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Category Archives: Inspiration
How Daniel Ek Learned to Program and Created Spotify
Daniel Ek is the co-founder and CEO of Spotify, the music service almost single-handedly responsible for convincing a generation of… Read More.
The Coding Education of Kevin Systrom: Creator of Instagram
Self-taught programmer Kevin Systrom founded Instagram with Mike Krieger in 2010. While working a job as a marketer, Systrom taught… Read More.
How I Escaped Homelessness by Becoming a Programmer
In February 2017 I lost my job at Fintech. To make ends meet, I started working odd jobs: cutting lenses… Read More.
How Steve Wozniak Blended Self-Directed Learning with Traditional Education
Steve Wozniak has plenty of degrees. He did most of the coursework for a Bachelor’s and has been awarded numerous… Read More.
How Jack Dorsey Learned to Code and Birthed Twitter
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and Square, is one of the most successful self-taught programmers in history. In addition… Read More.
Margaret Hamilton: A Critical Player in the Apollo 11 Mission and the Founder of Software Engineering
In 2018, we have loads of resources for teaching ourselves absolutely anything– including programming. Even though programming has joined the… Read More.
How I Went From a Warehouse Employee to a Full-Stack Developer
I started programming in C++ when I was about 11 years old. I thought nothing of it, I just thought… Read More.
300+ Pages of Inspirational Interviews With VR Pioneer John Carmack
I found an archive containing 300+ pages of interviews with VR pioneer and programming legend John Carmack. If you haven’t… Read More.
Sabrina Pasterski: The Girl Behind the Next Einstein Meme
There is a meme going around on Facebook about a girl named Sabrina Pasterski who built a plane at 13… Read More.