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While reformatting drafts, all the dates of the content were updated to today. All the code articles are from 2020, along with those book lists. The Right It article was around this time last year, and the other book review also from mid 2023.
Several years back I read “Platform Revolution” by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary. It presented the problems that platform businesses face: one sided networks, chicken and egg problems, as well as covering basic expectations and vocabulary to understand how a platform functions. Fast forward to just a few weeks ago, … Read more“Platform Revolution” and “The Cold Start Problem” — Two Books, One Masterclass
There are some books that entertain you, others that enlighten, and still others that evoke an emotional response. Rare is the business book that will do all of them. “What You Do Is Who You Are” is that rare book that accomplishes all three. I will briefly cover “Enlightenment” and “Entertainment” and then move on … Read more“What You Do Is Who You Are” by Ben Horowitz – Book Review and Reflections for Life
A week or two prior to this posting, I did an AI experiment to pretotype how capable ChatGPT was at writing code and wrote about it on LinkedIn. AI’s ability to code was unsurprising, everyone’s talking about it. But for some (or perhaps many) the concept of a pretotype was — surprising that is. “Pretotype? … Read more“The Right It” by Alberto Savoia Book Review, PLUS a Midjourney Pretotyping Experiment
Some background: I graduated Flatiron School at the end of August, 2020. Since then I interviewed at two different tech companies, and was fortunate to win both of those positions; the first was a part time job, the second was full time. What’s more is: I think I only applied to a total of less … Read moreWhat’s an Interview? Some advice for bootcamp grads.
For those of us who are recent graduates (past 3 months or so) from Software Engineering bootcamps, or about to graduate… I’ve come to realize that no matter what we accomplished, there often seems to be a creeping sense of doubt about how good we really are, what we know or don’t. Perhaps this is … Read moreBack to the Basics – An Article for Recent Bootcamp Grads
Similar to my other blog post about books for Product Managers and those desirous of founding their own startup… there are no “explanations” for any of these books. Suffice it to say, some are better than others. Some books that are listed here are also on the other list. The best way to use this … Read more45 Books for Self Improvement and Learning