For Developers
(I wrote in-depth pieces about how Your Business Is like Software here and also have another 8 Similar Principles Between Business and Software Development here.) Build. Ship. Iterate. I love iterative software development. It’s how I’ve seen good software ship and become great software over time. I adore how it is all about continuous improvement. And I fully embrace it for…
This is a post in my series titled Entrepreneurship for Developers. (Get it delivered via email here). Too many of you awesome developers think all marketing is evil and all marketers are sleazy. As such, you stay as far away from it as you possibly can. That’s a huge mistake. And here’s why I believe that: If…
I want to kick it off my series on Entrepreneurship for Developers (get it delivered via email here) with a subject I love most in business but one that is also absolutely key to surviving and thriving as a entrepreneur: Knowing yourself. In 2008 when I started iThemes, I had a fairly vague inventory of my strengths,…
Based on input I got about a series for developers who are also wearing the hat of entrepreneur, founder, CEO … I’m going to be intentional about blogging some tips, thoughts and experiences in 2014 and I’m calling the blog series Entrepreneurship for Developers. (Get it via email here.) Here are some of the topics I…
Back in August, I wrote a post that turned out to be very popular and got some good response titled “Dear Developers, Here’s Some Advice for Your Career.” Because of that response, I decided to take those core ideas and expand on it and put it into ebook form. Today, I’m excited to announce that…
In my late 20s I went back to school to finish my undergraduate degree. As a working adult, the daunting task of finishing that degree (I had at least 40 hours left) was overwhelming. But I quickly found an accelerated adult completion program that allowed me to do it once a week for around 18…
I’m on a writing binge lately … after the response I got from my outline offering my top career advice for developers I went to work on the first draft. It’s now 4,000+ words and available for review on Google Docs here. This is the third book now that I’ve crowdsourced the editing of and would…
Over the past 5 years I’ve had the privilege of working directly with web developers and software programmers. In that time, I’ve also interviewed and worked with a number of developers, along with managed and lead the development team at iThemes. I can safely say, it’s been both one of the delights of my work…