A developer shares advice on navigating a tough tech job market by building real projects, freelancing, or joining startups to create opportunities.
A technical founder argues that building the technology is the easy part of a startup; the real challenge is business strategy, distribution, and market focus.
Analyzes whether to join an AI startup, focusing on career growth and company investment potential in a tough market.
Analyzes the challenges and economic realities of building a successful business in the developer tools market.
Compares the pros and cons of working at startups versus large tech companies, focusing on culture, work style, and career growth.
Analyzes the economic challenges for businesses trying to monetize open source software, highlighting the inherent conflict between collaboration and competition.
Interview with Diana Hsieh on her career from MIT to product management, founding Correlated, and the rise of Product-Led Revenue for startups.
A software engineer compares the hype around cryptocurrencies and LLMs, arguing that LLMs provide tangible value while crypto is plagued by scams.
Advice on hiring software engineers for small companies, focusing on independence, drive, and gut feeling over pure technical ability.
Ben McCormick reviews 13 work-related books he read in 2022, covering topics like decision making, productivity, and career growth.
A guide for founders on scaling by empowering new leaders, focusing on reversible vs. irreversible decisions in tech and product management.
A developer reflects on failed side projects from 1998-2021, including OS development, programming languages, and SaaS tools, exploring the challenges of tech entrepreneurship.
An interview with Justin Duke, a Stripe engineer, discussing time management, his startups Buttondown and Spoonbill, and work-life balance.
A candid look at the realities of being a Product Manager, emphasizing data gathering, customer interaction, and team dynamics over high-level strategy.
Analyzes the debate between working at a startup vs. a big tech company, challenging common claims about earnings and career growth.
Explores strategies for launching sharing-economy and platform startups by bootstrapping and 'faking it til you make it' to solve the two-sided market problem.
A blueprint for product management focusing on building trust, establishing velocity, and strategically killing scope to align product and engineering teams.
A personal account of securing a tech internship at iHub, focusing on the application process and the project that sparked interest.
Explains why experienced teams are crucial for successful CPU design, contrasting it with the software startup world.
Explores how the nature of technology work at startups has evolved, contrasting traditional hardware-focused ventures with modern software startups leveraging open source.
