Derek Sivers has some great tips on how to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen. This is Part 2 of 2. Episode 100: How to Hire a Programmer to Make Your Ideas Happen - Part 2 by Derek Sivers (Product Design & Marketing). 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 post is located here:  and