Today, Elon Musk is best known for founding Tesla, Space X, and PayPal, companies that revolutionized their industries. But long… Read More.
Tag Archives: Self-Taught Programmer
The Rules Bill Gates Broke Learning to Program
Today, Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world. As co-founder of Microsoft, Gates built a tech… Read More.
How Mark Zuckerberg Learned to Code
Millions of people know the story of Facebookâs creation. The humble beginnings of the billion-dollar company even became a major… Read More.
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 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.
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.