Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Founded Organizations 2
Michael Hartl is a co-founder of Softcover, a self-publishing startup, and the creator of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, one of the leading introductions to web development. He is a graduate of Harvard College, has a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech, and is an alumnus of the Y Combinator program.
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Michael Hartl is the Principal at Rails Tutorial. Additionally, Michael Hartl has had 3 past jobs including Founder at Softcover.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Softcover
FounderMar 5, 2014
Quark Sports
Cofounder20032005
Caltech
Postdoctoral Fellow19972005
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Michael Hartl is the Board of Advisors at HappyFunCorp.
Michael Hartl studied at Harvard University and Caltech.
Number of Events 1
Michael Hartl has participated in 1 event, ProtoHack Los Angeles on Oct 11, 2014.