Start a side project, says GitHub founder (gist.github.com)
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luckystrike Nov 18, 2010 | on: Ask HN: How do you get started by yourself? | context

You might like to read this from Github Founder -

  But it wasn't an overnight eureka, and it wasn't intentional. 
  I didn't just walk out of high school, pick up a Ruby book, meet Tom and PJ, 
  then launch the site GitHub. 

  Before GitHub came, in chronological order, Spyc, Ozimodo, my ozmm.org, tumblelog, 
  ftpd.rb, Choice, Err the Blog, acts_as_textiled, Cheat!, acts_as_cached, Mofo, 
  Subtlety, cache_fu, Sexy Migrations, Gibberish, nginx_config_generator, 
  fixture scenarios builder, Sake, Ambition, and Facebox.

  And that's just the stuff I released.

Source: https://gist.github.com/6443

Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158

qhoxie Jan 2, 2009 | on: Ask HN: Best HN threads in '08? | context

Who's Hiring? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375410

Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704

How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338286

I'm out, baby http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960

Start a side project, says GitHub founder http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158

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