The CS Primer Show

E1: Doing meaningful work

Apr 2, 2023

01:10:11

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Unix: A History and a Memoir

2min

The History of PDP Nine

2min

The Cost of a Computer for Patent Writing

2min

The Twelfth Dollar Question: Can We Recreate Bell Labs?

3min

The Importance of Bob Taylor

2min

Google's Bread and Butter Is at Risk From an Innovation to Search

2min

The Importance of Sharing Ideas

2min

The Importance of Self-Examination

2min

10.

The Importance of Self-Reflection

1min

11.

The Importance of Computer Science Education

5min

12.

The Two Sigma Problem in Computer Science Education

3min

13.

The Importance of Playfulness

2min

14.

The Hardest Problem You Could Feasibly See Yourself Solving

2min

15.

The Importance of Ambition

4min

16.

The Alpha Philosopher

2min

17.

The Outsider Route to Mass Power

2min

18.

How to Be a World Class Engineer in Augmented Reality

3min

19.

How to Be a Successful Software Engineer

3min

20.

How to Be Consistent With Your Work

3min

21.

How to Achieve Consistency in Your Goals

2min

22.

The Importance of Killing Your Darlings

4min

23.

How to Write a Short Story in a Year

4min

24.

How to Get Agents Attention With Your Short Story

3min

25.

How to Make Progress on Your Creative Pursuits

3min

26.

The Status Aspect of a Lawyer

2min

27.

The Sunk Cost of a PhD

3min

28.

The Importance of Having an Advisor

3min

We kick off The CS Primer Show with a conversation prompted by our mutual love of "You and Your Research" by Richard Hamming. This is an essay that Oz frequently recommends to software engineers who would like to increase their impact. Be sure to watch the talk or read the transcript of Hamming's talk!

- You and Your Research (transcript)
- You and Your Research (video)
- Unix: A History and a Memoir
- CS Primer
- Bloom's 2 sigma problem
- Hoel on aristocratic tutoring
- Auren on insiders vs outsiders
- Charlie's project to write 52 short stories in a year
- Escaping Web: Oz and Charlie's previous engineering interview podcast
- American Prometheus (Oppenheimer biography)