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The Software Millionaire Next Door
I've been reading "The Millionaire Next Door" and have so far found it to be a pleasant book with a good message: don't waste your money on silly things and appearance (fancy su…
One Year After Quitting My Job
Last year I did a year in review post, so by doing it again this year I am turning it into a tradition. This is more for me (to see my own progress) than it is for you, but I hope you can learn something as well. If you want to read last years you […]
$26,679 in 24 hours: Stats from my latest book launch
Do you work on web applications? Then you’d probably learn a lot from my new book, Designing Web Applications. A few years ago I had no idea a day like last Wednesday was even possible. After all, everyone I knew worked jobs that paid a modest yearly salary. My wealthier friends made closer to $250/day […]
Whose bug is this anyway?
Some bugs look so impossible you start blaming the OS, the tools, or the compiler. This post digs into three of them.
Crap I'm speaking at [insert conference here]. How do I prepare?
You just got a notice saying that your talk was accepted to [some huge freaking conference]. Awesome!
The Founder's Lie About Comfort Zones
There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all...
Extremist Programming
Lazy evaluation is awesome. What if we made a PL where every data type was lazy?
On Being a Junior Developer
Junior developer (for purposes of this post)is a developer with < 2 years experience programming in industry who have an interest in sharpening their technical skills. I recently graduated from Stanford with a degree in Computer Science. I’ve been programming for 4 years and feel comfortable claiming ~1.5 years…
Chris Dixon Joins Andreessen Horowitz
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
How I went from $100-an-hour programming to $X0,000-a-week consulting
How I got started consulting and the advice which changed my (business) life.
You can do it alone
I’m Ryan Carson, and I’ve been a Founder CEO for 20 years, building, scaling and selling three companies.
Mistakes I made as a young entrepreneur
I started my first business eight years ago in 2004. I’ve managed teams as small as two (from our top bedroom), all the way to my current 54-person team at Treehouse. I’ve had some wins and plenty of losses and learned a lot of things the hard way. Hopefully other business owners can avoid these un-fun mistakes …