Before becoming a software engineer at Google, Sahil Gaba, 33, was an entirely self-taught computer engineer with a mechanical-engineering background. Many new programmers who start in Gaba's shoes ...

Simon Fletcher is a self-taught software engineer and tech entrepreneur with a career spanning two decades. He sold his second startup to a major tech company, where he quickly rose through the ...

Exclusive: During his freshman year at Harvard University, Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk came to a crossroads. It was one a handful that others at his alma mater faced before him: Quit one of ...