Shaving my head made me a better programmer
summary
A personal experiment—shaving a head—produces an immediate, measurable shift: sexual harassment stops and perceived technical credibility rises overnight, not because skills change but because appearance changes perception. That realization leads to building an education program, Code Cooperative, starting with six students and scaling to classes of ten that complete 72 hours per class using nearly brand-new MacBooks donated by Mike Giffy Kickstarter Thrive Capital. Students ship real apps (Grow Green, Street Talk, a re-entry navigation service), land jobs at NYT Spotify BuzzFeed and earn up to $120k.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 12:09Become a BAD ASS programmer!
- 32:34the code cooperative
- 37:511. understand the problem 2. measure progress 3. commit
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