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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
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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
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2025/08/01
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