Leonora Tindall on Co-Authoring the 2nd Edition of Programing Rust

Building with Rust - A podcast by Sean Chen

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We chat with Leonora Tindall, one of the co-authors of the 2nd edition of Programming Rust, about her experiences working on the book, the various roles she has worked in using Rust, and about the state of academic computer science education.  Nora's blog can be found at https://nora.codes/. Her Twitter handle is @NoraDotCodes.  Visit https://play.google.com/store?code=3MNQ2X1ZPV6TT to receive 40% off the full price of Programming Rust 2nd Edition. You can send us an email at buildingwithrust AT gmail DOT com or find us in the Rustacean Station Discord server. Timestamps 0:40 - Welcome 1:12 - Nora's intro 1:58 - Thoughts on podcasts in the Rust community 4:12 - Are you ok with listening to your own recorded voice? 5:13 - Nora's work history 8:29 - Working on the second edition of Programming Rust 12:00 - Developing empathy as educators 15:40 - Keeping the Mandelbrot renderer project from the first edition 17:30 - Who should you buy the second edition of Programming Rust? 24:31 - Learning programming should be more fun 26:37 - Working on cancer discovery at CancerIQ 33:23 - Working on edge delivery at Fastly 35:18 - Being California transplants to the midwest 36:37 - Nora's unconventional college experience 37:58 - Shuffleboard as a team-building activity 38:45 - Thoughts on academic computer science education 49:12 - What fictional world would you most like to visit? 55:01 - Nora's sign-off 56:09 - Outro