Fools, this is just marketing dressed up as an "inspiring story".
This guy sounds like a self-help guru, he doesn't sound like a programmer. Oh look, there's a book he has written which is available on Amazon.
He also suggests Zed Shaw's Ruby tutorial a couple of paragraphs after mentioning Rails. What the hell is this guy smoking?
The road to success he describes is linear, with no branching points. A complete lack of flexibility or discovery, the exact opposite of learning programming.
This guy sounds like a self-help guru, he doesn't sound like a programmer. Oh look, there's a book he has written which is available on Amazon.
He also suggests Zed Shaw's Ruby tutorial a couple of paragraphs after mentioning Rails. What the hell is this guy smoking?
The road to success he describes is linear, with no branching points. A complete lack of flexibility or discovery, the exact opposite of learning programming.