From Refactoring to (physical) Relocation

About this episode

Kristen Shaker discusses her keynote on the C++ interview process and her career change from Google.

Kristen Shaker joins Timur and Phil. Kristen talks to us about her C++ on Sea keynote about the C++ interview process, her previous work at Google, and why she has made a slightly unusual career change.

People in this episode

Hosts: Timur Doumler, Phil Nash

Guest: Kristen Shaker

Topics covered

• C++ interview process
• career change
• keynote
• refactoring
• technology

Keywords

• C++
• interview process
• career change
• refactoring
• keynote
• Google

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

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