Episode 005: Learning New Languages with James Edward Gray II

Published: Oct. 28, 2016, midnight

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00:16 \\u2013 Welcome to \\u201cPodcasTRON...\\u201d \\u2026we mean, \\u201cGreater Than Code!\\u201d

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01:00 \\u2013 James Edward Gray II\\u2019s Introduction

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02:03 \\u2013 #CastleGraySkull

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\\u201cIt\\u2019s hard to find a castle in a good school district.\\u201d ~ David Brady

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07:59 \\u2013 Interviewing

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James Edward Gray II: Implementing the LHC on a Whiteboard @ RailsConf 2016

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(Slides) ^

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Engineering Interviews: Grading Rubric

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15:14 \\u2013 Transparency; Giving Honest Feedback

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Joe Mastey: Hiring Developers, with Science! @ RailsConf 2016

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20:08 \\u2013 Working with Elixir

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James Edward Gray II: The Most Object-Oriented Language

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28:13 \\u2013 Functional Programming vs Object-Oriented Programming

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32:47 \\u2013 Learning New Languages

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt

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37:33 \\u2013 \\u201cWhat is the best way to approach learning a new language?\\u201d ~ Nate Vick

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exercism.io

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41:39 \\u2013 \\u201cWhat\'s going on with Codalyzed? Are any new videos on the way?\\xa0Related: the first video discussed "less code"; has your focus on it changed as you\'ve moved into new languages and their ecosystems?\\u201d ~ Trevor Bramble

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Greg Young: The Art of Destroying Software
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David: Read the core documentation. (Module: Enumerable)

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Jay: Next steps for beginners: Barry Swartz: The Paradox of Choice TED Talk; Get social.

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Sam: It\\u2019s time to expand my brain again and learn a new language(s)!

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Coraline: Inspiration to go learn a new language as well. ^

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James: I am privileged to have the best friends on the Internet and have these discussions.

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