React Podcast

98: Joel Hooks on Building egghead.io

Episode Summary

Joel Hooks shares the story of egghead.io. Joel and chantastic talk about doing the work, the overrated role of passion, the power of a grudge, and building yourself into your own boss.

Episode Notes

Joel Hooks shares the story of egghead.io.

Joel and chantastic talk about doing the work, the overrated role of passion, the power of a grudge, and building yourself into your own boss...

Featuring

Joel Hooks — Twitter, GitHub, Website

chantastic — Twitter, GitHub, Website

Links

• Rich Dad Poor Dad
• Adobe Flash
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You book by Cal Newport
• Michael Jordan takes final shots at Hall of Fame induction
• 30x500 product framework by Amy Hoy and Alex Hillman
• Brennan Dunn
• Nathan Berry
• Patrick McKenzie
• Introduction to Robotlegs by Joel
• AngularJS — Superheroic JavaScript MVW Framework
• BaconBiz
• BaconBizConf 2013 Sketchnotes by Joel
• Brennan Dunn’s Consultancy Masterclass Sketchnotes by Joel
• John Lindquist
• Rails Tutorial
• Devise — Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden
• Egghead Instructors
• Stumbling on Happiness book by Daniel Gilbert
• Chad Pytel — thoughtbot CEO
• JFDI on Urbn Dictionary — “Just fucking do it”
• How I increased conversion 2.4x with better copywriting article by Amy Hoy on the Pain, Dream, Fix writing framework
• Wes Bos as a Service tweet by Wes Bos
• Chris Biscardi
• Kent C Dodds
• Vojta Holik
• Egghead Swag Store
  • Party Corgi Tank Top
  • Egghead Knit Beanie
• Sean Larkin
• ConvertKit — Connect with your audience. Make a living doing work you love
• Just JavaScript — A course by Dan Abramov and Maggie Appleton
• Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
• Roam Research
• My blog is a digital garden, not a blog on joelhooks.com

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