Anjana Vakil - Philosophy, Humanity and Computer Science | The Frontend Masters Podcast Ep.11
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2024
- Episode 11 of the Frontend Masters Podcast welcomes Anjana Vakil, a distinctive voice in software development. In this engaging conversation with Marc, they delve into the philosophy and linguistics behind coding, exploring its purpose and broader implications in computer science. Anjana takes us on a journey from her beginnings in philosophy and English teaching to her current role in the tech world, emphasizing the profound connection between human communication and software. She delves into the essence of functional programming and its power to model complex ideas simply, while also exploring the social implications of technology. This episode is a thought-provoking exploration of how coding transcends mere syntax, touching on societal issues and the importance of sharing knowledge. Anjana's reflections inspire listeners to consider not just the code they write, but also the impact it has on the world and the people around them.
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She is great to listen to. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for so many great insights Anjana! Just following your "hack" and starting to day to create some lil content and personal projets :)
I just took the functional programming on Frontend master and so good to see Anjana here :) But since i live in Berlin what is the group called that Anjana was involved in Berlin. please thank you
what an inspiring human! good luck with the affordable housing projects anjana, but please keep talking about and teaching whatever catches your magpie eye too
I see a lot of lectures her
It always makes me sad to see that we in this day and age still invoke this role of the female programmer that is really more of a people person and is about communication and stuff. Any decent male programmer should understand the incredible importance of this already. It's just so self evident. But I guess we still need women taking this role for some reason. I am just a bit worried that katering to this stereotype will worsen the stupid prejudices against women in tech. I really just want to see a role reversal around this problem where women can just code and be productive instead of having to fill this weird social role in tech.
@@inviscidpixelsWhat I meant should be self-evident is that communication is key in software development at scale like it is in any other profession at scale.
And what I meant about the female dev stereotype was more about how she represents herself here. Just compare how she talks about what she does and compare it to your average programmer. There is a huge difference there. Maybe she really wants to take this role and its not related to sex at all but it just struck me that in introductions programmers seem to still almost always follow these strage stereotypical roles of the guy is into algorithms and hard problems and the girls are into communication and socializing for some reason.
I deleted my comment for a couple of reasons, but in case you are someone who is not just trolling...
Part of why she is being interviewed is because as a computational linguist who studied natural languages along with computer languages she has a unique perspective on how coding is both. Not only this, but her dedication to learning is an aspiration shared by people of all backgrounds, sex and gender. The effort of such dedicated work is also why her presentations are often accessible to computer scientists and non-computer scientists alike (even though they are often relating advanced CS topics) because she is quite literally an expert on how language works. Expertise like this often produces the kind of code that is clear, concise, and exactly functional enough without introducing more problems, that it even makes it easier to code more, the more one codes. It's also the kind of code that often makes it simpler to write the most optimal and effective algorithms as well as making collaboration more efficient.
Anyways, I did not pick up on any of the "opportunistic" sexism* like you suggest there is. Sexism is a real problem, and dispelling its prejudice won't happen if everyone just does as they are told to be the most productive; the case can be made that sexism prevents productivity. There are many accounts where a software team made up of brogrammers not only dismissed the quality work output of their coworker whom they did not equally recognize as a fellow coworker because she was a woman, but then go on to pass off her work as their own. This pattern of behavior is not specific to software, it can be found throughout hisstory; and while talking about systematic inequality isn't necessarily easy, if you are interested I would recommend you look up a book by bell hooks titled "Feminism is for Everybody" - www.plutobooks.com/9780745317335/feminism-is-for-everybody/ or perhaps more specific to your comments on sex and gender stereotyping in the context of modern software development, "A Feature, not a Bug" - www.technologystories.org/a-feature-not-a-bug/
*If the thought is 'it's the women who use and benefit from sexism', please take the time to read the linked references.
incel moment
@@user-hg6vd2iz7m That type of comment is just uncalled for. @inviscidpixels already answered with a well reasoned and comprehensive rebutal that makes all the necessary points. No reason to comment plain insults like that.
@@lexer_ xDDDD