Jan 11First year as a founderIt’s been a year since I went full-time with Metadash. I’ve learned a lot in the last twelve months. As a first time solo technical founder, even with years of experience at a high-growth startup, I was surprised how much work it took to build a company. …Founders3 min readFounders3 min read
Jan 11Tips for getting hiredI’ve been hiring freelancers for a while, for engineering and design work, and it always seems difficult to find and hire great people. In my experience, talented freelancers tend to under-invest in improving their chances of getting hired. …Freelancing4 min readFreelancing4 min read
Jan 11The Big Four languagesOver the last couple of years I’ve noticed a consolidation in programming language choice in commercial and open source projects. The software industry is always changing, but there seems to be persistent interest and investment in a few languages: JavaScript, Python, Java, and Go — the “Big Four.” I started…Java Script3 min readJava Script3 min read