He began his career with a six-year period as editor at the two scientific journals, Nature and Science.

[11] Anderson responded that he had disagreements with the criticism, and reasoned that the mention of citations were avoided due to the changing nature of content in English Wikipedia.

However, the whole episode led him to integrate footnotes into the text,[12] and the digital editions of Free were corrected with the revision.

[14] Anderson's third book, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution (2012), was based on his 2010 article, "Atoms Are the New Bits".

[15] The book describes how entrepreneurs are using open source design, and 3D printing as a platform for driving resurgence of American manufacturing.

[17] Around 2017, Anderson started DIYRobocars, a community that builds and races scaled-down autonomous cars utilizing computer vision and deep learning.

[19] The same year, Anderson founded Booktour.com, a free online service that connected authors on tour with audiences.