Conversation with an international programmer. 0:00 Introduction 2:42 Experiencing working culture in China 5:16 Singapore and Freedom Plaza 6:15 Singapore local mentions sense of safety 7:09 USA freedom, covid, and masks 9:04 Corporate politics in USA vs China 10:59 Being Asian in China and not speaking Chinese 11:51 Chinese co-worker, Spratly Islands, and being Filipino 14:13 Starting a USA company, getting a Chinese vendor 16:35 Multi-language company but primarily English 19:40 Multi-national company 21:42 Artificial intelligence 24:32 Computers attached to the brain 28:21 Learn programming by finding something you want to build first 32:09 Python and C-based programming languages in demand 34:54 Cobol's odd market demand 38:09 Certain personality and brains for programming 40:47 I.T. professions is vary widely, find what you like 43:39 Programming takes persistence 44:31 Programming is an art 46:04 Humans are the biggest problem for humans 47:39 Humans super nice but change in corporations and governments 50:31 Focus on what you can positively influence 52:55 Yummy Vietnamese food 58:39 Personal most beneficial habit: continuous learning 1:06:55 Desire to learn from being poor 1:14:38 Reason to want to come to USA 1:17:12 Too focused on computers and not enough on social skills 1:19:43 Shiny outshines skills 1:20:31 Experience with covid 1:24:36 Family experience with covid 1:24:29 Kids with covid losing sense of smell and taste 1:25:49 Being turned away from health services 1:26:46 Personal covid circle 1:28:28 America's stereotypical response to viruses and sickness 1:31:49 Post covid issue losing taste permanently 1:35:48 Personal covid experience 1:37:27 Thoughts on "Covid is a mild flu" 1:43:08 Covid challenges for a nation 1:44:37 Personal thoughts on how people should deal with covid prevention 1:47:12 Chat bot 1:56:15 Serverless architecture 2:03:29 Cryptocurrency 2:07:28 New and old programming languages 2:13:22 Blockchain is a fantastic tool, humans suck