Backend Banter

#042 - Rust is the WORST language to learn first feat. Teej DeVries


Listen Later

In today's episode, we bring back Teej DeVries, the first guest ever on our podcast! Today we are discussing Teej's new course on Boot.dev on Memory Management. In this talk, we discuss the importance of memory, why Go is a C-programmer minded language, garbage collectors, among other technical topics. We also talk about why understanding the fundamentals in crucial in helping you increase your learning ability, how different it is hiring juniors and seniors and why being curious gives you the advantage over everyone else.

Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm

Teej's Twitter: https://twitter.com/teej_dv
Teej's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/tjdevries

  • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (00:57) - Teej will have a course on Boot.dev!
  • (01:35) - Why Memory Management is so important
  • (05:17) - Go is a C-programmer minded language
  • (07:00) - 25% off on boot.dev!
  • (07:22) - How far in the curriculum will Teej's course be?
  • (09:13) - Should you learn Rust or C first?
  • (12:43) - Dropping out of college
  • (13:49) - You should know WHY you're doing something
  • (15:29) - Self motivated learning
  • (18:52) - Internal Boot.dev tooling for this course
  • (21:59) - OCamls' garbage collector
  • (23:55) - Functional language, performance and immutability constraints
  • (30:24) - Roc programming language
  • (32:42) - Wasm (WebAssembly) vs Machine Code
  • (36:07) - C's Standard Library vs Go's Standard Library
  • (37:01) - Installing dependencies
  • (41:09) - C as an educational tool
  • (43:27) - You have to think when using C
  • (45:42) - Enterprise machines are weaker compared to local machines
  • (47:43) - Why this course is before the Job Search chapter
  • (49:44) - Being curious gives you the advantage
  • (51:16) - Every program uses memory, so we should have at least some level of understanding about it
  • (54:28) - Just being able to speak like an engineer goes a long way
  • (57:14) - There are still a ton of jobs that involve embedded systems, not just WebDev
  • (01:00:13) - Be eager to learn
  • (01:01:51) - Hiring Seniors vs Hiring Juniors
  • (01:02:50) - You learn better if you understand fundamentals
  • (01:04:10) - Analogy to Dota 2
  • (01:08:54) - Where to find Teej
  • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Backend BanterBy Boot.dev

    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    24 ratings


    More shows like Backend Banter

    View all
    Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers by se-radio@computer.org

    Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

    265 Listeners

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source by Changelog Media

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

    285 Listeners

    The Cloudcast by Massive Studios

    The Cloudcast

    155 Listeners

    Talk Python To Me by Michael Kennedy

    Talk Python To Me

    580 Listeners

    Software Engineering Daily by Software Engineering Daily

    Software Engineering Daily

    624 Listeners

    Soft Skills Engineering by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

    Soft Skills Engineering

    271 Listeners

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

    987 Listeners

    Darknet Diaries by Jack Rhysider

    Darknet Diaries

    7,822 Listeners

    CoRecursive: Coding Stories by Adam Gordon Bell - Software Developer

    CoRecursive: Coding Stories

    185 Listeners

    Techmeme Ride Home by Ride Home Media

    Techmeme Ride Home

    948 Listeners

    Self-Hosted by Jupiter Broadcasting

    Self-Hosted

    136 Listeners

    The Stack Overflow Podcast by The Stack Overflow Podcast

    The Stack Overflow Podcast

    62 Listeners

    The Real Python Podcast by Real Python

    The Real Python Podcast

    137 Listeners

    Signals and Threads by Jane Street

    Signals and Threads

    72 Listeners

    Oxide and Friends by Oxide Computer Company

    Oxide and Friends

    48 Listeners