Dan Benjamin is joined by special guest Brianna Wu and in-studio co-host Haddie Cooke to talk becoming an indy game developer and the struggles of starting something awesome. Links for this episode: Home Brianna Wu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 5by5 | Isometric Sponsored by Squarespace (use code GRIT for a free trial and 10% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan takes calls and talks about podcast networks, advertising, and going into something with the full understanding that it might fail. Sponsored by MailChimp (Visit mailchimp.com/5by5 and send 12,000 emails per month, to 2,000 subscribers, forever), Harry's (Use the code QUIT at checkout and receive $5 off your order and change the way you shave forever), and Audible (Visit the link and get a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan takes calls to talk about Patreon, getting too comfortable at your job, letting down your audience, having and being the best, showing hustle, how he's worried about podcasting, and more. Links for this episode: Support 5by5 on Patreon Consider supporting 5by5 on Patreon! 5by5: The News A daily update on the latest in tech, Apple, gaming, web, and geek culture in under five minutes. What It’s Like To Work At Apple: ANonymous Employees Speak Up | BGR DanBenjamin.com Friend to the internet. La...
Dan Benjamin is joined by Rich Stevens (a.k.a. rstevens) of Diesel Sweeties, and Haddie Cooke, to discuss Patreon, support, change, boredom, independence, weighing the options of hiring help or staying small, and more. Links for this episode: diesel sweeties by @rstevens : robot webcomic & geeky music t-shirts Nimona | Gingerhaze Diesel Sweeties Store: Music & Pixel T-Shirts & Socks - Pixel Socks Bad Machinery by John Allison - October 24, 2014 Girls With Slingshots - GWS #1922 Night...
Dan takes calls to discuss focus: too much, too little, loosing it and getting it back. Links for this episode: 5by5 Sponsored by Casper (Use the code GRIT and get $50 towards your comfy new mattress purchase!) Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Dan and Haddie take calls and discuss jobs! Links for this episode: 'Adventure Time': The Trippiest Show on Television | Rolling Stone After raising $50M, Reddit forces all remote workers to relocate to SF (update) | VentureBeat | Business | by Tom Cheredar Short logic (Reddit’s crappy ultimatum to remote workers and offices) Sponsored by Varonis DatAnywhere (Try turning your own network shares into a private cloud free for 30 days with an unlimited amount of users and if you visit varonis.com/q...
Dan is joined by Andy McMillan to talk about The Manual, XOXO Fest, and things you have no control over. Links for this episode: Kind of Screwed - Waxy.org Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue Why Andy Baio’s ‘Kind of Bloop’ Copyright Case Shouldn’t Dissuade Fair Use | Mediashift | PBS Andy Baio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Panic - Shockingly Good Software. The Manual Good On Paper Andy McMillan (andymcmillan) | Twitter XOXO · XOXO 2014 Death, failure, and all of th...
Dan is joined by Haddie to discuss being original and being copied, the difference between getting burnt out vs losing focus on your goal, loving what you do, finding the joy in the process not just the end result, and Dan reveals secrets about 5by5 and how it all came together. Links for this episode: How to Stay Focused When You Get Bored Working Toward Your Goals — The Blog of James Clear — Medium Daring Fireball: Markdown 5by5 | The Pipeline #38: Jeff Atwood GitHub Flavored Markdown · GitHub...
With the official name change from Quit to Grit, Dan is joined by Haddie Cooke to talk about negotiations, interviews, open offices, and more! Links for this episode: Open Plan Offices Makes Employees Less Productive Open-plan offices may make some kinds of collaboration easier, but are they more conducive to productivity? What’s the most irritating workplace distraction? And are those state-of-the-art workstations actually more comfortable? 5by5 | Back to Work #87: Nothing to Declare But My Coc...
Dan is joined by Myke Hurley to talk about his next new adventure and independence. Links for this episode: Myke Hurley - Time For a New Change Sponsored by lynda.com (use code visit lynda.com/quit for a free 7-day trial), MailRoute (to remove spam from your life for good visit mailroute.net/movies to get a free trial and 10% off, for the lifetime of your account), and SuperDuper (visit the link to learn more). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan and Haddie are joined by their friend and guest Shawn Blanc to discuss starting something, building a name for yourself, consistency, and how sometimes getting fired can be the best thing ever. Links for this episode: Shawn Blanc - Twitter Shawn Blanc is @shawnblanc on Twitter ShawnBlanc.net This is a tech- and design-centric website. I’ve been writing here since the summer of 2007. In the spring of 2011 I quit my job and began writing this site full time. The Sweet Setup We recommend the be...
Dan is joined by Haddie and Shawn Blanc to discuss delegating, hiring, firing and freelancing. Links for this episode: Your business card is CRAP! - YouTube One of those “Things I’m Learning the Hard Way” posts | Owltastic The Sweet Setup — We recommend the best apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Tools and Toys — Hand-Picked for Work and Play The Weekly Briefly | A podcast by Shawn Blanc Shawn Blanc Square Cash – Email Money for Free Archer Avenue - Matching Awesome Podcasts with the Best Advertiser...
Dan Benjamin is joined by Haddie Cooke to discuss the new show name (still undecided) and having a plan before you take action. Links for this episode: StevieSnacks Is Moving To Texas Blues Alley | StevieSnacks Blog Sponsored by Hover (new users use code BANKERSBOX for 10% off your first purchase), LegalZoom (use code QUIT for a free 3-month trial), and New Relic (use code “quit30" for 30-day extended free Pro-Trial). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan is joined by Haddie to talk about Outbox shutting down, ideas vs. execution, bad reasons to not start something, and more. Sponsored by lynda.com (visit lynda.com/quit to try it free for 7 days) and FreshBooks . Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Dan is joined by Haddie and callers to talk about dress hoodies, being forced to work in a basement, sudden career changes, getting fired, and more. Links for this episode: DLC on 5by5 The Frequency #153 on 5by5 Back to Work #153 on 5by5 Sponsored by: Squarespace (use code STOOGE1 for 10% off), and learn software, creative, and business skills from expert-taught videos at Lynda.com/quit . Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan is joined by Haddie and a handful of great callers on this special New Years Day episode. Links for this episode: Zappos is going holacratic: no job titles, no managers, no hierarchy - Quartz Zappos is known for its zany corporate culture. The company’s Q4 “All Hands” meeting in November was aptly-themed “Gone Wild”: one female employee voluntarily climbed into a case filled with tarantulas to win a $250 gift card. The event opened with a Lion King performance put on by employees at the Smit...
Dan is joined by Haddie to take calls, read emails, and discuss following your dream, changing career paths, laziness, and more. Links for this episode: Don't Start a Company, Kid » Big Nerd Ranch Blog Bacon Method Sponsored by Squarespace (use code DANSENTME12 for 10% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan is joined by callers and in-studio guests Moises Chiullan, Shlok Vaidya, and Haddie Cooke to discuss the changing ways people work, how they are compensated for their time, and if there's a middle-ground between remote and office. Links for this episode: ? The Objectification of Haddie Cooke — Her True Name Snapchat Reportedly Turned Down A $3 Billion (!) Offer From Facebook Remote: Office Not Required: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson: 9780804137508: Amazon.com: Books Sponsored by Host...
Dan is joined by Lew Cirne, CEO and founder of New Relic about staying passionate, physical offices, corporate culture, adding energy and removing energy, and more. Links for this episode: Application Performance Management & Monitoring | New Relic Lew Cirne (sweetlew) on Twitter Internet Anagram Server / I, Rearrangement Servant : anagram, anagrams, nag a ram, software, anagramme, anagrama, wordplay, word play, anagram creator, anagram solver, anagram finder, anagram generator, anagram make...
Dan talks with in-studio guest Anthony Armendariz of Funsize about managing the transition from independent to business owner, growing and expanding a business, remote vs. office, and more. Links for this episode: Forget the resume, kill on the cover letter by David of 37signals A great resume will get you not-rejected, a great cover letter will get you hired. That’s the conclusion I’m left with after going through the applications for our junior support programmer position. Quit! #40: Getting T...
Dan talks with callers about resume honesty, getting a job, and getting fired. Links for this episode: Richard A. - Website Hire him! Sponsored by Squarespace (use code STOOGE10 for 10% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Dan talks with guests and callers about the resume and getting through the door and into the interview. Links for this episode: Authentic Jobs Find you a cool job already! Sponsored by Squarespace (use code STOOGE10 for 10% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Dan talks about small business success and failure. Links for this episode: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She's also part of a yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y. Woman Quits Job in the Most Awesome and Meta Way Ever Startup Business Failure Rate By Industry | Statistic Brain Real Statistics Show That 70 Percent of Small Businesses Succeed At First Chipotle: "The Scarecrow" Mark ...
Dan is joined by Shloky, returning from his crypt, to discuss redefining your company and job from within, taking over your boss' job Klingon Style, and more, with calls from live listeners. Links for this episode: The 4 Hours I Need 16 Times a Year to Run my Businesses | LinkedIn Why You Aren't Just 'Lucky' To Have A Job “I’m just lucky to have a job.” I’ve heard this sad phrase uttered and muttered as some kind of self-fulfilling, defeatist mantra. Its wrong. Fluent Language Tuition - Online c...
Dan is joined by Moises Chiullan and Joel Bush to talk about being fired, leaving your industry, starting something new, and Up in the Air. Links for this episode: Up in the Air (2009 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn. The story is about a corporate "downsizer" Ryan Bingham (George Cloo...
No Ties and a Dog in the Office Links for this episode: Steve Ballmer to retire as Microsoft CEO | The Verge Microsoft has just announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. He will step down from his post as soon as the process of choosing his successor has been completed. Ballmer has written an open email to the Microsoft team explaining the decision and the strategy for "moving forward." Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months Microsoft Corp. today ann...
Dan is joined by Jen Simmons to discuss fear, risk, reinventing your job, listener emails, and more. Links for this episode: 5by5 : The Web Ahead - Hosted by Jen Simmons JenSimmons.com Jen Simmons on Twitter Shutterstock Search - "Peridot" Resignation Letter Sample Sponsored by Shutterstock (use code QUIT8 for 30% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan responds to your emails, takes calls, and discusses the fear of success. Links for this episode: The Aviator - Amazon Instant The Aviator (Two Disc Set) - Amazon The Aviator (Blu-ray) - Amazon Sponsored by Squarespace (use code STOOGE8 for 10% off). Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin...
Dan is joined in studio by Haddie and Jena, later they take calls to discuss internships that lead to jobs and the appropriate time to negotiate. Sponsored by Igloo . Support QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Dan is joined by Tim Van Damme who left Instagram for a position at Dropbox. Later they take calls and discuss when it's the right time to move on. Links for this episode: Do Things that Don't Scale The most common unscalable thing founders have to do at the start is to recruit users manually. Nearly all startups have to. You can't wait for users to come to you. You have to go out and get them. maxvoltar - Hello, Dropbox Made by Elephant - We craft interfaces Tim Van Damme (maxvoltar) on Twitter...
