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Handmade Cities (HMC) is on a mission to reshape the software industry for systems programmers. Our mandate is to clear a path for anyone—from juniors to seniors—to go on and become well-connected, well-paid practitioners embodying the Handmade ethos.
We're the gateway for newcomers to emerge ready to succeed, skipping the corporate grind or venture capital. Whether they choose careers as indie developers, small business owners, or by joining lean software shops (with good pay and high levels of autonomy), our website is the official portal to achieve that dream.
For someone who does join a corporation or VC-backed startup, they must do so on their own terms: with strong tech worker rights shielding them from unethical layoffs, along with mutual loyalty and respect from management.
Call us crazy if you must—we're making this vision reality by 2030.
Follow Operation 2030's Progress
- Subscribe to the newsletter
- Visit a local meetup near you
- Attend a conference: Boston and/or Seattle
- Optional: Join our Discord
About the Author
The founder of Handmade Cities (Abner Coimbre) is the original author and maintainer for Operation 2030, who's channeled the general sentiments of his audience. This does not mean every community member agrees with Operation 2030. Indeed, even Abner's own team may not fully endorse the entirety of the document. (We are not a monolith.)
What matters is that we're aligned on most things. And that's good enough to be getting on with.