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I know Mike. He was editor of my first book and I still deal with him. He’s about the most standup guy I’ve ever worked with. If you’re thinking about writing a
by rjurney 7y ago
I know Mike. He was editor of my first book and I still deal with him. He’s about the most standup guy I’ve ever worked with. If you’re thinking about writing a book, pitch Mike. I can’t recommend him more. I needed help with having the confidence to get my thoughts down on the first book and he coached me through it.
Disclaimer: 4x O’Reilly author and contributor to their blog. Don’t think there’s a financial incentive, I make less than minimum wage on books.
- detaro 7y agoWhy doesn't someone's experience attempting to write a technical book (even if they failed for personal reasons) belong on Hacker News? EDIT: above post originally said "This doesn't belong on Hacker News", but is has been edited out.
- rjurney 7y agoIt’s the emails I object to.
- detaro 7y agoWhy? They don't paint anyone in a bad light IMHO?
- JoelMcCracken 7y agoDo you know that no permission was obtained?
- klez 7y agoWhat are you replying to? Did GP edit their comment?
- rjurney 7y agoI said it didn’t belong on hacker news and then thought better and edited it before I saw his post.
- rjurney 7y agoYeah, I pointed this out below. It was a bit much.