1986
Mustang Software
I taught myself to program, wrote Wildcat! BBS from a bedroom in Bakersfield, and built a company around it. We took Mustang public, then watched the browser wipe out the BBS market and had to reinvent ourselves.
Jim Harrer
68. Retired from Microsoft. Still curious. Still building.
I stopped coding around 2001. Then AI made building fun again. These days I'm following whatever catches my curiosity, from software and fitness to books, video, and whatever comes next.
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How I Got Here
The titles are less interesting than the pattern: learn something, make something, adapt when the world changes.
Jim + Debbie
BestHour
Fitness had been part of my life since I was a teenager. Debbie and I followed that thread into two kickboxing studios and a close-knit community. It was personal, demanding, and eventually acquired.
Two chapters
Microsoft
I joined Logic Apps in Public Preview and led a team that thought bigger, helping it become part of Azure Integration Services. I later returned to work on Visual Studio before retiring in July 2026.
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