RxJS, Open Source, & Career Advice w/ Ben Lesh

This episode of Select*, the HarperDB podcast, features Ben Lesh. Ben is the RxJS core team lead, as well as a Dad and art lover. Questions covered include: Share a bit about you, your background and journey into tech, and what you're working on now.What is RxJS, what's it used for, how and why was it created?What's it like being in the open source space, what kind of strategies have been successful for you thus far?What piece of advice, good or bad, has really stuck with you throughout your career? What other technologies / tools / frameworks are you super excited about right now?Ben Lesh is a software engineer from Austin, Texas. He's best known for being the project lead on RxJS for the past 7 years (https://rxjs.dev). During his >20 year career he's worked at companies like Netflix and Google, and he's spoken about reactive programming all over the world. He has 3 kids. He loves painting, drawing, and visiting art museums.