Hacker's Edge

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He learned to lead in the digital underground battled his demons in a Texas trailer park and hacked his way into the executive suites of Silicon Valley. This is the unfiltered story of a non-traditional path to success-and the brutal cost of the climb.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Long before the world ran on code Ryan Merket was a misfit kid who found solace in the flickering glow of a command line. His real business school wasn't a prestigious university but the clandestine global network of software crackers he led from his bedroom-a world that taught him more about management operations and motivation than any MBA ever could. That hacker's ethos-a relentless drive to deconstruct systems and find a better way-became his only guide.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hacker's Edge</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the raw unflinching story of how that edge propelled him through a life no one could have predicted. It's a journey from a GED dropout battling a life-threatening meth addiction to a key player inside the walls of the world's most iconic companies.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In <em>Hacker's Edge</em> you will discover:</strong></p><ul><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Raw Insider's Account of Silicon Valley:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Go behind the curated PR and into the real meetings the political battles and the cultural quirks of powerful tech companies Reddit during its most turbulent period and Amazon's intense data-driven cathedral.</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Founder's Playbook of Failure and Resilience:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Learn the hard-won lessons from the front lines of startup life from the brutal betrayal that sank Ryan's first viral company to the unvarnished post-mortem of his most recent public failure.</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An Unflinching Look at the Human Cost of Ambition:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> A vulnerable exploration of how the relentless pursuit of success can impact our health our relationships and our families-and how to rebuild after the crash.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hacker's Edge</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a memoir for the misfit the builder the self-taught and anyone who has ever been told they don't belong. It's a guide to finding your unique edge-and having the courage to bet on it again and again.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Find your edge. Read this book.</strong></p>