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So is her blog hacked or is this someone impersonating her? I also generally don't understand her background, and I see this quite a lot with Silicon Valley ba

by bmitc 4y ago

So is her blog hacked or is this someone impersonating her? I also generally don't understand her background, and I see this quite a lot with Silicon Valley backgrounds, so it's more of a general commentary on these types of backgrounds. She went from being an engineer for just three years out of school to founding a consulting firm, publishing company, and publishing books on cracking code and project management interviews. How does that jump happen? Where do people like this get the experience and expertise to write books like this and consult despite only ever having one full-time job before jumping into it?

Mezzie 4y ago
> Where do people like this get the experience and expertise to write books like this and consult despite only ever having one full-time job before jumping into it? Networking mostly.
epicureanideal 4y ago
They might be wealthy and not have needed to spend much time on the traditional career track. Nothing against them for that. I have observed this a few times. Or they may have support in other ways, friends, family, partners, something, such that it was possible to make the switch.
ericmcer 4y ago
Many of the mid-range successful small SaaS companies sell courses/books/newsletters to other people trying to start their own SaaS companies. It is one of the annoying parts about the current indie dev scene. The qualifications of the people running these companies is usually questionable.
prmoustache 4y ago
The same way sects and religions exist. Because some self appointed guru decide to cry out loud he knows the truth. It is not about expertise.
strikelaserclaw 4y ago
its more profitable to sell shovels. Hell i wish i had the idea for leetcode.com, the amount of time i invested in doing leetcode, i might actually have a viable business instead of spending hours doing random puzzles.
gaylemcd 4y ago
Hi, this is Gayle. This substack is impersonating me. Reported.

by bmitc 4y ago

Mezzie 4y ago

> Where do people like this get the experience and expertise to write books like this and consult despite only ever having one full-time job before jumping into it? Networking mostly.

epicureanideal 4y ago

They might be wealthy and not have needed to spend much time on the traditional career track. Nothing against them for that. I have observed this a few times. Or they may have support in other ways, friends, family, partners, something, such that it was possible to make the switch.

ericmcer 4y ago

Many of the mid-range successful small SaaS companies sell courses/books/newsletters to other people trying to start their own SaaS companies. It is one of the annoying parts about the current indie dev scene. The qualifications of the people running these companies is usually questionable.

prmoustache 4y ago

The same way sects and religions exist. Because some self appointed guru decide to cry out loud he knows the truth. It is not about expertise.

strikelaserclaw 4y ago

its more profitable to sell shovels. Hell i wish i had the idea for leetcode.com, the amount of time i invested in doing leetcode, i might actually have a viable business instead of spending hours doing random puzzles.

gaylemcd 4y ago

Hi, this is Gayle. This substack is impersonating me. Reported.