Working Code Podcast - Episode 168: Memory Safe Mandate

On today's show, we talk about two major announcements relating to the technology world. First, the government released a report calling on programmers to start using memory safe languages (see: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe). Second, Apple announced that it will halt work on Titan, its autonomous electric vehicle project. We also talk about the pros-and-cons of a Computer Science degree in relation to the web development industry.

I have a computer science degree through a school of engineering; and, while I absolutely loved going to college (and rocking out hard on the full meal plan), I will say that almost everything I know today I learned on the job. For me, college was much more about learning to work, learning to think, and coping with self-directed topics and deadlines; and, much less about any one topic or technology. Which is to say, if you don't have a CompSci degree, don't feel like you're missing out on something fundamental.

Point-of-fact, I almost failed-out of my relational database class in college. And today, nothing gives me more joy than writing SQL statements.

All that and more on this week's show:

... featuring these beautiful, beautiful people:

• Adam Tuttle → Website, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Carol Weiler → Twitter, LinkedIn
• Tim Cunningham → Twitter, LinkedIn
• Ben Nadel (that's me) → Website, Twitter, LinkedIn

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

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