In this episode I talk with Shawn Dutill who is a Systems Engineer and a programmer. In the episode we talk about how we navigated community college, how we were introduced to programming, meeting at a computer science club at Temple University, dealing with work stressors, DevOps, virtualization, video games and much more. I hope you enjoy!

INTRO SONG:Big Stepper by BigXthaPlugOUTRO SONG:Slow Learner by Viagra Boys

CONNECT:

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|-Video Chapters-|

0:00 - Intro

0:58 - Adrian talks about teaching

2:07 - Creating long form YouTube tutorials

6:15 - Probably the most useful thing Adrian will teach: "CTRL + F"

7:22 - Windows shortcuts & transitioning full time to Linux

10:20 - Video games Shawn played growing up

11:57 - League of Legends (LoL)

15:12 - Single-player video games

19:00 - Old school programmers

22:22 - Programming classes at University

27:19 - Trying to learn C++ by modeling financial derivatives

30:06 - Working a HVAC job in Philadelphia

31:45 - Adrian's Community College experiences

34:40 - Don't buy a purple Camaro...

36:46 - Why Adrian started learning to program

41:56 - Shawn's learning about lower level programming

43:40 - Spacewar! The first video game on a computer

44:25 - Abstractions in the electronic & physical world

47:02 - Shawn's favorite experience with TUDev (a comp sci club)

49:45 - Trying to figure out what to study in college

57:59 - Shawn's work at Lockheed Martin

1:04:52 - Transitioning from Community College to a 4 year university

1:08:00 - Finding people that are passionate about learning

1:13:25 - Shawn's Web Development internship

1:23:34 - Shawn's current System Engineering role

1:45:29 - Dealing with work stressors

1:48:32 - Dungeons & Dragons1:53:14 - Ideal features for a social media platforms

1:55:51 - Discord & Discord Bots

1:57:20 - Pokémon Cards, Meme Coins and NFTs

2:00:13 - Reddit, Millennials probably suck now

2:04:13 - Normies vs. techies

2:05:44 - Big tech companies will eventually get disrupted

2:10:04 - Video games Adrian & Shawn are currently playing

2:17:40 - Conclusion