[rguzman]

caveat emptor: Eric and I are co-founders, so I'm obviously biased.

I was the guy he emailed saying "want a free intern?" and I can safely say: listen to what he wrote above and execute on it. It is straight up good advice. For one, I've been writing code with Eric since he just wanted to hang out and watch me and another person write code, and he's made progress that I would've doubted was possible a-priori. Just having a resourceful predisposition is half the battle.

The reality is that it probably takes ~10 years to get to the level where you are proficient in all the relevant areas to make a scalable, robust, well-designed web application. Most projects you'll take on won't make it to the stage where those are relevant. The only way to get there is by doing and doing over again.