July 2023 Q&A

Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/r1lc2fmU_Rg. Questions and answers session from July, 2023.

Link list

The B society: https://www.b-society.org/ Principal engineer’s handbook: https://ilya.grigorik.com/the-principal-engineers-handbook/ Writing about your work: https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/ Stream calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=719b6cf08a9f11da4a732083a43aa00a61a7943ea864a57417b5da13b1fc8ccb@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Oslo

Timestamps

[@0:00:00] Introduction [@0:01:32] How did you find your new job? [@0:03:48] Pay gap between old and new job [@0:09:00] Rust Foundation Trademark debacle [@0:12:30] Isn’t AI in the military a bad idea? [@0:18:12] Where is Rust used in Helsing given they do AI? [@0:22:45] Skin care routine [@0:24:53] Notoriety and interviewing [@0:33:13] Does the lack of sun in Norway bother you? [@0:34:48] Is a PhD worth it? [@0:39:10] How does your partner like Norway? [@0:43:06] Best way to practice Rust? [@0:45:00] Rust on GPUs [@0:46:32] Where in Norway are you working from? [@0:51:36] Moving to an IDE? [@0:54:08] How do you know the company isn’t evil? [@1:01:34] How are the cats? [@1:06:12] Interviewing and moving at the same time [@1:07:40] What is your daily routine? [@1:14:45] The Rust build system at Amazon [@1:18:46] Do you exercise? [@1:20:06] AI replacing engineers [@1:29:16] Helsing and remote work [@1:32:29] Favorite purchase last 6 months [@1:34:12] Did requiring remote reduce your job opportunities [@1:35:29] Will you be an IC for the rest of your career? [@1:37:16] Leaving Amazon [@1:39:45] Cat! [@1:40:37] Rust for data engineering tools? [@1:43:01] Do you mentor? [@1:43:59] How do you organize your todos? [@1:47:35] What about Norway disappoints you? [@1:54:03] Might you start a company? [@1:55:30] RustConf situation [@1:58:46] A community Discord? Patreon? [@2:05:52] Do we want more compiler backends? [@2:08:22] Moving to Wayland [@2:11:13] More Crust of Rust [@2:12:23] What’s your setup now? [@2:13:48] Getting a job without formal education [@2:15:25] The omnomnom voice [@2:15:45] Programming languages at Helsing [@2:16:49] What are principal engineers? [@2:20:30] How do we make Rust default choice for ML kernels? [@2:21:38] Video on ghost_cell and qcell? [@2:22:50] Pitfalls for junior engineers [@2:28:46] Rust in robotics and space stuff [@2:30:04] Will rustc share code with rust-analyzer? [@2:31:23] Imposter syndrome [@2:32:27] How’d you meet girls during your PhD? [@2:35:13] Wayland compositor [@2:35:55] Why do you not work on Noria? [@2:37:31] Emacs? [@2:38:16] Struggling to find a junior tech job [@2:42:03] Innovation in Norway [@2:44:26] BSDs and NixOS [@2:46:19] Working in security [@2:47:31] Front-end development in Rust [@2:49:16] Tech in a decade [@2:51:38] Backend framework choice [@2:52:10] Best language for cryptography [@2:53:24] Return to lock-free simulation series? [@2:53:50] Why did you leave the US? [@2:55:13] Question speed-run [@2:58:21] Opinion of Amazon [@3:01:22] Working on a visa [@3:03:10] More question speed-run [@3:13:12] What brought you to Rust? [@3:15:30] What can dynamic dispatch do that enum dispatch can’t? [@3:18:41] Outro