Netscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licence

> It's a really interesting thought that this whole "learn to code" movement existed in some form seventeen years ago and somehow didn't take off when it seems like such an inevability right now. It seemed an inevetability back then too (and 10 years before that, with the first wave of the cheap PCs). Like now, it actually wasn't. > But I think it's one of those things we'll look back on like the 2010 iPad / 1993 Apple Newton and say "yeah coding trade schools were a cool idea back then, but the world just wasn't ready for it yet", and now that they've become 'cool' so to speak we're going to see that permanent explosion. Nope, it's just a fad now too, driven by the current bubble. It will subside with it. > I mean, I'm new to this game but did you even call it "coding" in 1996? You'd be surprised, but it was called coding in 1986, 1976 and even 1966. And it has been considered cool, in the right circles, ever since 1970 (circa). > I mean were startups even a thing in 1996? Sure they were. And Open Source. Everybody and his dog started a startup around that time, until they had a bubble bust circa 1999-2000. Seriously man, you have to check up on the history of this "coding" thing. You seem to be missing a lot of knowledge, that's not just folklore but also essential to a well groomed developer. Here's a 1998 documentary on the building of Mozilla: [this video] Here's the Hacker's Dictionary: [link]

I have a lot of experience in this area and also have the same family background as yourself. I touch on some of your topics in another 'work-life' thread here: [link] and [link] Having gone through EXACTLY what your trying, I can say it is very hard. How many startup attempts of mine failed because there 'wasn't' enough time in the day? I count 4. How many side projects failed because there 'wasn't' enough time in the day? 35% of them couldn't be completed. At one point I was only sleeping 2 hours a day for MONTHS. Hows that for compression, and stupidity... I learned the hard way. You pretty much have 4 good and immediate paths: 1.) Pure luck. Need I say more. OR 2.) Pay off your debt asap, possibly even saving some $$ up, quit and run your startup (bootstrap or incubator, whatever, you get the idea). 3.) PLAN, EXECUTE, REPEAT with a clear portion of time. I recommend 1-4 hours a day (1 and 2 are the magic hours). You plan the day before, write down questions, execute. You want to start off EACH round knowing EXACTLY what you need to do (because obviously you only have a short amount of time). This is how campfire and friends came to be. 4.) #3 + Delegation: Do #3 while sharing the wealth by building a team, and delegating your very carefully planned duties to your team. Keeping in mind that if any of your fellow team-mates are in the same situation as yourself you keep the sub tasks SHORT and _clearly_ defined. Now I'm heavily compressing (and lossy at that) some of my har