30sleeps

The first Ruby on Rails web development contract I ever got, with zero Rails experience whatsoever, was for $85/hour. To get it, I sent out 80 CVs in 2 weeks.
The consulting gig I’m doing right now? I applied for dozens of contracts over a period of months, including even getting flown out to Zappos in Las Vegas recently, going through eight hours of interviews with various engineering teams — and ultimately...

The networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatedly so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals, because they have a stake in it.
— Seth Godin
I wouldn’t call myself an introvert, but I am definitely a not-extrovert. I am reasonably good at meeting new people, but only for the same reasons that I am reasonably good at building websites or playing chess: I’ve treated it as a problem that can...

Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich.
— Jim Carrey
I have learned the secret to getting rich in math and science. And now, for the first time ever, I am making these secrets available to you....

It’s entirely possible that the only thing standing between where you are now, and where you want to be can be summed up in one word: perfectionism.
You can’t publish your article yet; the title isn’t quite right.
You can’t give a talk about zero downtime deployments; you’re not even an expert on it....