Nov 28, 2020 • 46M

13: Uncle Bob - The Long Reach of Code

Dwarkesh Patel
 
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Robert Martin (aka Uncle Bob) is a programming pioneer and bestselling author or Clean Code. We discuss the prospect of automating programming, spotting and developing coding talent, occupational licensing, quotas, and the elusive sense of style.  


Listen to his fascinating talk on the future of programming: https://youtu.be/ecIWPzGEbFc 

Read his blog about programming: http://blog.cleancoder.com/ 

Buy his  books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/ent... 


0:00 Automating programming 

8:40 Educating programmers (expertise, talent, university) 

21:45 Spotting talent 

26:10 Teaching kids 

29:31 Prose and music sense in coding 

32:22 Occupational licensing for programmers 

35:49 Why is tech political 

39:28 Quotas 

42:29 Advice to 20 yr old