In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy interviews Jonathan Amsterdam from the Go team at Google about his journey from academia and finance to software engineering, his work on Go and API design, and the importance of adaptability, community, and building impactful software.
00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is Jonathan Doing Today?
02:00 First Memories of a Computer
09:30 Entering University
14:00 Early Coding / Academics
20:50 Interest in AI / ML
27:00 Career Beginnings
33:00 Transitioning to Java and Teaching
41:00 Distributed Software
45:00 Ambitions / Finding Stability
55:00 Experiences at Google
1:07:20 Joining the Go Team
1:17:00 Go and MCP
1:24:00 API Design and Philosophy
1:30:20 Contact Info
Connect with Jonathan:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-amsterdam-b901b21/
Mentioned in this Episode:
Go-sdk: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk
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