Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Nate Schutta, an author, a teacher, a software architect, and Java Champion. Nate lives in the United States and teaches computer science to university students. He loves teaching and he loves learning, and he specializes in exploring the big picture of complicated systems in his career as a software architect. The conversation covers the Java community, the value for developers if they contribute to Java User Groups (JUGs), the benefits and some possible drawbacks of AI, and the engineering feat that is the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Nate has a passion for learning and here's his advice for young developers and engineering students. "The fundamentals can't be skipped! And they take time to learn! You just have to put in those hours to understand the basics, and then you can graduate to the more complicated stuff."

Nate tripped over Java a bit in school and joined his first Java project right in his first job. Once he heard about this new Java project, he said: "Heck, yeah! I want in on that!"

Nate Schutta

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Jim Grisanzio

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