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New Episode
It's June now, and I have a new This-Day-in-History episode out here:
This episode is a peek into the world of mainframes and how idioms shape what we do as programmers. It was fun for me to make, and it all started on Twitter. Let me know what you think of the debate and where we landed. Did I get you to change your mind?
Previous Episode
I got a lot of positive feedback on the LISP in space episode. In fact, David Cassel of TheNewStack wrote a companion piece on it. Also, some exciting discussions broke out on hacker news among people familiar with the topic, including Ron and some other LISPers.
The exclusive supporters interview with Ron, about his time at google is amazing. And if I get enough people on the newsletter I may share it out to give everyone who has been thinking about supporting me on Patreon a taste of what they are missing.
Staff vs Line
https://twitter.com/adamgordonbell/status/1524774227936780293
The other big thing that happened last month was my post on "Line vs. Staff' software engineers took off in a big way online and led to many in-depth discussions. So I will be diving into this topic in more depth on the Patreon feed.
The gist is that working at a tech company as a developer vs. working at a non-tech as a developer company feel very different.
When I took a business class, they called these roles line vs. staff roles, and I think the differences between these two types of positions have a significant impact on what the job is like, even if they are doing the same kind of work.
Thanks,
Adam
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