Derek Sivers shares two short posts about whether it helps to be desperate and if you should learn programming Episode 389: Does It Help to be Desperate AND Should You Learn Programming - Yes by Derek Sivers on Entrepreneurial Lessons Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. The original posts are located here: https://sive.rs/desperate & https://sive.rs/prog  Be smart and pay off your credit card balances with a Credit Card Consolidation loan from LightStream. Apply now to get a special interest rate discount and save even more by going to Lightstream.com/OSD  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalStartUpDaily