Kodsnack 134 - Allowed to be a beginner again

<p>Fredrik talks to <a href="http://rachelree.se/about/">Rachel Reese</a> about F#, Xamarin, the <a href="http://rachelree.se/the-mit-study/">the MIT study</a> (on diversity, sexism and career for women faculty at MIT) and related topics. We also cover good communities and being allowed (by yourself and others) to be a beginner.</p> <p>This episode was recorded during the developer conference <a href="https://vimeo.com/144824775">Øredev 2015</a>, where Rachel gave <a href="https://vimeo.com/144692770">two</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/144824775">talks</a>.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="http://www.cloudnet.se">Cloudnet</a> for sponsoring our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server">VPS</a>!</p> <p>Comments, questions or tips? We are <a href="https://www.twitter.com/kodsnack">@kodsnack</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tobiashieta">@tobiashieta</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/oferlund">@oferlund</a> och <a href="https://www.twitter.com/bjoreman">@bjoreman</a> on Twitter, have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kodsnack">page on Facebook</a> and can be emailed on <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> if you want to write something longer. We read everything you send.</p> <p>If you like Kodsnack we would love a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/se/podcast/kodsnack/id561631498?l=en">review in iTunes</a>!</p> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Sharp_%28programming_language%29">F#</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechEd">TechEd</a></li> <li><a href="https://projecteuler.net/about">The project Euler problems</a></li> <li><a href="https://skillsmatter.com/">Skills matter</a></li> <li><a href="https://skillsmatter.com/explore?q=progressive+f%23+tutorials">The progressive F# tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="http://tryfs.net/snippets/snippet-bG">The F# koans</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan">Koan</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Syme">Don Syme</a></li> <li><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh156509.aspx">Type providers</a></li> <li><a href="http://fsharp.github.io/FSharp.Data/library/WorldBank.html">The World bank type provider</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_inference">Type inference</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%28programming_language%29">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="https://jet.com/">Jet</a> - where Rachel works</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cutting_concern">Cross-cutting concerns</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming/Higher_Order_Functions#The_.7C.3E_Operator">Pipelines in F#</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell">Powershell</a></li> <li><a href="http://rachelree.se/rewriting-from-c-into-f/">Rachel&rsquo;s blog post about rewriting an application from C# to F#</a></li> <li><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233226.aspx">Discriminated union</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xamarin">Xamarin</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML_%28programming_language%29">ML</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCaml">Ocaml</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_programming">Generics</a></li> <li><a href="http://fsharpnews.blogspot.se/2012/05/f-vs-c-performance.html">John Harrop</a> - F# vs C++ performance</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29">Mono</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_%28video_game%29">Minesweeper</a></li> <li><a href="http://rachelree.se/the-mit-study/">The MIT study</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_Technology,_Engineering,_and_Mathematics">STEM</a> - Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_Campaign">Women in science and engineering</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin">Rosalyn Franklin</a> - contributed to the understanding of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Review">Physical review</a></li> <li><a href="http://cocoaheads.org/">Cocoaheads</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_%28functional_programming%29">Monad</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.ian.gent/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html">The petrie multiplier</a> - the blog post Rachel mentioned</li> </ul> <h2 id="titles">Titles</h2> <ul> <li>Some big American conference</li> <li>I figured out what a script file did</li> <li>I&rsquo;m definitely not advanced</li> <li>I just sat there amazed</li> <li>The magic grandfather</li> <li>It&rsquo;s a lot of little things</li> <li>It could have been like this all the time</li> <li>A natural next step</li> <li>A perceived lack of support</li> <li>A discriminated union</li> <li>I love to hate Xcode</li> <li>Surely it&rsquo;s slow?</li> <li>Release the Herrup</li> <li>Package it in a view and pretend it&rsquo;s native</li> <li>Exactly like the study said it would</li> <li>Do I want this now?</li> <li>The most depressing thing I&rsquo;ve ever heard</li> <li>Too senior to be encouraged anymore</li> <li>To be allowed to be a beginner again</li> <li>They thought I had been speaking</li> <li>People still want me to speak, apparently</li> <li>There has been progress everywhere else</li> </ul>