My Horrible Career

I often talk about how to build an exciting and successful career. But am I able to follow my own advice? Or am I merely a hypocrite with a series of awkward mistakes, failures, and disasters behind me? Many of them, to be honest, seem quite amusing and instructive in retrospect—especially if you're not me.

Now you can learn the entire ridiculous and curious story, as told by me to my colleague, Zak Proser, in this short 41-page book. Find out how I "failed upwards" through a series of strange jobs, including a server administrator for adult content, a "cable connector," a spaghetti programmer, and a secret consultant. And how all of this led me to an independent career as a writer and mentor, notwithstanding my bank manager's opinion of the level of my success.

Why should you read this?

Although I wrote "Code For Your Life", to be honest, I've never had a clear career plan. I just jumped from one point in the tech industry to another for a few decades and ended up in a pretty decent place. In this book, I share stories about my "terrible" career: how I got into this industry, how I made it my focus, and how I made about seven hundred major mistakes so that you don't have to repeat them.

What will you learn?

Along with me, you will go through:

• Stories of failures that will teach you to avoid making the same mistakes.
• Secrets for building a career without a clear plan.
• My "hard-earned" business advice for independent writers, teachers, and content creators.
• How I found a way to live on my own terms, pay the bills, and work on what truly interests me.

Now I live the way I want: I run my own company that supports me and my family, work, learn, and write about things that interest me, sometimes even turning them into income. If you've ever thought that your career has lost its way, this book will show you that there is hope for all of us!

Join me on my journey - and perhaps find inspiration for your own path.