Swizec’s Nightowls

Nights and Weekends — A geek with a hat

I was listening to an Anthony Bourdain podcast yesterday, and he said something like: “You…

What I Learned While 6x-ing my Income Over 4 Years

I may not be Taylor Swift or Bo Burnham, but the…

Your life as a stochastic search problem

This sums up every self-help and business book, blog post, podcast, and talk I’ve ever…

Offices might be great after all

Let’s all go to the office, put on noise-cancelling headphones, and talk on Slack, so we can work remotely together.

Please stop trying to kill email

Every day I get about 40 new emails. Some good, some bad. Some spam, some actionable. Only mum sends…

You Don’t Need to Buy My Book

A tech book won’t fix your cash flow.

Work is an escape

Creativity is ego

“Honey, I’m going to Denver for a week. You’ll have to fend for yourself.”

HackerNews will always make you feel underpaid. That’s okay.

Do you ever get that “Why in the world is everyone getting paid so much more than I am!?” feeling while reading the internet?

Just go for a walk

You know those days when nothing works? Those days when everything you touch turns to shit? When the more code you write, the worse it works?‹

I know those days. They’re the worst.

Does it even make sense to move to San Francisco?

No.

If all you want is a job and some equity and to hang out with your friends — stay home. San Francisco is too expensive. Stay home, work remotely, save thousands of dollars every month. Income arbitrage.

What should you learn to get a [better] coding job