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Questions and answers session from July, 2023.
Link list
The B society: https://www.b-society.org/Principal engineer’s handbook: https://ilya.grigorik.com/the-principal-engineers-handbook/Writing about your work: https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/Stream calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=719b6cf08a9f11da4a732083a43aa00a61a7943ea864a57417b5da13b1fc8ccb@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/OsloTimestamps
[@0:00:00] Introduction[@0:01:32] How did you find your new job?[@0:03:48] Pay gap between old and new job[@0:09:00] Rust Foundation Trademark debacle[@0:12:30] Isn’t AI in the military a bad idea?[@0:18:12] Where is Rust used in Helsing given they do AI?[@0:22:45] Skin care routine[@0:24:53] Notoriety and interviewing[@0:33:13] Does the lack of sun in Norway bother you?[@0:34:48] Is a PhD worth it?[@0:39:10] How does your partner like Norway?[@0:43:06] Best way to practice Rust?[@0:45:00] Rust on GPUs[@0:46:32] Where in Norway are you working from?[@0:51:36] Moving to an IDE?[@0:54:08] How do you know the company isn’t evil?[@1:01:34] How are the cats?[@1:06:12] Interviewing and moving at the same time[@1:07:40] What is your daily routine?[@1:14:45] The Rust build system at Amazon[@1:18:46] Do you exercise?[@1:20:06] AI replacing engineers[@1:29:16] Helsing and remote work[@1:32:29] Favorite purchase last 6 months[@1:34:12] Did requiring remote reduce your job opportunities[@1:35:29] Will you be an IC for the rest of your career?[@1:37:16] Leaving Amazon[@1:39:45] Cat![@1:40:37] Rust for data engineering tools?[@1:43:01] Do you mentor?[@1:43:59] How do you organize your todos?[@1:47:35] What about Norway disappoints you?[@1:54:03] Might you start a company?[@1:55:30] RustConf situation[@1:58:46] A community Discord? Patreon?[@2:05:52] Do we want more compiler backends?[@2:08:22] Moving to Wayland[@2:11:13] More Crust of Rust[@2:12:23] What’s your setup now?[@2:13:48] Getting a job without formal education[@2:15:25] The omnomnom voice[@2:15:45] Programming languages at Helsing[@2:16:49] What are principal engineers?[@2:20:30] How do we make Rust default choice for ML kernels?[@2:21:38] Video on ghost_cell and qcell?[@2:22:50] Pitfalls for junior engineers[@2:28:46] Rust in robotics and space stuff[@2:30:04] Will rustc share code with rust-analyzer?[@2:31:23] Imposter syndrome[@2:32:27] How’d you meet girls during your PhD?[@2:35:13] Wayland compositor[@2:35:55] Why do you not work on Noria?[@2:37:31] Emacs?[@2:38:16] Struggling to find a junior tech job[@2:42:03] Innovation in Norway[@2:44:26] BSDs and NixOS[@2:46:19] Working in security[@2:47:31] Front-end development in Rust[@2:49:16] Tech in a decade[@2:51:38] Backend framework choice[@2:52:10] Best language for cryptography[@2:53:24] Return to lock-free simulation series?[@2:53:50] Why did you leave the US?[@2:55:13] Question speed-run[@2:58:21] Opinion of Amazon[@3:01:22] Working on a visa[@3:03:10] More question speed-run[@3:13:12] What brought you to Rust?[@3:15:30] What can dynamic dispatch do that enum dispatch can’t?[@3:18:41] Outro
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