Software Engineering Unlocked

Running a profitable training business for Ruby developers

Software Engineering Unlocked

Show Notes

In the software world, there are a lot of opportunities. You just have to have the right mindset, preparations, and systems.

In this episode, my guest Avdi Grimm shares how he found his independence by running a training and consulting business for over ten years. He reiterates the importance of time efficiency, task delegation, and why you should remove yourself as a bottleneck from your business. He also goes in-depth about the work he does on Graceful.Dev and how he is utilizing WordPress for the website.

Avdi is a consulting pair-programmer, the author of several popular Ruby programming books, and has several courses on his website Graceful.Dev (formerly RubyTapas.com).

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