Questions and answers session from November, 2022.

Timestamps

• [@0:00:00] Introduction
• [@0:02:39] Managing/splitting your time
• [@0:08:10] Picking dependencies
• [@0:17:40] Justifying working for Amazon
• [@0:22:30] Moving to full-time open-source/teaching
• [@0:27:05] Beginner-friendly Rust projects
• [@0:32:50] WebAssembly
• [@0:34:58] Why vim?
• [@0:41:25] What would you remove from Rust?
• [@0:45:15] Increasing Rust complexity
• [@0:52:55] Copilot
• [@1:00:00] Rust in the Linux kernel
• [@1:02:30] Management consulting
• [@1:05:15] NixOS
• [@1:07:45] Keeping notes
• [@1:25:10] Playing the piano
• [@1:31:40] Advice for undergrads applying for grad school
• [@1:38:50] Is Rust adoption accelerating?
• [@1:44:10] Rust in critical systems
• [@1:46:25] Favorite podcasts
• [@1:52:25] Moving from LA
• [@2:07:50] Non-technical books
• [@2:10:45] Allocators in Rust
• [@2:13:45] Nervous starting as a software engineer
• [@2:20:55] Aside: camera cables
• [@2:21:45] Alternate careers
• [@2:24:20] Ensemble/mob/pair programming
• [@2:27:40] Rust debugger
• [@2:32:15] Why did you continue in academia after undergrad?
• [@2:40:40] Parasocial relationships
• [@2:43:12] Moving to Rust jobs from jobs in other langs
• [@2:46:10] Why MIT?
• [@2:50:00] Elon Musk and Twitter
• [@2:54:50] Challenges in developer experience tooling
• [@2:59:13] Interesting problems in databases
• [@3:01:25] Actors vs. shared memory
• [@3:03:45] Do PhD if want to join industry?
• [@3:05:55] Camera side-by-side