#209 The ultimate dev skill is Integration Testing – Interview with Internet of Bugs

About this episode

Quincy Larson interviews Carl Brown about integration testing, developer job markets, and ageism in tech.

Today Quincy Larson interviews Carl Brown, who runs the Internet of Bugs YouTube channel and has worked as a dev at Amazon, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and startups for over 37 years. We talk about: - The hype versus the utility in LLMs and agent code generation tools - Why you might want to target developer jobs at smaller companies, and how these differ from "big tech" - How everyone will face agism eventually. Carl argues that a consulting career is a great escape hatch. Support for this podcast comes from the 10,113 kind folks who donate to our charity each month. Join them and support our mission at https://donate.freecodecamp.org Get a freeCodeCamp tshirt for $20 with free shipping anywhere in the US: https://shop.freecodecamp.org Links from our discussion: - My interview with Stack Overflow founder Joel Spolsky whom we discuss: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/trello-stack-overflow-founder-joel-spolsky-podcast-interview/ - Quincy's free book "How to learn to code and get a developer job": https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-to-code-book/ Ted Chiang "ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web" article Carl mentions…

People in this episode

Host: Quincy Larson

Guest: Carl Brown

Topics covered

• Integration Testing
• Developer Skills
• Job Market
• Ageism in Tech
• Consulting Careers
• LLMs and Code Generation

Keywords

• Integration Testing
• Developer Jobs
• Ageism
• Consulting
• LLMs
• Code Generation
• Tech Careers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Internet of Bugs, freeCodeCamp, Trello, Stack Overflow

Books & works: How to learn to code and get a developer job, ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

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