Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Greg Wilson This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with Greg Wilson. Greg first got into programming when he took a computer class in college and realized that he really loved building software. He then went on to help build the world’s first wireless mouse and get a master’s degree in artificial intelligence. They really stress the importance of analytics and discuss many different studies on coding and bugs in today’s episode. In particular, We dive pretty deep on:
- How did you first get into programming?
- Originally was a Chemistry major
- Graduated with an Engineering degree as a middle ground
- Really enjoyed building software
- Worked to help build the world’s first wireless mouse
- Master’s degree in artificial intelligence
- Do you have any experience with Ruby?
- He is a Python user
- He has been teaching scientists how to program for the past 8-10 years
- Analytics are important
- Marian Petre: Expertise in software development
- Cognitive dimensions framework
- Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think
- You don’t need a PhD at all to be successful
- Use data to your advantage
- Find out what isn’t working and fix that
- What are you working on now?
- DataCamp
- And much, much more!
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