Nigel Poulton is the author of the Leanpub books Docker Deep Dive: Zero to Docker in a single book! and The Kubernetes Book. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nigel about his background, the inspiration he drew from Star Trek when he was first learning to program computers, working on IT transformation at huge organizations like banks, writing his first book while working at a hedge fund, the transition from working for companies to working for himself and producing video content, his books, and how he updates them to follow changes in the technology, and the differences between producing and consuming instructional videos and books.