MJS 061: Kyle Simpson

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kyle Simpson This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kyle Simpson. Kyle is most well-known for being the writer of You Don’t Know JS. He first got into programming because his friend’s dad was a programmer and he was hooked by the software side of computers. He grew up writing games with QBasic and Turbo Pascal and then in his teens did some client projects. He was very much a self-taught programmer and ended up sticking with it into his career today. They talk about what led him to JavaScript and what he is doing currently. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Kyle introYou Don’t Know JSHow did you first get into programming?Dad’s friend was a programmerDad built computersWrote games with QBasic and Turbo PascalSome client projects in teen yearsVery much self-taught programmerCS degree in collegeFirst professional job at a biotech companyDo you feel people need to get a CS degree these days?Grateful for his degreeWhat engineering taught himStriving to understand why and how things workDon’t need a CS degree but you do need a certain mindsetValuable but not necessaryWhat led you to JavaScript?Web Portal at his collegeWhat made you want to deepen your knowledge of JS?What are you working on now?And much, much more! Links: You Don’t Know JSJavaScriptKyle’s GitHubFunctional-Light JavaScript@getifyKyle on Front-end masters Picks Charles Template WeeksWorking Out Kyle Fluent ConfNode RSA