Senior Playstation Engineer's tips for learning new tools and getting things done [Podcast #184]

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On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Dilip Krishnamoorthi. He's a software engineer working at Sony, building user interfaces for Playstation game consoles where he's been for 10 years. We talk about: - How he dropped out of a traditional Indian university and used an inexpensive distance learning program to finish his engineering degree for less than US $100 / semester - What it's like working in Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of Asia - His experience launching the Playstation 5 - Tips for continuing to learn new tools even as a senior engineer Support for this podcast comes from a grant from Wix Studio. Wix Studio provides developers tools to rapidly build websites with everything out-of-the-box, then extend, replace, and break boundaries with code. Learn more at Support also comes from the 11,423 kind folks who support freeCodeCamp through a monthly donation. You can join these chill human beings and help our charity's mission by going to Links we talk about during our conversation: - Wikipedia article on Flow State, a concept Dilip mentions: - An IGN article about major improvements to Playstation 5's UI that Dilip worked on: - Webcomic about the perils of context switching: Contents - 00:00 Introduction - 02:15 Meeting at a Hackathon - 05:30 Dropping Out and Distance Learning - 10:45 Working in Bengaluru - 15:00 Launching PlayStation 5 - 20:30 Using AI in Software Development - 25:00 Early Days with Computers - 3