Compilers, Sourcegraph, and Golang with Thorsten Ball

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Thorsten Ball is a Staff Engineer at Sourcegraph and also the author of two self-published books. He currently focuses on assisting development teams within the company and correcting scaling issues for large clients. In this episode, he takes us through his journey from growing up in small town Germany to starting a band in Berlin and finally ending up as a Staff Engineer.

00:00 Introduction

05:30 Journey Begins

07:30 First memory of a computer

13:00 Technology in the family

19:00 Interests growing up

21:30 Thoughts after high school

25:40 Living in Australia

36:50 Getting into programming as a career

43:20 Leaving UPS

59:00 Moving closer to home

1:07:25 Finding Sourcegraph

1:09:30 Discovering Golang

1:20:10 Current tasks at Sourcegraph

1:30:45 Contact Information

Connect with Thorsten:

Website: https://thorstenball.com

Mentioned in today’s episode:

Sourcegraph: https://sourcegraph.com/search

Golang: https://go.dev

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