MJS 065: Greg Wilson

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Greg Wilson This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Greg Wilson about his educational and programming background, a Canadian company (Rangle) who’s doing amazing things, and much more! Currently, Greg is the head of instructor training at DataCamp. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Past Episode – 184JavaScriptThe one unavoidable language.Company in Canada – Rangle.1980’s when Greg got into super computing – everything was custom hardware.Want to be “rich, famous, and popular?” – check out 11:58!Rangle – what a great company! Emily PortaRangle’s program, Bridge, aimed at women who are trying to get into the tech industry.How did you get into programming? Queen’s University – 1980.Started off as chemistry major.From Vancouver, Canada.Engineering degree.Got hired to do math with computers.Software.1985 – working for a lab in Ottawa.Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Scotland.Ph.D.Academia.Moved to Toronto.Ruby Greg is a Python user.Not familiar with Ruby.Violence and video games? Where is the data?If people had the habit of being skeptical, such as fake news and other things, that simply isn’t true. For example: are vaccines dangerous?Professor Marian Petre – Open UniversityBook: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian Petre Links: Digital Ocean, LLCFreshBooksGreg Wilson’s Third BitGreg Wilson’s TwitterGreg Wilson’s GitHubGreg Wilson’s LinkedInGreg Wilson’s “What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It’s True”JavaScriptPast Episode – 184RangleRangle’s BridgePythonRubyProfessor Marian Petre – Open UniversityBook: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian PetreCacheFlyCharles Max Wood’s Twitter Sponsor: Digital Ocean, LLC Picks: Charles St. George, UtahParade of HomesUpsideBose SoundLink HeadphonesATR2100 Microphone Greg Rangle’s BridgeInclusivity and diversityAOSABOOK.ORGSamson Meteor Microphone