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Going through Clojure was an eye opening experience for Jason, and for Adam it’s intriguing, but the learning curve is very steep.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Jason’s Code Lisp Programming Clojure Leiningen Ant The Joy of Clojure Scheme ClojureScript Google Closure The Little Schemer Par Edit Janet Language Writing Macros

Jason loved tinkering with Erlang, they both read a little bit of Learn You Some Erlang, and Adam had a hard time with concurrency.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Adam's Erlang examples Jason's Scala examples Learn You Some Erlang for great good! dialyzer BEAM (Erlang virtual machine) OTP Advent of Code

Adam loves how it supports functional and object-oriented programming, Jason said it would take a long time to really wrap his head around it, and Adam had a hard time installing and running it.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Adam's Scala examples Jason's Scala examples Implicit Conversions Understanding implicit in Scala

Adam remembered using Prolog in college, Jason felt like he had no what he was doing, Adam thought it was fun and mind bending, and Jason felt like writing a Sudoku solver was like having cheat mode on.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Prolog Tail recursion GNU Prolog Adventure in Prolog Arity SWISH SWI Prolog Echo protocol Gopher protocol Lynx Jason's Gopher code Adam's Code Spinning Dancer

Adam thought Io is a weird language, it changed Jason's perspective, and Adam thought the interview with the creator was insightful.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Blog post by _why Jason's Io examples Adam's Io examples The @ and @@ slots

Adam and Jason talk about the benefits of learning new languages, they talk through their experience with Ruby, and discuss their solutions to the challenges in the book.Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Jason's Ruby examples Adam's Ruby examples Keyword arguments

Adam tells the story of how Ellen got into programming, Jason describes the barriers of the current online courses, Megan talks about the sexism Ellen experienced, and they talk about Y2K and ponder the difference between life and AI.Life in Code The Imposters Handbook Xkcd - Ten Thousand Technically Wrong You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

Adam, Jason, and Megan learn about some of the amazing things AI can do, laugh at the dumb stuff it does sometimes, are a bit disappointed by its limitations, and come out more informed about what to realistically expect going forward.You Look Like a Thing and I Love You AI Weirdness The Turk Turing Test Bechdel test thispersondoesnotexist.com Donna Strickland generative.fm

Jason and Adam talk about working remotely amid a global pandemic. Adam got a standing desk, they agree that is better when everyone is remote, and they talk about having a good setup and routines.Remote: Office Not Required Punished by Rewards

Jason brings up the differences between Apple and Google, Jen talks about taking breaks, and they discuss gender politics.Radical Candor Pacific Rim

Adam talks about an awful boss he had, Jen talks about 2 wolves, they talk about rockstars vs superstars, and the radical candor framework.Radical Candor Kim Scott on the Jordan Harbinger podcast

Jason and Jen interview Adam about Getting Things Done, Jen and Adam talk about bullet journaling, and Jen relates it all to imposter syndrome.This episode of BookBytes is sponsored by: Pluralsight Links and Show Notes: Getting Things Done Due OmniFocus

Adam talks about how he has used the book to prepare for interviews, Safia talks about the Microsoft interview process, Jason tells a story about arguing in an interview, and they each talk about a problem they solved.Cracking the Coding Interview How to Turn Anxiety Into Excitement Langton's ant Suggest Book Ideas

Jason read Measure What Matters, and Adam and Safia have a bunch of questions about what OKRs are and how they work.John Doerr The TED Talk whatmatters.com Ara the Star Engineer BookBytes episode 20 Ara the Star Engineer BookBytes episode 20 Jake Lingwall NaNoWriMo Characteristics of good objectives Significant Concrete Action-oriented Inspirational Characteristics of good key results Specific and time-bound Aggressive, yet realistic Measurable and verifiable sourcehut You Need A Budget (YNAB) podcast - Annual Goals Reviewed Daily

Jason talks about how close we are to the technology in the book, Safia interviews the parents about screen time with kids, and they talk about 80's references and old video games.Ready Player One (book) Ready Player One (movie) Pluralsight Careers Blade Runner Telnet Eve Online Donkey Kong GameShark Wolfenstein Invader Zim Game Genie Doom Warp Zone Ready Player One for Girls

They discuss how to pronounce The Bombe, Adam talks about Conway's Law, and Safia compares sexism in the workplace to warfare.The Bombe Conway's Law Are you Busy Joe? (nursery rhyme) Turing's Enigma Problem (Part 1) - Computerphile Enigma Machine Emulator The Turing Bombe in the Rutherford Journal Invasion of Normandy

Safia has a new job, they talk about how much they know or don't know about WWII, Safia talks about the disposability of the women, and they talk about women's pockets and things that remind them of Computer Science.The Imitation Game Movie Women's Pockets Make it work, make it right, make it fast Technical Recruiting Is Broken

Safia compares the recruiting efforts to modern day, Jason looks at good qualities for cracking codes and did some research on Shakespeare authorship, Jen talks about the challenges women go through, and they talk about strategies for cracking codes.Testing a Bacon-Shakespeare Cipher The Beatles Help! (NUJV!) Album Flag Semaphore Error

Adam asks what they think about the title of the book, Safia is struck by the fact that women were disqualified because of ethnicity, Jen mentions how women's photos became a source of commentary, and Safia talks about what people value in men vs women.Code Girls Fifth Column Internment of Japanese Americans The Value of Women

Everyone chats with Komal Singh about her motivations, the creation process, and the illustrator. And Jason's daughter even gets a question answered.Ara the Star Engineer (Goodreads) Ara the Star Engineer Website Komal Singh All book sales profits are being donated to Room to Read, a non-profit organization that focuses on child literacy in developing countries.