The State of Developer Education Bridging the Developer Education Gap with Byron Ruth, Director of Developer Relations at Synadia
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Jul 27, 2023 AI Snips
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Byron's Early Tech Journey
- Byron's tech interest began from playing computer games and early exposure to various operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Macs.
- His programming journey started with Visual Basic in middle school and bioinformatics in college, mostly self-taught through exploration and creating websites.
Facilitating Biomedical Research Informatics
- Byron worked in a hospital research department that focused on biomedical informatics to facilitate analysis of patient data for research.
- His team helped researchers access large-scale data, build tools, and educate them on modern methods without acting as domain experts.
Importance of Reproducibility in Healthcare Research
- Reproducibility in biomedical research is crucial but often poor, requiring mandates to publish code and methods.
- Using software development techniques like Git can improve transparency and trust in research results.