Something I came across recently

"Without requirements or design, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file." -- Louis Srygley

Funny, I just came across this quote myself in Uncle Bob's Clean Code book today.

As someone who's worked on a team where the project lead quit after a year, I can confirm the truth behind this quote. I know programmers are typically expected to "solve problems without being told to", but there still needs to be a product, a goal, something to strive for that's worth reaching by finding the solution.