Episode 283: From 0 Programming to NVIDIA in < 3.5 Years
From ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs by Conor Hoekstra, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach & Ben Deane
April 24, 2026 · 24 min
About this episode
Marco Salgado shares his inspiring journey from having no programming experience to becoming a software engineer at NVIDIA in less than 3.5 years.
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Marco Salgado about his journey from no programming experience to NVIDIA in < 3.5 years. Link to Episode 283 on WebsiteDiscuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub)Socials ADSP: The Podcast: TwitterConor Hoekstra: LinkTree / BioBryce Adelstein Lelbach: TwitterAbout the Guest: Marco is a software engineer at NVIDIA, where he works on improving the nvCOMP library, which offers fast GPU implementations of multiple data compress...
People in this episode
Hosts: Conor Hoekstra, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
Guest: Marco Salgado
Topics covered
- programming journey
- software engineering
- NVIDIA
- career development
- data compression
Keywords
- programming
- NVIDIA
- software engineer
- career change
- data compression
- nvCOMP
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NVIDIA, nvCOMP
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