Matt Provost is the author of the Leanpub book Rust From the Ground Up: Real World CLI Programming in Rust. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matt about his background, how he started his career in tech, moving to new countries, working for Weta Digital on the tech side for the production of Avatar and other movies, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on January 11, 2022.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM195-Matt-Provost-2022-01-11.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.