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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 1:10 – Being part of the software industry while critiquing it. 3:45 – How he got into programming. 6:10 – Moving to California. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 9:00 – Interviewing multiple times at the same company. Google Play.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

The important lesson in order to gain market share was that in order for new users to try Microsoft Excel, they had to be able to work with the files their coworkers were creating. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.