Stepping away from the code... but not quite...
summary
Starts coding at seven and actually builds GNET (a pre‑Google search submission tool) with a Windows API on PHP 3.0, grows it to 57,000 members, runs PHP ads new / revive ad server, then runs Cube and sells it to Mobile Locker while building luggage locker hardware and software. Main claim: moving away from day‑to‑day code changes reflexes but replaces them with new ones; concrete failure mode shown when sales promise causes a surprise spike of 15 million users and the platform collapses.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:59Career ladder myth
- 8:17Losing coding reflexes
- 10:07Leap to C-level
- 13:42Communication gaps
- 16:37Detachment vs architecture
- 17:43Careers as landscapes
- 19:29Happiness over success
- 22:23Stepping away and returning
- 23:49Q&A
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