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This week, I speak with author David Heinemeier Hansson, a man with a seemingly unending list of achievements. He's the creator of the famed Ruby on Rails programming development framework, multiple best-selling author, business owner, and Le Mans-winning racing driver.
David shares his story of his early days building businesses in high-school before finding co-founder of Basecamp Jason Friend and together creating a highly successful tech firm with no outside funding and ignoring all of the received wisdom on succeeding with start-ups.
We discuss:
- The real definition of work ethic
- Building Ruby on Rails
- Our AI future
- The power of working within constraints
- How not to bring your whole self to work
Links:
David's Website - dhh.dk/
David's Books - amzn.to/42Gh7fd
Chapters:
00:01:42 - Intro
00:04:25 - Discovering a Passion for Video Games
00:08:02 - Finding the overlap between purpose and money
00:11:32 - The Beginnings of Collaboration
00:15:09 - The Joy of Building Computers
00:18:50 - The Potential of AI and Human Potential
00:22:46 - Shifting from Services to Products at 37Signals
00:26:40 - Embracing Constraints for Better Software
00:30:21 - The Fortune 5 Million and Toxic Work Practices
00:34:12 - Protesting Modern Office Dynamics
00:38:06 - The Friction of Differing Opinions at Work
00:41:45 - Redefining Work Ethic and Virtue
00:45:35 - Examples of successful businesses with similar principles