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Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin Reflects on "Clean Coder"
In this very special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by the prolific Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin to discuss his book "Clean Coder." Join them as Uncle Bob talks about his thoughts on the "flow zone," humility, and what coding has to do with flying an airplane!
Links to all the books mentioned in the episode can be found in the YouTube episode description: https://youtu.be/wf68VDObVX0
00:00 Intro
03:29 Motivation for writing Clean Coder
06:00 Learning from Life Experiences
09:39 Professionalism and the Challenger Story
17:14 Pros and Cons of Flow State (The Zone)
21:10 Learning from your mistakes
24:11 Sobriety (and a story of getting drunk at a party)
30:17 Timeless advice, Professionalism, and saying No
35:39 Blameless Postmortems and taking responsibility
40:03 Agency, Control, Situational Awareness and Culture
43:58 Unconventional career paths and creativity
53:00 Layers of Abstraction
56:16 Thoughts on AI and LLMs
01:00:58 Book Recommendations
01:06:49 Closing Thoughts
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By Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
4.6
1414 ratings
In this very special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by the prolific Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin to discuss his book "Clean Coder." Join them as Uncle Bob talks about his thoughts on the "flow zone," humility, and what coding has to do with flying an airplane!
Links to all the books mentioned in the episode can be found in the YouTube episode description: https://youtu.be/wf68VDObVX0
00:00 Intro
03:29 Motivation for writing Clean Coder
06:00 Learning from Life Experiences
09:39 Professionalism and the Challenger Story
17:14 Pros and Cons of Flow State (The Zone)
21:10 Learning from your mistakes
24:11 Sobriety (and a story of getting drunk at a party)
30:17 Timeless advice, Professionalism, and saying No
35:39 Blameless Postmortems and taking responsibility
40:03 Agency, Control, Situational Awareness and Culture
43:58 Unconventional career paths and creativity
53:00 Layers of Abstraction
56:16 Thoughts on AI and LLMs
01:00:58 Book Recommendations
01:06:49 Closing Thoughts
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