1. Why your manager should be technical Why your manager should be technical Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “If somebody is doing something in a technical area, they have created a new program, they've proved a new the 11/01 01:03 ♡
2. Being an extra in the film A Beautiful Mind Being an extra in the film A Beautiful Mind Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “That was enormous fun. They did a casting call for that because parts, big parts of it were gonna be s 10/31 21:03 ♡
3. Nobody at Bell Labs wanted a promotion Nobody at Bell Labs wanted a promotion Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “Titles didn't matter. Everybody was on a first-name basis. Everybody was technically a Member of Technical 10/31 01:04 ♡
4. Princeton CS majors are about to halve Princeton CS majors are about to halve Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “In computer science in particular, enrollments are down.” Ryan: “What percent down would you say?” Brian: “ 10/30 21:04 ♡
5. Atoms CTO: What He Learned Working At Amazon and Google | Brian Attwell Brian Attwell grew to Senior Staff at Uber by age 25. After that he left Uber to join Atoms (Travis Kalanick’s current startup) and quickly became the CTO after his team doubled in 10/30 21:00 ♡
6. How Bell Labs perf reviews worked How Bell Labs perf reviews worked Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “There was no immediate stop to that period. There were no deadlines. There were no projects. There were no objec 10/30 01:04 ♡
7. Go's first commit was somehow 36 years early Go's first commit was somehow 36 years early Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “Yeah, right. I have no idea what this is. This is news to me. Oh, is it a Hello World example? That's 10/29 21:04 ♡
8. The problem he has with using Claude The problem he has with using Claude Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “I've been using mostly Claude, but others as well, to generate SQL, 'cause I'm not an SQL expert. And I have 10/29 01:04 ♡
9. Where GREP came from Where GREP came from Brian Kernighan (Bell Labs MTS): “Oh yeah, grep. Ken Thompson tells it very well, but the gist of it is that in the text editor, the ed text editor, which was 10/28 21:03 ♡
10. Barbara Liskov (Turing Award): How the Liskov Substitution Principle Got Its Name Barbara Liskov is a Turing Award winner known for her work in programming languages and distributed systems. We discussed the major problems she solved in her career, stories about 10/28 20:00 ♡
