoniously on conservative, expensive projects whose destinations are decided in advance, and who carefully adjust their manner to reflect their position in the hierarchy.

http://www.paulgraham.com/kate.html

I recently did another interview by Dmitry Belitsky on “How to become successful rubyist”. Dmitry is an up an coming web developer who put together a great set of interviews with several top Ruby hackers.

http://belitsky.info/freelance/carlos-gabaldon/