Eric Butow is the owner of Butow Communications Group (BCG) in Jackson, California. BCG offers website design, online marketing, and technical documentation services for businesses. He has written 32 computing and user experience books. His most recent books include Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies, Pro iOS Security and Forensics, and Instagram For Dummies.
When he’s not working in (and on) his business or writing books, you can find Eric enjoying time with his friends, walking around the historic Gold Rush town of Jackson, and helping his mother manage her infant and toddler daycare business.
John Sonmez is a software developer and the author of two best-selling books, The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide and Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual. He’s also the founder of the Simple Programmer blog and YouTube channel, where he reaches 1.4 million software developers yearly with a central message: Technical skills alone aren’t enough for a successful career — or life.
John also is the founder and owner of Bulldog Mindset, where he teaches men to build mental toughness, financial independence, physical fitness, and how to improve their dating lives.
He’s also a real estate investor and marathoner, and you can find him running around the beaches of sunny San Diego.
To everyone who never stopped believing in me. —Eric Butow
To your future self, the one that’s buried deep and waiting to get out. —John Sonmez
I’d like to thank my co-author, John Sonmez, who’s a great guy to work with. My thanks as well to my literary agent Matt Wagner at Fresh Books, Inc. I also want to thank all the pros at Wiley who made this book possible, especially acquisitions editor Katie Mohr and project editor Katharine Dvorak. And I thank you for buying this book. —Eric Butow
I’d like to thank my co-author, Eric Butow, who put up with my crazy schedule and kept the book on track. I’d also like to thank everyone at Wiley who did the hard work of wrangling two authors to write a book and making it great. —John Sonmez
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Associate Publisher: Katie Mohr
Project Editor: Katharine Dvorak
Proofreader: Debbye Butler
Editorial Assistant: Matthew Lowe
Production Editor: Mohammed Zafar Ali
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